Hye-Jung Kim

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Hye-Jung Kim (Hangul: 김혜정) is a South Korean artist who worked on a large number of episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender in a variety of positions, including background painter, color supervisor, and color stylist. She also worked as a colorist on a number of Avatar comics.

Avatar: The Last Airbender credits

Color stylist

• 109. "The Waterbending Scroll"
• 110. "Jet"
• 111. "The Great Divide"
• 112. "The Storm"
• 117. "The Northern Air Temple"
• 201. "The Avatar State"
• 203. "Return to Omashu"
• 205. "Avatar Day"
• 208. "The Chase"
• 209. "Bitter Work"
• 211. "The Desert"
• 213. "The Drill"
• 215. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se"
• 220. "The Crossroads of Destiny"
• "Bending Battle" (short)
• "Swamp Skiin' Throwdown" (short)
• "School Time Shipping" (short)

Background color

47 episodes and 3 shorts

114. "The Fortuneteller" 116. "The Deserter" 117. "The Northern Air Temple" 118. "The Waterbending Master" 119. "The Siege of the North, Part 1" 120. "The Siege of the North, Part 2" 201. "The Avatar State" 202. "The Cave of Two Lovers" 203. "Return to Omashu" 204. "The Swamp" 205. "Avatar Day" 206. "The Blind Bandit" 207. "Zuko Alone" 208. "The Chase" 209. "Bitter Work" 210. "The Library" 211. "The Desert" 212. "The Serpent's Pass" 213. "The Drill" 214. "City of Walls and Secrets" 215. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" 216. "Appa's Lost Days" 217. "Lake Laogai" 218. "The Earth King" 219. "The Guru" 220. "The Crossroads of Destiny" 301. "The Awakening" 302. "The Headband" 303. "The Painted Lady" 304. "Sokka's Master" 305. "The Beach" 306. "The Avatar and the Fire Lord" 307. "The Runaway" 308. "The Puppetmaster" 309. "Nightmares and Daydreams" 310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" 311. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse" 312. "The Western Air Temple" 313. "The Firebending Masters" 314. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1" 315. "The Boiling Rock, Part 2" 316. "The Southern Raiders" 317. "The Ember Island Players" 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King" 319. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters" 320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" "Bending Battle" (short) "Swamp Skiin' Throwdown" (short) "School Time Shipping" (short)

Color key

• 114. "The Fortuneteller"
• 115. "Bato of the Water Tribe"
• 116. "The Deserter"
• 118. "The Waterbending Master"
• 119. "The Siege of the North, Part 1"
• 120. "The Siege of the North, Part 2"
• 202. "The Cave of Two Lovers"
• 204. "The Swamp"

Color supervisor

41 episodes and 3 shorts

201. "The Avatar State" 202. "The Cave of Two Lovers" 203. "Return to Omashu" 204. "The Swamp" 205. "Avatar Day" 206. "The Blind Bandit" 207. "Zuko Alone" 208. "The Chase" 209. "Bitter Work" 210. "The Library" 211. "The Desert" 212. "The Serpent's Pass" 213. "The Drill" 214. "City of Walls and Secrets" 215. "The Tales of Ba Sing Se" 216. "Appa's Lost Days" 217. "Lake Laogai" 218. "The Earth King" 219. "The Guru" 220. "The Crossroads of Destiny" 301. "The Awakening" 302. "The Headband" 303. "The Painted Lady" 304. "Sokka's Master" 305. "The Beach" 306. "The Avatar and the Fire Lord" 307. "The Runaway" 308. "The Puppetmaster" 309. "Nightmares and Daydreams" 310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion" 311. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse" 312. "The Western Air Temple" 313. "The Firebending Masters" 314. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1" 315. "The Boiling Rock, Part 2" 316. "The Southern Raiders" 317. "The Ember Island Players" 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King" 319. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters" 320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" "Bending Battle" (short) "Swamp Skiin' Throwdown" (short) "School Time Shipping" (short)

In-between animator

• 308. "The Puppetmaster"
• 310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"
• 312. "The Western Air Temple"
• 314. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"
• 317. "The Ember Island Players"
• 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"
• 320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"
• 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"

Comic colorist

• Iss. #1. "Bee Calm"
• Iss. #2. "Water War"
• Iss. #4. "Relics"
• Iss. #6. "Sleepbending"
• Iss. #10. "Divided We Fall"
• Iss. #25. "Game Time"
• Iss. #26. "Bumi vs. Toph, Round One"
• Iss. #27. "New Recruits"

Selected other credits

Television work

• Dora the Explorer (artist and storyboard revisionist)
• Oswald (artist)
• The Fairly OddParents (artist and storyboard revisionist)

Filmography

• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011; video)
• Superman/Doomsday (2007; video)
• Millennium Actress (2001)

Biographical information

Kim began her studies as a fine arts student at the Sun Hwa Arts Schools and the Ehwa Womans University in Seoul, South Korea, and later moved on to the California Institute of the Arts to learn character animation. After receiving specialty training in traditional and digital painting and drawing styles, Nickelodeon Animation Studios employed her as a color supervisor, background painter, and color stylist on Avatar from 2005 to 2007. In 2008, she began working for Warner Bros. Animation Studios in Burbank, California, as a background painter and color stylist.^[1]

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