YUTELOI

• The Quiet Library

• Go

• We Don't Punch People

• Abyss

• Mama's Pizza

• Hunger

• Revenge

• Crimson Canvas

• Star Chaser

My focus was on the environmental set design, props and lighting that aimed to tell the story of nostalgia and maternal love on its own. I was heavily involved in the process for 3D printing, and tactile painting and sculpting for the interior, as well as the 3D animation.
My other roles involved editing, colour correction, compositing and creating the graphic title.Project by Joanna Lau, Thomas Howie, and Joelle Burt

Mama's Pizza is a multi-media animated VFX project combining practical miniatures with digital animation. It follows a bushy bearded man in the kitchen of a rustic cozy cottage. Chaos ensues while he attempts to cook his late mother’s special pizza recipe, and nothing goes according to plan.The project combines Physical props and sets with digital 3D animation to together create a final result better than either can achieve alone. It explores physicality in character animation to create comedy and the feelings of nostalgia generated by practical environment design.SOFTWARE USED: Maya | Nomad Sculpt | Blender | Nuke | Houdini | Davinci Resolve | Substance Painter | After Effects | Bambu

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Abyss is a handmade experimental film exploring grief, duality and self-destruction through symbolic mixed-media visuals. Using watercolour and crochet flowers animated in a 2.5D collage style, the film invites viewers to engage with its open-ended symbolism, creating a gallery-like experience where interpretation is fluid and personal.SOFTWARE USED: After Effects | Photoshop

The Little Visitor is my first attempt at a children’s illustrated picture book inspired by Ernest and Celestine, Beatrix Potter, and Trace Morey."Sometimes, the gentlest souls hide under peculiar creatures. In a quiet old castle, a curious dormouse finds someone unexpected and can't help coming back for another peek... and another... and another... Until she is caught!The Little Visitor is a tender story about second chances and unexpected friendship through sunlight and berries."SOFTWARE USED: TV Paint | InDesign

GO is an Animated Documentary made with Maya, Houdini, Blender’s Grease Pencil, and After Effects.
This interview with my dad brings nostalgia from his childhood in China, discovering his love for books, strategy games, and learning, then passing knowledge down to me through a memorable game of Go.SOFTWARE USED: Maya | Houdini | Blender Grease Pencil | After Effects

The Quiet Library is a Puppet Rig Animation of a gothic castle study where the green lady is seen reading and sipping wine. She becomes irritated by a pesky raven that keeps coming back.The character was drawn in Procreate while the bird was animated frame by frame in Toon Boom. Other assets were painted with traditional watercolours.SOFTWARE USED: After Effects | Procreate | Toon Boom Harmony | Photoshop

Revenge is a Toon Boom rig animation of a gothic castle where a vampire confidently struts down the hall during a solar eclipse, slashing armored knights along the way.Artist inspirations came from early 2000s Bratz and Monster High animated commercials.SOFTWARE USED: Toon Boom Harmony | Procreate | Photoshop

Crimson Canvas follows a dermatillomaniac painter's struggling relationship with art.Creating art can be beautiful, but also painful. A short film poem with characteristics of horror, Crimson Canvas follows a dermatillomaniac painter’s struggling relationship with art. The painter questions how qualified and worthy their skills really are, escalating stress and anxiety in this anguishing dilemma. As the painter strays from tidy perfection, they create a painting through unconventional methods but remain stuck in their predicament. Should they continue to pursue art?SOFTWARE & EQUIPMENT: Canon DS | Premiere Pro

We Don't Punch People is a short 12 second lip sync animation, where two students at a fantasy school are in trouble after seemingly innocent "Ed" punches his bully. The teacher can't keep a straight face at the irony.SOFTWARE USED: Toon Boom Harmony

Hunger is a short film set in a post apocalyptic world where fauna is overgrown and food is scarce. While a survivor finds a healthy vegetable patch, she encounters a terrifyingly large creature, that is ready to feast on its new prey.My roles in this group project involved modelling and texturing the butterfly, animation and compositing.SOFTWARE USED: Maya | ZBrush | Substance Painter | Nuke | Davinci Resolve

Star Chaser is a "fan made" music video for Transit of Venus's "Star Chaser". The concept surrounds the idea of someone who dreams of an ideal they can't reach. "Grounded in reality", space and stars are used as a metaphor for that dream.My roles in this group project involved sculpting the asteroids, modelling part of the space station, and animating space scenes in Unreal.SOFTWARE USED: Unreal Engine | Maya | Nomad Sculpt | After Effects

• BandCamp /Transits of Venus