Ario Anindito Penciller at Marvel Comics [email protected]

Summary Born in 1984, Ario Anindito is a creative soul with experience in the areas of illustration, drawing and concepting. He has great communication skills and effective collaboration with all levels of staff and able to take projects from conception to completion independently or in a cooperative team environment. Graduated in 2007 from the Architecture Faculty of Parahyangan Catholic University ( UNPAR ) Bandung, West Java, , he immediately starts his freelancing career. His clients list spans from the biggest Indonesian cigarette company, PT. Djarum, to one of the biggest comic publisher in the world, DC Comics. He has done several TVC concepts, novel illustrations, magazine covers, art directing for movie, and pencilling comic pages. One of his notable TVC work, the L.A. Lights "Goat" version won the gold award at Citra Pariwara 2011, on the animation category. Specialties Intellectual: Art Direction, Design, Concepting, Visual Art, Fine Art Physical: Drawing, Illustration, Sculpting Technical: Photoshop

Experience Penciller at Marvel Comics December 2014 - Present (2 months) Working on Wolverines #12, let the claws out, bub! ;)

Comic Class owner/mentor at Skillshare.com August 2013 - Present (1 year 6 months) Skillshare is a worldwide renowned class for online tutorial, with international experts as their teachers. I teach "Comic Art: Introduction to Penciling for Comics". Click here to visit my online tutorial class in Skillshare: http://skl.sh/16pdV3G

Owner, head designer at BlackPaper studio January 2010 - Present (5 years 1 month) My design company, we take care of all creative needs, with awesome taste and style!

Creative Group Head at the Drawing Squad advertising agency October 2014 - December 2014 (3 months) freelance art director at dentsu indonesia October 2011 - June 2013 (1 year 9 months) Hired as the conceptor, following the success of the previous commercial concepts for L.A. Lights (cigarette brand).

Page1 Penciller at DC Comics April 2012 - June 2012 (3 months) Working on a Batman spin off, "Red Hood and the Outlaws", pencilling the back up story for Essence.

Art Director at Finding Srimulat the movie March 2012 - May 2012 (3 months) An upcoming Indonesian movie about a young man's journey to find his idol, the legendary comedian group: Srimulat. The movie features the Srimulat group, , Rianti Cartwright, Nadila Ernesta, Ray Sahetapy, and many more. freelance art director at Draftfcb December 2009 - April 2011 (1 year 5 months) Creating several L.A. Lights TVCs: Monalisa, card, and constellations for the LA Lights Menthol, and Calendar, Goat for LA Lights red. The Goat version won Gold Award at Citra Pariwara 2011. freelance Art Director at Neo Indonesia January 2011 - March 2011 (3 months) Creating concept for L.A. Lights IndieMovie, StreetBall, IndieFest, as well as the fighting brands.

Concept Artist at Drupadi the Movie August 2008 - December 2008 (5 months) A short movie about Drupadi, wayang character from the Mahabharata epic. Starring , Ario Bayu, Dwi Sasono, , , Butet Kartaredjasa, and produced by SinemArt.

Chief illustrator, main penciller. at SPARX the Compendium March 2007 - April 2008 (1 year 2 months) Nadya and the Painkillers is one of the 5 comics in SPARX the Compendium, a comic compilation magazine. It's been exhibited several times in notable comic exhibitions in Indonesia. 1 recommendation available upon request

Publications Red Hood and the Outlaws #10-11 DC Comics August 15, 2012 Authors: Ario Anindito, Scott Lobdel, Kenneth Roccafort a spin off of Batman comic series, I did the back up comic art. 9 dari Nadira KPG Gramedia October 2009 Authors: Ario Anindito, Leila S. Chudori

Page2 I made about 15 drawings for the book's illustrations, including the cover. The book won Khatulistiwa Literary Award Nominee for Fiksi - shortlist (2010), and has since published overseas in foreign languages. Photoshop Projects Vol.11 Citrus Media NSW April 2013 Authors: Ario Anindito, and 22 worldwide expert artists Australia's best Photoshop tutorial magazine. Jebrett! IUSCC December 2013 Authors: Ario Anindito, and 39 other top Indonesian illustrators 40 top illustrators, 40 awesome artwork, one great book. Nuff' said.

Projects Art exhibitions January 2008 to Present Members:Ario Anindito - SAA Awards 2007, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan. (group exhibition) - “Pameran Bara Betina: Sosok Perempuan dalam Komik Indonesia”, 09-30 Apr 2011, Galeri Salihara, . (group exhibition) - Concept art Exhibition for “Drupadi” the movie, JIFFest, Aug 2008, 21 Cinema, FX Plaza, Jakarta. (solo exhibition) - Exhibition: ilustrasi novel “9 dari Nadira”. (at the novella launching and performing ceremony of “9 dari Nadira by Dian Sastrowardoyo, and Leila S. Chudori), Oct 2009, Teater Kecil, Institut Kesenian Jakarta. (solo exhibition) - Komik KOLONI Exhibition, Dec 2009, STGCC 2009, Suntec Plaza, Singapore. (group exhibition). - Pameran seni Kopi Keliling 3, Jun 2011, Coffee n Co, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - Pameran seni Kopi Keliling 4, Sept 2011, Tryst artspace, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - Pameran seni Kopi Keliling 5, Dec 2011, Anomali Coffee, Plz Indonesia, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - Pameran Star Wars Day BDG, Jun 2012, Gdg Indonesia Menggugat, Bandung. (group exhibition) - Act: Charity Exhibition, 4 Aug 2012, One Fifteenth Coffee, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - 1 Decade Arsitektur 2002 Exhibition, 2-8 Sept 2012, Hall Teknik, Parahyangan University, Bandung. (group exhibition) - Star Wars Day Jkt Exhibition 1, 18-19 May 2013, Balai Hall, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - Locafore Exhibition, 13-15 Sept 2013, Bale Pare Exhibition Hall, Kota Baru Parahyangan (group exhibition) - Art Exhibition ”40 tahun Aqua: Temukan Indonesiamu”, 28 Nov 2013, Energy Building, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - Taste Market exhibition, 6-9 Dec 2013, Rooftop Parijs van Java, Bandung. (group exhibition) - Star Wars Day Jkt 2 Exhibition, 3-4 May 2014, Kuningan City Mall, Jakarta. (group exhibition) - “Damsel in Distress” a visual treatment of modern day fairy tales, 14 Jun-21 Aug 2014, Tree House Artspace, Jakarta. (solo exhibition) - Pameran “Dunia Komik”, C-Generation Comic Competition Award, 22-23 Aug 2014, Gdg Indonesia Menggugat, Bdg. (Group exhibition) Finding Srimulat February 2012 to May 2012 Members:Ario Anindito, Charles Gozali Awesome experience.

Page3 Skills & Expertise Illustration Art Direction Creative Development Advertising Architecture Graphic Novels Comics Visual Development Conceptual Illustration Concept Design Creative Direction Visual Arts Illustrator Brand Development InDesign Drawing Graphic Design Visual Communication Art Photoshop Concept Development Architectures

Education Universitas Katolik Parahyangan S1, Architecture, 2002 - 2007 Activities and Societies: Comic Tribe.

Honors and Awards SAA Awards 2006 (nominated) Gold award at Citra Pariwara 2011 (category: animation, for "L.A.Lights the Goat" TVC) Piala Maya 2013: best Art Director for Movie (nominated, big 5) Interests Drawing, sculpting, brainstorming.

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1 person has recommended Ario

"I have known Ario for nearly 10 years. One thing that I can say is that He takes seriously what he's doing. Clearly obstacle never quit him into getting something right. Trully talented and gifted person, especially in design. Not to mention several awards that He has got through his job in advertising and comic. Gret person to work with, because he always push you to be better and better."

— Willyam Kornelius, Architect, PT. Arga Calista Disain (ARCADIA), worked directly with Ario at Nadya and the Painkillers (comic)

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