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  Aliens in the Yard May 2026
Emi (4) and her mother visit Aunt Janice and Cousin Ming-Ming in Rowland Heights, LA, where where aliens make a visit to their backyard.  

Based off of a personal memory

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A timed animatic excerpt from the project










Pajin (Excerpt)   July 2024
A short sequence from a past storyboarding project, Pajin.





Pajin - Full board July 2024
A young girl making a difficult decision meets a playful dog.







Thumbnails and sketches



Backpack Rat - Scenes July 2024
Scenes from a past storyboarding project titled Backpack Rat, where a woman recounts her childhood school experience in 1980s South Korea to her nieces.



  





New Year
2026
A unseen threat attacks a rural village in the China. Based off of the Chinese folktale monster, “Nian.”