Benett Kim
김영호
金暎浩
Born in Los Angeles in 1985 and raised in Seoul, Korea until the age of 13, I have been drawing as early as I could remember. At age of 6, I watched how classic Disney animated films were made, and I was completely blown away. The concept of making drawings move inspired and fascinated me, and I started dreaming that I was going to make an animated movie of my own someday.
The passion of making animated films has led me wanting to study the medium, so I went to California Institute of the Arts and eventually got my BFA degree in Character Animation in 2009. The study was followed by MFA in Animation at UCLA in 2013.
I currently reside in Los Angeles area and work as an animator.
Some of my other interests include baseball, table tennis, video games, and more.
1985년 미국 로스앤젤레스에서 태어나 몇 년 후 대한민국 서울로 건너와 13세가 된 1998년까지 자랐다. 어렸을 때부터 그림 그리기를 즐겼으며, 어린 시절에 본 디즈니 장편 애니메이션들을 보고 언젠가 자신만의 애니메이션을 만들어 보고 싶다는 꿈을 키우게 된다.
애니메이션을 더 알고 싶은 열정에 이끌려 渡美, 캘리포니아 예술대학교(CalArts)에서 BFA로 캐릭터 애니메이션을, UCLA에서는 MFA로 애니메이션을 전공했다.
현재 미국 캘리포니아 주 로스앤젤레스 근교에 거주하고 있으며, 애니메이터로 활동 중이다.
취미는 야구 관전, 탁구, 비디오 게임 등.
The Art of Benettokimo 
hi! do you attend calarts?
that’s my dream school!
i love your animations.
i’m korean too! 🙂
Hello~
I’m glad you like my stuff. I attended CalArts from 2005 to 2009 and got BFA in Character Animation. Nice to meet you!
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Hi Benet – I love your drawings of the UCLA Sculpture Garden. I am an undergraduate at UCLA in World Arts and Cultures studying ethnograhphy. I am currently creating an ethnographic study of the sculpture garden and would like to use your sketches on my blog. Would this be ok? I am using visual methodologies to show embodied behaviors e.g. sleeping, studying, talking, etc. that take place in the garden. Your drawings illustrate that idea really well. Please let me know. I always prefer to post with permissions! Thanks, Rebecca
Hi Benett. I’m writing a children’s book that has to do with a Hodag. Searching through images I came across your drawing. I really like your style. I would like to use your drawing, with permission of course. I’m just getting my children’s series off the ground. The first book in the series is on Amazon publishing (Adventures of The Crooked Lake Kids: “Red Dog” Sun). I would give you credit in the book and pay you some kind of dividend if I ever sell any! I am looking for an illustrator as well. Maybe check out the book and let me know what you think.
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I really like your artwork and am surprised that you did a piece of the Hodag. I was born and raised in Rhinelander, WI, the home of the Hodag.
I would appreciate it if you could reply to me concerning the possible use of the Hodag image you created. I can be reached through my email.
Sincerely,
Terry Fairfield
Hi, Terry,
Thanks for your interest in my artwork! It’s amazing how much my Hodag art is getting attention. I don’t know if you can see this comment (I’d love to reply you directly, but didn’t see your email here 😦 ), but you are welcome to use the artwork as long as you cite the source. Have a wonderful day!