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"Worn Stories" is a mini documentary series on Netflix, adapted from Emily Spivack’s New York Times best selling book. I had an opportunity to create animated sequences for Matt’s and Racheal’s story in “Growing up” episode.
![Character design for Matt and Jockstrap](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/c1b3ca54-8a0b-4064-9be6-2ba835cc32a2_rw_1920.jpg?h=1a815e14fa729159e4323f7b8ad69352)
Character design for Matt and Jockstrap
![Matt and Jockstrap dancing](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/0f714912-4184-4554-bda4-6ca6ecb22daa_rw_1920.jpg?h=79ed5b9eac366759cc1087826cdfaade)
Matt and Jockstrap dancing
![Matt and Jockstrap in Hawaii](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/04080a67-d207-4e7b-bddf-1463f5c0e63c_rw_1920.jpg?h=b482f560817f7320a1c294a6da8bde11)
Matt and Jockstrap in Hawaii
![Matt rejected at Rolling Stone Magazine](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/56eb7985-9bc4-446a-8c20-4fa820766953_rw_3840.jpg?h=15598a0d000be116a9f064c81428e2bb)
Matt rejected at Rolling Stone Magazine
![Matt meeting with multiple clients while Jockstrap on lookout](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/ee720ed1-c238-4593-ae89-fdd7da4e59dc_rw_1920.jpg?h=e354ffdae5b46fafb059417a36083a7c)
Matt meeting with multiple clients while Jockstrap on lookout
![Jockstrap goes into the dark place](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/c6baebc5-0f8d-4b89-a49c-f0160de67fe9_rw_3840.jpg?h=264ebbb2e8b8ab7aaf037beb3b86e193)
Jockstrap goes into the dark place
![First encounter with Jockstrap](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/088d5800-5742-4381-9189-83a490b7bb66_rw_3840.jpg?h=2a40714572e3ec3c1eda4fca15fa4660)
First encounter with Jockstrap
![Hanging Jockstrap for good](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/53e37042-9c63-4932-820f-5bd70cb26341/859f8840-4f11-41a9-8cb3-133dce540752_rw_1920.jpg?h=ecd976c1f1158865d2438bbeee80efb6)
Hanging Jockstrap for good
I first created character design and few key arts: to show what they look like, and what the world they live in look like.
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Because the edit was going to keep changing: and that animation will be inserted throughout the live action sequences, I only made a rough storyboard, only for Matt’s story(I started with Matt’s story first) the edit kept changing so this served as more of a guide/reference point.
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For Rachael's story, after I created the character design and key arts, I moved onto rough animation at that point.
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Here are some examples of rough animation to the final animation.
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Here are some of favorite moments from the sequences I have made.