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Stef Choi is an artist living in Portland, Oregon. She creates illustrations, videos and other multimedia projects as part of her collaborative enterprise Belly & Bones that she runs with Tony Candelaria. Independently, she has also worked for Laika and Walt Disney Animation Studios creating character concepts and designs for various projects.

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These bird designs were part of Stef’s development work at Laika for a film that was never completed, Jack & Ben:

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Her personal drawings are charmingly friendly and strange, such as the illustrations she did for a small book about the life cycle of mushrooms. Visit Stef’s blog to see more development, sketchbook and illustration work.

Chris McDonnell

Chris McDonnell’s recent animation productions include segments for Tour de Pharmacy (HBO), Lady Dynamite (Netflix), Comedy Bang Bang (IFC), Kroll Show (Comedy Central), Mike Tyson Mysteries (Adult Swim). Chris’s books include Steven Universe: Art & Origins and Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo, Sasquatch’s Big Hairy Drawing Book, and Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi. He works from his studio McD Workshop and teaches animation at The University of the Arts and Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia.