Christine Chong's Page

Are you a trained or self-taught animator?

trained

Are you an animation production company, educational institute, animation organization or animation festival?

independent production

Tell us a little bit about your company, organization or festival.

we produce animation based on our own comic stories, we hope to do commercial based work.

Where are you located or based?

NJ, CA,

Do you have an online portfolio or link to your work?

http://mayshing.com/anime.htm

What's your favorite animation (tv show, short, feature film)?

Perfect Blue, Gundam series, Miyazaki series,

What or who influenced you to started animating?

Osamu Tezuka, he created a TV industry in JP when there's practically none, and he was just a comic artist. Miyazaki, who took his own vision and made it into something. Pixar, who fought for their ideal for 15 years and come up surviving and striving...

I thought, if they could do it, I could do it.

Do you work in the industry or create animation as a hobby?

I work in the industry, and freelance at the same time.

Tell us a bit about the software and hardware used in your creative work.

Flash CS3, After Effects, Photoshop, and Paint tool sai.

Where has your work been showcased on television, internet, film festivals, mobile etc?

so far, just my websites, Deviantart, and youtube. We are aiming to go to NY TV festivals and other film fest within the next 2 years.

Any projects we can look forward to seeing from you in the near future?

We are developing our own pilot episodes, two of them are in planning right now, we will be developing more shorts, and reel for advertising work.

Can you recommend an animation film or animation book that every animator should see/read?

Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive by David Levy