Animation Portfolio
Yuxin(Cindy) Cheng
Animation Showreel
2020 - 2024
A showreel featuring my animation and video works.
Tarot
2024
Tarot is a story about confronting pressure and self-trust. A young man, exhausted from endless job hunting, encounters a mysterious old lady on a night bus. Noticing his inner conflicts, the old lady offers the young man a tarot reading. Through the cards, the young man sees his past, his present, leading to his possible future.
Homecoming
2024
A young woman walking down the street scented something familiar. She recalls a joyful childhood memory with her family, inspiring her to reconnect with her loved ones.
Bubble
2022
"Bubble" is a hand-drawn animation sequence I worked for my first year animation course at UCLA. The animation aimed to experiment with fluid motions and metamorphasis.
FALL
2021
Tanuki is a legendary animal who possesses shapeshifting ability when putting a leaf on his head. With his supernatural ability, Tanuki became a merciless ruffian who murders innocent and seizes their wealth and resources. Amazed by Geisha’s beauty and everything she possesses, Tanuki has an evil plan in mind.
HOME
2020
“Home” is an animated personal documentary about an old house I lived in during my childhood, which was demolished in 2009 during China’s forced eviction. This piece illustrates my exploration of my personal memory about the house and extends to the shared memory as a citizen under the rapid urban development in China.
The Leap
2020
A boy is apart from his parents who went overseas for work. Excited about their reunion, the boy waits at the port for the whole day, but he does not see his parents back. Seeing the seagulls flying above the sea, the boy imagines himself to grow a pair of wings and finally meet his parents across the ocean.
Parallel Universe
2018
“There’s a theory that says there are billions of other universes, parallel to the one we live in, and that each of them is slightly different. I enjoy knowing there’s one place, in the heart of the woods, where I’m falling asleep happy. ”
--- Etgar Keret, Parallel Universes
Gift
2018
2D hand-drawn animation featuring a heartwarming story where family affection and wishes can be collected, transformed, and delivered, regardless of the challenge of distance.
Erratic
2018
Erratics are rocks that have been transported by ice and deposited elsewhere, which is usually significantly different from its surrounding. This film features the fantasy journey of a cobblestone from Chinatown and how it finds its way to settle in the new environment.