Summary
AMADI RUBIE IS A PROMISING, AWARD-WINNING ARTIST AND STREETWEAR DESIGNER OF THE CLOTHING BRAND, KNOWN AS UGLYNOTUGLY.
HE DISCOVERED HIS ARTISTIC ABILITIES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND BEGAN TO MASTER HIS CRAFT THROUGH SELF-STUDY THEN FORMAL TRAINING AT THE ASHCAN STUDIO OF ART IN JANUARY 2016. DURING HIS ACADEMIC PURSUITS, HE FOCUSED ON SEVERAL DISCIPLINES OF ART SUCH AS FINE ART, ANATOMY, OBSERVATIONAL, AND GRAPHIC DESIGN.
AT THE START OF RUBIE’S SOPHOMORE YEAR, HE BEGAN TO CEMENT HIS ART DIRECTION IN ANIME AND MANGA (JAPANESE COMIC ART) AS WELL AS CHARACTER DESIGN. HE THEN BEGAN CONCEPTUALIZING HIS OWN MANGA, ("BROKEN CITY"2017) A ONE SHOT AS WELL AS “GARDEN OF DESTITUTE”AN ONGOING CREATION.
UPON COMPLETION OF THE BASICS OF HIS ART EDUCATION, RUBIE MADE HIS DEBUT AT THE 2017 SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS, ONE OF THE MOST RENOWNED ART & WRITING COMPETITIONS OF ITS KIND IN NEW YORK. AMONG THE THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS TRYING TO BE THE BEST, HE WAS PRESENTED WITH THE GOLD KEY AWARD FOR HIS SELF-PORTRAIT AND WAS ONE OF FIVE TO RECEIVE THE AMERICAN VISION AWARDS. IN ADDITION, HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND A TWO-DAY WEEKEND INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON VIDEO GAME DESIGN AT PRATT INSTITUTE. IN THAT PERIOD HE COMPLETED IN CODING HIS OWN SIDE SCROLLING MINI GAME TITLED “PERPETUAL STIMULATION”. HE COMPETED AGAIN AND WON FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS THE RECIPIENT OF TWO SILVER KEY AWARDS FOR A SELF-PORTRAIT AND STILL LIFE PAINTING.
HE IS ALSO THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2018 KIDPRENEUR AWARDS FROM KIDS WHO BANK AND A CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION
FROM U.S. REPRESENTATIVE YVETTE D. CLARKE.
RUBIE'S SELF-PORTRAIT, "GHOST REALM" HAS ALSO BEEN FEATURED IN THE SCHOLASTIC ARTS & WRITING EVENT BROCHURE AND PLACED ON VIEW AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
HE IS NOW SEARCHING FOR A POSITION WHERE HE FURTHER ADVANCVE AND SHARPEN HIS SKILLS AS A CHARACTER DESIGNER.
Skills
Software proficiency
