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D E PA R T M E N T 11 KEYFRAME By day, Joseph Game (aka CHOGRIN) works as a Character Cleanup Artist, most recently on Big City Greens. By night, he can be found working on creative projects ranging from writing and storyboarding children's books to directing and animating short films. "As I'm finishing one project, I'm already beginning two or three more," he says. "It's this constant revolving door of things—If I'm not doing anything, I feel like something's wrong." from top: Jay and Silent Bob figures from Chogrin's original art; Chogrin with Kevin Smith (right); Chogrin designed the collectible Elegorgon, based on Stranger Things' Eleven, exclusively for Netflix. Chogrin grew up in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to an Ecuadorian father and American mother. The moniker Chogrin came from a childhood nickname. "It basically means 'a kid from two worlds,'" he explains. This has influenced his perspective because "it can sometimes make you feel like an outsider—feeling like you don't belong to either one. But it also has allowed for a larger worldview, which I incorporate into my art and stories." ANIMATION ARTIST, ART TOY DESIGNER, DIRECTOR, AND SO MUCH MORE, CHOGRIN IS LIVING PROOF THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST OF ALL CREATIVE WORLDS. CREATIVE LICENSE T H E C L I M B