CV
MEL YAP
melvin@eastvanguard.com (604) 842 8351
EDUCATION
• Digital Animation Masters Program certificate, Centre of Digital Imaging and Sound
(now The Art Institute), 1999-2001
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHY Notable Clients Include:
• RBC,
• Scotiabank
• Emily Carr University
• Crescent Beach Publishing
• Dialog Design
• Landyachtz
• Translink
• Integral Group
Publications
• Vancouver Noir, cover photo, Akashic Publishing, 2018
• Long Shot exhibition catalogue, Kimoto Gallery, 2018
• Photo Essay, Maisonneuve, Issue 62, Winter 2016
• Exclusive contract with Crescent Beach Publishing creating covers for high school math textbooks used
across Canada
• Theory and Problems exhibition catalogue, Kimoto Gallery, 2013.
• Cover/ featured photography, “Here Comes the Neighbourhood,” West Coast Line, issue 73, 2012.
• Featured in The Tattoo Project Book, Schiffer Publishing, 2012.
• My photos have also appeared in The Vancouver Sun, Montecristo, Street Photography Magazine, Ion,
Scout, and Le Source
• Profiled in Global Yodel, Preview Magazine, This Open Space, and others.
Album Covers
• No Means No, “Jubilation” and “Perambulate”
• Invasives, “Invasives” and “Embracing Evil”
• Chris Gestrin, “After the City Has Gone: Quiet”
VIDEO GAME CREATION,
Exit Earth Entertainment, 2012-2013
• Game audio composer and sound effects designer. Created Original Music Soundtrack and sound
effects for Epic Little Dude.
• Understanding of Exit Earth pipeline software, mixing and mastering music and sound effects
• Programs used : FL Studio, Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Pro Tools
Radical Entertainment, 2009
• Screenshot Artist/Marketing Artist
• Capturing/editing in game screenshots for marketing assets
• Titles include Crash Bandicoot Mind over Mutant, Prototype
• Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop/ Screen capture program (Radical Proprietary Software)
• Meeting strict deadlines for Marketing Directors/Producers and Publishing Directors.
Exile Interactive 2001-2003
• Environment Modeler and Texture Artist
• Titles worked on include World Series Baseball 2K2, World Series Baseball 2K3, and Toxic Grind
9THQ)
• Programs Used : Maya 3D Animation Suite, Adobe Photoshop
Website : eastvanguard.com