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Animation case studies
1. Mau Xanh
Roles: visdev artist, color script, 2D animation
Project brief: A 3-minute coming-of-age film queer film set in a SoCal family's Vietnamese restaurant. The pipeline used 3D character animation with hand drawn lines, which required the art style to seamlessly blend all aspects. The lighting and color style blended realistic lighting pushing towards surreal, saturated tones.
Final stills, backgrounds painted by Kotta Katsuda
Color script
2. Morry
Roles: director, production design, color script, modeling, lighting
Project brief: A wordless, whimsical narrative following a headless mannequin. The production was designed around 3D and timeline constraints, resulting in a simplified art style and color story.
Color script
Final stills
3. Haunted Places series
Client: Youtube Channel @NeedtoKnow
Roles: director, production design, background paint, compositing
Project brief: Each project entails a 1 minute animation for the purpose of introducing live action video footage documenting real life locations across the world. Each location is brought to life as a 2D animation, along with a voice over narrating the history of each location.
4. PBS Viewers Like Me
Client: Cascade PBS
Roles: art direction, color script, background paint
Awards: 2026 Northwest Emmy Award Recipient, 2026 Telly Award Gold Winner
Project brief: PBS commissioned three spots to promote their campaign, "Viewers Like You". Each spot showcases the different PBS shows that inspired the public and their lasting impacts on audiences.
5. Dr. Funk
Client: Eligy
Roles: director, production design, background paint, compositing
Project brief: Commissioned music video for 3 minute song. The art style was influenced by antique print material, and the color and graphic lighting style was intended to match the groovy, haunting melody of the music.
Final shots
Personal work
2D animation & compositing
World-building personal project
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