Raffi is a freelance artist with a BFA in animation and a native of Southern California. The entertainment industry and classical animation has left a lasting impression in directing his natural talent and passion to pursue a life producing art. From private clients to well established companies like. He enjoys taking on projects with a diverse spectrum of creative endeavors to explore new themes or ideas.
His time as a freelance artist was also conjunct with experience in product placement for a long standing brand advertising agency out of Burbank, CA. His engagement in such an unlikely place for an artist has broadened his perspectives about the entertainment industry. Working with the art department in production crews for all major Hollywood studios and networks he's learned a vernacular and working process to help harmonize between the marketplace and film making.
Currently, Raffi has been expressing his diversity as a creative designer in Themed Entertainment, contracting with Walt Disney Imagineering, Riva Creative, and The Producer's Group. He's created artwork for various attractions and shows in many theme parks in Asia and Dubai. He enjoys collaborating with writers, show set designers, architects, engineers, and creative directors in his approach to deliver a vision of storytelling that resonates in real space.
Story is at the heart of animation and that is central to Raffi's goals and journey as an artist. The more he ventures into nature and human culture, the more he experiences the fabric of storytelling. As an artist he feels it's his job to observe and express reality through an evolved process of analytic motion and artistry the story of who we are. He believes at the root of the human spirit maintains the inner child that we never fully shake off as adults. Along that notion there is a living innocence within us when sought and rooted in our curiosities. Being aware of this notion has not just helped him traverse life's challenges but helped set a goal in his journey to reinforce talent and passion with purpose. In his vision, tapping into the curious mind and inner child is where art begins and from there knows no bounds.
His time as a freelance artist was also conjunct with experience in product placement for a long standing brand advertising agency out of Burbank, CA. His engagement in such an unlikely place for an artist has broadened his perspectives about the entertainment industry. Working with the art department in production crews for all major Hollywood studios and networks he's learned a vernacular and working process to help harmonize between the marketplace and film making.
Currently, Raffi has been expressing his diversity as a creative designer in Themed Entertainment, contracting with Walt Disney Imagineering, Riva Creative, and The Producer's Group. He's created artwork for various attractions and shows in many theme parks in Asia and Dubai. He enjoys collaborating with writers, show set designers, architects, engineers, and creative directors in his approach to deliver a vision of storytelling that resonates in real space.
Story is at the heart of animation and that is central to Raffi's goals and journey as an artist. The more he ventures into nature and human culture, the more he experiences the fabric of storytelling. As an artist he feels it's his job to observe and express reality through an evolved process of analytic motion and artistry the story of who we are. He believes at the root of the human spirit maintains the inner child that we never fully shake off as adults. Along that notion there is a living innocence within us when sought and rooted in our curiosities. Being aware of this notion has not just helped him traverse life's challenges but helped set a goal in his journey to reinforce talent and passion with purpose. In his vision, tapping into the curious mind and inner child is where art begins and from there knows no bounds.