Skitsch is her name. During the day she works as a professional inbetweener for Imagin, a Japanese animation studio in Korea. But outside of work she is an artist on the loose who is busy creating her own stuff. 
Here are some characters she's designed and put on some stickers. Along with many other young artists, she puts stuff like this on T-shirts and other goods that she sells at the Hongdae artist's market during warm seasons. She also has a blog/shop, D-Gecko, where you can see more of her stuff. And now, for the interview:
Midodok: So, what do you feel about your job and animation in Korea?
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Skitsch: I might disappoint you. I don't like my job. Sometimes I even feel shame. Yes, we draw, but we don't draw for our story and people here. Especially those who have worked as an animator for a long time, they think they've done something great, but most of them just have SKILLS. Not a story, not a style, nothing. They're just workers.
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One of my old co-worker was suffering. He was a talented storyteller and he had skills but he couldn't do what he really wanted because nobody was interested (I mean nobody invested). Animation in Korea? I don't know, right now, I can't see any future.
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Midodok: Why do you think Korean animation has little hope?
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Skitsch: We became a hand, not a head. Look at me, I've been working as an animator for 7 years but I just know a small part of animation. We're doing this to make money, we're following rules they (in my case, Japanese) made, not ours...
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Skitsch: I have a dream with my drawing, but I don't have a dream as an animator.
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Midodok: How so?
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Skitsch: Hmm. . . Someday, I wanna have my own street brand.
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Midodok: I see! Cool! Why a street brand and not animation?
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Skitsch: I don't know. . . Maybe I realized I can't make an animation all by myself.
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Midodok: Anything else you'd like to add?
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Skitsch: Nah.
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Midodok: Thank you for taking the time for this interview!
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Skitsch: Okay, no, you're welcome.
I hope that creativity and uniqueness like Skitsch's can be encouraged and she can find a place to use it. It would be a shame if artists like Skitsch do indeed just "become a hand" and can't put their talent to use. By the way, I thought I'd share her unique wrist piercing. If you look closely, you can sort of see it. As always, you can leave comments for Skitsch and I'll make sure she sees them.
They work VERY hard drawing everything inbetween keyframes. There is no room for mistakes! They must draw as closely as possible to perfect. And they must do it all according to strict schedules and deadlines.
If not done perfectly, their friendly boss will make them redo it. If they don't, they'll get it back as a retake and have to do it again anyways. (She really is friendly!)
Inbetweening is usually the starting point in an animation career. It can be a thankless, busy, and long hours kind of job.
