city of ghosts
Having grown up in Los Angeles all my life, working on this show was very special for me. Not only was it my first job working in animation, I was able to really use my experience and love with the city to inform my boards and the settings that the characters explore. Zelda’s map is based on my boards, it even follows my handwriting and the nod to good Chinese food further east because of my experience visiting my grandparents in Rowland Heights to eat.
episode 1 - The sort of japanese restaurant
CHARACTER DESIGN AND EXPLORATION
episode 2 - Venice
Character Design and exploration:
Animatic:
Episode 3 - leimert park
Character design and exploration
EPISODE 4 - TOVAANGAR
Ako, Alex, and I went on a field trip to Vista Hermosa Park for this episode. This episode focused a lot more on listening to both the earth and the story of the Tongva people. It is one of my favorites.
EPISODE 5 - BOB AND NANCY
Alex and I worked with Pen Ward on this episode centered around Little Tokyo and the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
EPISODE 6 - KOREATOWN
Alex and I had to write a good chunk of the script for the Koreatown episode while incorporating it with the interviews of Yulissa and the rest of the recordings.