Visual Development

The Burn of You in My Lungs (2026)

Bodega Cat (2025)

Searching Lion (2025)

Venerability (2024)

"Please, for the Love of God--" (2024)

The Burn of You in My Lungs (2026)

Sacha visits an old flame of his just to have his expectations subverted when she isn't how he remembers.

SVA Thesis Film

film color script and the earliest style frames. Louise originally was meant to have dark hair, but it was changed later on so the character was more recognizable.

My character turnarounds + outfit references.

Some of the earliest character designs and color explorations.

Also some of the location design sketches.

Bodega Cat (2025)

SVA 3rd Year Group-Film.

Directed by Emmanuelle Martinez, Produced by Ari Ceppi

For this film I took on the role of Animation Director, storyboard artist, and compositor. As animation director, I had the opportunity to be a jack-of-all-trades, and completed a wide variety of visual development work for Bodega Cat.

Shelf sketch created by Yifei zhao. Colors and compositing guide by Yongxi Cui.

Bodega ext. location design

Character drawing guides/Cat walk cycle/Early concept cat walk cycle

Turnaround and compositing guide created by Yongxi Cui.

Character design: Nayoon Gang

Model (comp guide): Kieran Nevins

Base Color: Hana Yu

Searching Lion (2025)

A lion dancer weaves through a lantern festival on a chaotic hunt for their missing lion head and partner.

SVA 3rd Year Solo-film.

Character Lineup/Concept Art

Expression sheet/Gesture sheet/Mouth charts/Walk cycle

Location and Prop designs

Character Turnaround

Venerability (2024)

Visual Development project that features Augustus. Born with an uncontrollable chaos in his heart, a dragon tries desperately to be accepted by the society he was once rejected from.

Design bible/Keyframe art

"Please, for the Love of God--" (2024)

The irritation and mundaneness of everyday life seems to really affect Yolk, a highschooler. A repetitive cycle of going to school each morning with an irritating, grating parent takes a severe mental toll. With how much pressure Yolk experiences, it’s just a matter of time before they snap…

SVA 2nd Year Solo-Film.

Character design

Prop design/Effect design/Gesture sheet

Early storyboards/mouth chart