Work & Experience
Buzzfeed Animation Background Designer and Painter of "Magic & Stuff", Freelance (2024)
ShadowMachine Background Designer and Painter of Kevin Hart's "Lil Kev" (2024)
Warner Bros. Animation Background Designer and Painter of "Jellystone" (2022 - 2023)
Warner Bros. Animation Background Designer of "Tiny Toons", Freelance (2021)
Warner Bros. Animation Background Designer of "Tiny Toons", Freelance (2021)
Warner Bros. Animation Background Designer of "Steve Urkel Saves Santa" (2021)
Netflix Animation Background Painter of "Carol", Freelance (2021)
Warner Bros. Animation Visual Development Artist of "Steve Urkel Saves Santa" (2021)
Cartoon Network Studios Background Painter of "Tig N' Seek", Freelance (2021)
Broken Arrow Productions Background Designer and Painter of "Battle of The Bands" (2020 - 2021)
Warner Bros. Animation Background Painter of "DC Superhero Girls" (2019 - 2021)
Warner Bros. Animation Assistant Production Manager of "DC Superhero Girls" (2018 - 2019)
Warner Bros. Animation Assistant Production Manager of "New Looney Tunes" (2017 - 2018)
Warner Bros. Animation Intern for "New Looney Tunes" (Summer of 2017)
Teaching Children The Art of Drawing at Disney Store (2015 - 2017)
Teaching Children The Art of Animation at Disney Store (2014 - 2015)
Disney Cast Member (2014 - 2017)
Education
Jacksonville University, College of Fine Arts (2014 - 2017) - B.F.A Degree in Animation, Minor in Illustration
The Art Institute of Jacksonville - Associate’s Degree (2012 - 2014)
Atlantic Coast HS - High School Degree (2012)
Shows & EXHIBITIONS
Gallery Nucleus - "Our Earth" A CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS & WB ANIMATION CHARITY EVENT (2021)
Gallery Nucleus - "Community" A CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS & WB ANIMATION CHARITY EVENT (2020)
Jacksonville University River House: The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine Release Party (2017)
Gooding Auditorium “Dante The Pilgrim” College of Fine Arts Senior Oral Defense (2017)
Davis College of Business “Dante The Pilgrim” Presentation for Jacksonville University Faculty & Student Symposium (2017)
Alexander Brest Gallery: Senior Thesis Exhibition Show - The Emerging Artists (2017)
Alexander Brest Gallery Annual Juried Student Exhibition (2016)
Jacksonville University River House: The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine Release Party (2016)
Alexander Brest Gallery Annual Juried Student Exhibition (2015)
Jacksonville University River House: The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine Release Party (2015)
Alexander Brest Gallery Annual Juried Student Exhibition (2014)
“An Artistic Discovery” Gallery, Congressional Art Competition (2011)
Publications & zines
The Art of Dante The Pilgrim (2017)
Work featured in The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine (2017)
Work featured in The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine (2016)
Ages of Arda Anthology (2016)
Work featured in The Aquarian - JU’s Literary & Art Magazine (2015)
INTERVIEWS & ARTICLES
Featured on Shoutout LA "Meet Aprilyn Cunanan | Illustrator and Background Artist in TV and Feature Animation" (2023)
Featured on Voyage LA "Check Out Aprilyn Cunanan’s Story" (2022)
Featured on Subselfie "#PortfolioDay: Young Filipino Artists You Have To Know About" (2021)
Honors & Awards
“Excellence in Senior Thesis” For Artistic Excellence and Academic Achievement in the Divisions of Visual Arts, upon the recommendation of Jacksonville University’s College of Fine Arts Faculty (2017)
Experiential Learning Scholarship Award (2017)
Honorable Mention for 4D in Annual Juried Student Exhibition (2016)
1st Place District Award for Disney's Trivia Challenge Pennant Design (2015)
Honorable Mention for 4D in Annual Juried Student Exhibition (2014)
Jacksonville University Art Scholarship (2014)
Jacksonville University Academic Scholarship
Accepted into Disney College Program (2014)
Atlantic Coast HS National Art Honors Society (2012)
U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Recognition “An Artistic Discovery” (2011)
Congressional Youth Leadership Council Summer Nominee for Distinguished Alumni Paxon School for Advanced Studies(2010)
1st Place Award for PTSA Art Contest “Scenes From Okinawa” (2008)