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Stop-motion animator and mixed-media artist specialising in cut-out and collage animation, with experience across puppet, clay, sand, and paint stop-motion. Skilled in directing, storyboarding, animation, editing, and sound design, with a strong visual style and experimental approach to storytelling. Jingyi’s films have been selected for Feinaki Animation Week, Kaboom Animation Festival, and Brighton International Animation Festival. She is seeking opportunities where her technical animation skills and mixed-media visual storytelling can support animation studios and creative teams.…Stop-motion animator and mixed-media artist specialising in cut-out and collage animation, with experience across puppet, clay, sand, and paint stop-motion. Skilled in directing, storyboarding, animation, editing, and sound design, with a strong visual style and experimental approach to storytelling. Jingyi’s films have been selected for Feinaki Animation Week, Kaboom Animation Festival, and Brighton International Animation Festival. She is seeking opportunities where her technical animation skills and mixed-media visual storytelling can support animation studios and creative teams.

Jingyi Shen

Animation Director, Artist, Documentary Filmmaker, +7

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Stop-motion animator and mixed-media artist specialising in cut-out and collage animation, with experience across puppet, clay, sand, and paint stop-motion. Skilled in directing, storyboarding, animation, editing, and sound design, with a strong visual style and experimental approach to storytelling. Jingyi’s films have been selected for Feinaki Animation Week, Kaboom Animation Festival, and Brighton International Animation Festival. She is seeking opportunities where her technical animation skills and mixed-media visual storytelling can support animation studios and creative teams.…Stop-motion animator and mixed-media artist specialising in cut-out and collage animation, with experience across puppet, clay, sand, and paint stop-motion. Skilled in directing, storyboarding, animation, editing, and sound design, with a strong visual style and experimental approach to storytelling. Jingyi’s films have been selected for Feinaki Animation Week, Kaboom Animation Festival, and Brighton International Animation Festival. She is seeking opportunities where her technical animation skills and mixed-media visual storytelling can support animation studios and creative teams.

Available to hire

Stop-motion animator and mixed-media artist specialising in cut-out and collage animation, with experience across puppet, clay, sand, and paint stop-motion. Skilled in directing, storyboarding, animation, editing, and sound design, with a strong visual style and experimental approach to storytelling.

Jingyi’s films have been selected for Feinaki Animation Week, Kaboom Animation Festival, and Brighton International Animation Festival. She is seeking opportunities where her technical animation skills and mixed-media visual storytelling can support animation studios and creative teams.

Skills

Animation

Stop Motion Animation

Collage Illustration

Experience Level

Animation

Expert

Stop Motion Animation

Expert

Collage Illustration

Expert

Language

Chinese

Fluent

English

Intermediate

Work Experience

Volunteer Animator (Class of 2026) at National Film and Television School (NFTS)

January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026

Animated approximately 40 seconds of 2D facial animation and lip-sync for two lead characters using TVPaint, covering a wide range of emotional performances including sadness, anticipation, and romance. Collaborated closely with the director to integrate 2D facial animation into stop-motion puppets for the final film.

Freelance Animator at Fudan University Robotics Research Group

January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025

Freelance work for projects including animated shorts and game-related/AR-style outputs (film titles listed). Contributed animation skills within collaborative studio workflows for research-led creative production.