My First Doll
- Role: Director, Animator, Background artist, Compositer
- Cilent: Internal
- Year: 2025
This is the trailer version. You can watch the full story here.
About the project
My First Doll is my first animated short film, which based on my original comic of the same name.
It was selected for the Hong Kong Animation Support Program, which gave me the space to fully develop it, and it eventually received the Gold Award in the startup category.
This is a story about making peace with insecurity. We all carry fragments of childhood — memories that remain hidden beneath the surface, never quite fading. They return in the stillness of night, quietly shaping who we become.
Character Design
Colourscript
Because the final shot in Mai Yi’s Home features a drawer being closed, executing this moment in 2D would have been extremely time-consuming, whereas using 3D allowed for a much more efficient workflow. I therefore built the environment in 3D software.
The completed model was then reused for other shots featuring Mai Yi’s home. After rendering, I added hand-drawn touches in post-production so the 3D environment would blend more naturally with the 2D elements, creating a cohesive visual style.
This project marks an important step in how I translate my ideas from comics into moving images, and has made me realise how much I enjoy working in animation.
