As an artist, Olivia Lin finds inspiration in experimenting with different mediums to push their storytelling capabilities as much as possible. She grew up in New Jersey but a lot of her vivid childhood memories are from summers spent visiting family in China. While visiting, she studied traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy with her grandfather and it inspired a lot of the visual language behind her work. After she graduates, she'd love to develop a short film painted on Xuan paper.
Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, Muling Tzai studied in Eswatini before pursuing 3D animation in Florida. Growing up in Taipei's Wenshan District, she developed a strong connection to environments and landscapes, which often become silent characters in her films. Drawing inspiration from conversations and observations of both the heavy and light parts of human experience, she creates experimental mixed-media animations that invite audiences to smile, and think that perhaps everyone shares the same feelings after all.
YELLO UGLY MUG studio is
WE MAKE , or at least we try to make…
college friends who decided to extend their thesis partnership
organic, meticulously crafted stories through experimental animation
currently WORKING ON
developing pitches + small fun animation + ugly drawings
