bé hồng (little persimmon)

Thy Vo:
Thy is a 2D generalist animator that’s animated for series, commercial, and interactive works. Some clients she’s made work for include Cartoon Network, adult swim, and PBS Kids. Born in Brooklyn, but raised in Lawrenceville, Thy has always loved making videos and art, but really got into animation because it bridged the language gap she had with her family. Currently, some of her favorite subjects revolve around culture, music, fashion, anime, and gaming. Her current obsessions are Dungeon Meshi, Stardew Valley, and Tears of the Kingdom. Outside of art, she enjoys the gym, her pups, and cooking. She loves meeting new people, collaborating, and making something fun everyone will enjoy making and watching.

Ivan Gozali:
Ivan is a Chinese-Indonesian LA-based filmmaker; a story artist working in the animation industry since 2010. He's worked on a myriad of projects such as Guillermo Del Toro's Tales of Arcadia series, Paul McCartney's High in the Clouds, Lauren Faust's fun spin-off of DC Superhero Girls, with clients such as Disney, DreamWorks, Netflix, Warner Bros., ShadowMachine, Duncan Studios, and others. His passion is great cinema! He's interested in working on features or limited series that are boundary pushing--in stories, styles and genres; and especially in projects with high social impact, exploring humanitarian values, and a belief in making a difference.

Yusra Shahid:
Yusra is an Indian background and visual development artist for animation. Having grown up in Kuala Lumpur and lived in Melbourne and London, she is now stationed in sunny Los Angeles. Yusra has worked for animated tv shows and feature films for clients like A24, Disney TVA, Nickelodeon, Titmouse, Atomic Cartoons and more. She loves to tell the stories from her own culture and the ones she’s experienced around her while growing up through her art. When not drawing, you can find her making pretty earrings and tiny clay pins.

Florence Young:
Florence is a Chinese-Canadian artist who works in the video games, film, and animation industries. Having grown up with a Chinese-Cambodian father who enjoys sharing his love of stories and cultures that he grew up with, Flo developed a passion for learning asian history along with their myths and legends. She also loves noodles, anime, and martial arts movies. She now lives in Massachusetts with her partner and bearded dragon. Flo has worked on projects published by Ubisoft, Warner Brothers, Nelvana, Disney XD, Nickelodeon, and Dungeon Masters Guild. She continues to create characters and environments steeped with story and charm taking inspiration from her own heritage. In her spare time, Flo is working on writing and illustrating her own manga as well as developing an indie game.

Noël Wiggins:
Noël is a comedy writer, animatic editor, voice actor, and voted most likely to wear too many hats. Born a military brat in the Philippines, Noël spent most of his childhood moving from military base to base and living in his imagination rather than making actual friends. Luckily for him, this would foster his creative journey and love of storytelling. He writes comedies about diverse misfits who fight to break away from tradition in order to rewrite their own stories and he has over five years of experience writing, directing, or editing animated web series such as Red vs Blue: Family Shatters, Human Beans, and Paula and Pals. Noël is an avid sneakerhead that can be described as if every wacky ‘90s toy commercial was a person.

Tracy Liu:
Tracy Liu is a Chinese-American self-taught illustrator specializing in animation and game production. After pursuing degrees in Ecology, Motion Graphics, and Museum Studies, Tracy began her career in museum exhibits and public programming. She honed her skills at a design firm, specializing in interactive exhibits, before transitioning to Nickelodeon, where she became an Associate Producer creating interactive videos as well as an Emmy-nominated series for their preschool app Noggin. Currently, she's taking Warrior Art Camp's 2024 Animated Short Film Making course.

Raised in NYC by a history professor mom and composer dad, Tracy's passion for painting, comics, and storytelling is inspired by documentaries, European and Asian animation, and Chinese wuxia dramas. Her favorite subjects are wildlife, mythology, and exploration of nature and the hidden depths of humanity. Beyond art, she enjoys reading epic fantasy novels, horseback riding, birdwatching, wildlife rehabilitation, and playing indie games.