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Stuffed

Lexie Coyle, Amanda Urrutia, Melanie Riojas, Justin Hopson,
Sergio Alonzo-Macias, Saif Chowdhury, Adithya Sathyanarayanan

Stuffed is a short film produced during the Summer Industry Course at Texas A&M University. It was created by a team of seven, over a span of ten weeks. My roles included Story Lead,  Animation Co-Lead, Surfacing and Editorial.

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Claw

What do stuffies feel when they are  in a claw machine? For one little bear, its terror. Or at least it starts that way. Claw, is a short animated film that follows Bearzy, a teddy bear in a claw machine game, as he goes through the emotions of being hand picked by a very determined little girl. Storyboards are hand drawn.

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Claw

(2022)

What do stuffies feel when they are  in a claw machine? For one little bear, its terror. Or at least it starts that way. Claw, is a short animated film that follows Bearzy, a teddy bear in a claw machine game, as he goes through the emotions of being hand picked by a very determined little girl. Storyboards are hand drawn.

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Little Juice

Little Juice is the short about a scared little juice box that is too afraid of the one thing he was meant to do. All boards were drawn in Procreate.

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Second Chance

Anything can happen at a Ten Year Reunion. But nothing is more important than a second chance at love. Storyboards are hand drawn.

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Second Chance

(2022)

Anything can happen at a Ten Year Reunion. But nothing is more important than a second chance at love. Storyboards are hand drawn.

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The Adventurous Tales of Mya and Beary: Mya Learns to Read

(2022)

The Adventurous Tales of Mya and Beary: Mya Learns to Read, is an animated short following a toddler, Mya, as she learns to read with the help and encouragement of her sidekick stuffy, Beary. The short was illustrated and animated in Procreate.

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