Animation Demo Reel 2025

Prsonal Animated Films

• _{One, two three..., four, five, six}
• _{| CalArts MFA thesis film}
• _{FISH | CalArts First Year film}
• _{Little Dan I short film on ZippyFrames}
  
• Echo | loop
• Happy New Year | short film
• Throw It I short film
• _{To You | short film}
• _{welcome I 1 min film}
• Be a Good Student | 1 min film
• Pencil Films | collection
• _{Goodbye, Rota | Undergrad thesis film}

Commissioned Animated Films
(MV) MaoDeng’s Paradise | Modern Sky

• 2024 Title Film | CalArts Art Program
• Animation and Illustration | MVMT Labs
  
• Animation | Cargill

• Gaze | Feinaki GIF Competition
• _{Weaving Paradise | Feinaki GIF Competition}
  
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• GIFs
• loop collection
  
• long braid stickers | imessages

Comics

• GAME | one-page comic
• confession | 16-page zine
• 4-panel postcards comic
• diary comics

Handcrafted Work

• 3d physical puppet
• ceramic work
  

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Yingdan Lai is a freelance animator and teaching artist originally from China, currently based in California. She is known for her short films Little Dan and Fish that have screened at a range of international animation festivals like Slamdance, Turku. Her work focuses on narrative experimental animation, often featuring unique and unexpected character performances inspired by her childhood. She received her MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 2024. Currently, she teaches in the CalArts Community Arts Program and continues making her new films.

蛋霓是一位自由动画师及艺术教学者，来自中国，目前常驻加州。她以在国际动画节展映的动画短片《小丹》和《鱼》而知名。她的创作专注于叙事性实验动画，作品中常出现独特且出人意料的人物表演，灵感多源自于她的童年经历。她于2024年获得加州艺术学院（CalArts）实验动画硕士学位。目前，她在CalArts社区艺术项目中担任教师，并持续创作新作品。