{"id":134,"date":"2025-08-27T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2026-03-24T18:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T18:12:14","slug":"works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/home\/works\/","title":{"rendered":"Works"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"134\" class=\"elementor elementor-134\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e368939 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e368939\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74b5794 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74b5794\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdc3707 elementor-icon-list--layout-inline elementor-align-center elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"fdc3707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items elementor-inline-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Home<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">\/<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/home\/works\/\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Works<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fddb90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2fddb90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Works<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77b6d6d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"77b6d6d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a6922 e-n-tabs-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"68a6922\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"109734178\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The lesson I wanted to express was empathy. Through my rats backstory, I wanted kids to see the struggle of poverty, big or small, and learn to empathize with those who might be less fortunate than them. I wanted the kids who did have to live through this struggle to be able to see themselves in the character. This is where I bring in the &#8220;cold rat&#8221; aspect of the prompt. I tried to bundle the rat up with what I imagine to be thrifted items he bought or borrowed. (Yes I&#8217;m aware he&#8217;s not wearing pants, it&#8217;s what the fur is for- cartoon logic.)<\/p><p>I also wanted to teach the kids \u00a0another lesson about hope, and how sometimes following your own passion is something worth doing. This is where I brought in a plot. Despite his struggles as an underpaid, overworked, under stimulated young adult, Lucio take the chance to do something with his passion for photography, and throughout his journey I imagine him coming to discover himself along with his place in the world around him that he never got to before. Kinda like a coming of age story.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a72054 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a72054\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd8e04 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3fd8e04\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70a97ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70a97ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I feel you could definitely feel my inspirations really shine through with my slightly humanoid, stylized proportions of a rat. 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But I didn&#8217;t want to have to many different colors with the thought that the more color there is , the harder it makes the animators jobs if this was an animated show.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c00505 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c00505\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1ac1cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1ac1cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-1024x663.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2025\/11\/Skillshowcase-sketches-v3_-2048x1325.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1097341782\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1097341782\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-699805c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"699805c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf950c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbf950c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30db435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30db435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Animated MV<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-151a6d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"151a6d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecf845c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ecf845c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/QgcHuFU2yME&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e247b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"65e247b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad5e8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ad5e8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was assigned to create a minute long, animated music video with pretty much no limits; I could do whatever I wanted with this video as long as it met requirements. That was the first thing I had to do was decide what I wanted to do. To decide this I asked a different question, what story did I want to tell? I ended up deciding to do something I was familiar with. It was February at the time and Lunar New Year just happened so I decided to reflect on some of my childhood experiences with this holiday. This may have been self-indulgent, but I wanted to share a peek of the traditions I lived through as someone from a Chinese Immigrant family to either someone who does not know or has experienced it themselves.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4212ae e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4212ae\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b065a6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b065a6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-267\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d3a891 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d3a891\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg2-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-268\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/danforthportfolios.com\/zc1123217\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/2026\/03\/mv-storyboard-pg2.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30fe20e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30fe20e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I made a loose storyboard. 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