Christin Joy Smolinski Lee

Character & Creature Animator

Check out my work on the demo reels page!
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Character Reel

Shot Break Down
00:02-00:04 Le Petit Observateur (Animation, models, rigging, lighting and environment)
00:05-00:12 Personal project (Animation)
00:12-00:14 Abby Hatcher - Nick Jr. (Animation)
00:14-00:16 Bloom (Animation)
00:16-00:19 Unai (Animation)
00:20-00:32 Personal project (Animation, environment)
00:32-00:38 Flicker (Animation - director)
00:38-00:51 Personal project (Animation, environment)
00:51-00:55 Imperfect Short (Animation)

Game Reel

MOST RECENT PROJECT
Girl Of The Year 2025: Summer McKinny "Recipe Of Me" Official Music Video | American Girl
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Hand-animated and Motion Capture Clean-up of half the music video.

A 3D Character and Creature Animator with 6 years of experience, with experience in keyframe animation, film, VFX, game, television, matchmove, acting, motion capture, producing an animated short, ballet, dance, choreography, and layout.FOR MY REALISTIC, CREATURE ANIMATION REEL, EMAIL [email protected] FOR THE PRIVATE LINKAlso have experience in
2D Animation, traditional art, painting (digital and traditional), and modeling..Check out my directorial premiere of "Flicker" - A short 7min animated film.

Flicker Animated Short Film Site

PROJECTS

Released projects I’ve worked on over the past few years

Check out my in-progress directorial premiere of "Flicker"
A short 7min animated film.

Flicker Animated Short Film Site

The Big George Foreman

Crowds and Motion Capture Clean-up

Monster High 2

Creature Animation, Hand Key Animation, Motion Capture, and Matchmove

Bonsai

Directed, produced, and animated
An animated short about the emotional and transformative journey of a Bonsai fairy and her Gardener

Abby Hatcher – Nick Jr.

Animated 2 shots through Magnetic Dreams for an Abby Hatcher trailer – 00:19-00:21

Beep Bop Symphony

Lead Animator – animated 45+ seconds of animation, as well as helping other artists with their animation by giving notes and tips. Good time management with delivering shots on time.Producer – organized a team of 8-20 artists, scheduled the project from beginning to end, communicated with out sourced artists, and worked alongside director.Awards:
Remi Award (College Student Film) Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival
Excellence in Producing from School of Visual Art & Design Faculty
Best in Festival at Sonscreen Film Festival
Best in Animation at Sonscreen Film Festival
Audience Choice at Sonscreen Film FestivalScreened at:
Imagine This Woman's International Film Festival - New York
Rigerike International Youth Film Festival - Hønefoss, Norway
Los Angeles Animated Film Festival
deadCenter Film Festival - Oklahoma Premiere
Festival Link
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia - Japan Premiere
Très Court International Film Festival (Online) - France Premiere
DOKUFEST - Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Serbia Premiere

Power Levels - Screen Junkies

In charge of puppet character animation (Duik) in Adobe AfterEffects

Le Petit Observateur

Directed, produced, designed, modeled, rigged, and animated

FINE ART & DESIGN

My portfolio showcases various projects using a variety of mediums created throughout my career, including oil paint, illustration, charcoal, graphite, colored pencil, mixed media, and digital painting.

2 hour graphite drawing
Self-portrait oil painting
Digital Painting playing with shadow and color
2 hour digital painting
1.5 hour digital painting
Oil Painting
Life drawing
Life Painting
Life Drawing
12 hour graphite still life drawing
2 hour digital painting
20 minute digital painting
Character Design
Creature design - Alien
Creature Design - Axolotl
2 Minute Life Drawing
1 Minute Life Drawing
2 Minute Life Drawing
2 Minute Life Drawing
3 Minute Distorted Life Drawing
1 Minute Life Drawing
2015 Character Design Study
Colored Pencil – Best in Show at End of Year Showcase

Resume

The great Jeffrey Katzenberg once said, “What I love most about animation is, it’s a team sport, and everything we do is about pure imagination.”, which perfectly sums up my love of and focus in the animation industry; people and creativity. While animating, I have kept up acting and dancing on the side, and the techniques and principles from those activities have informed my approach to animation.Animation allows me to create another realm to process the outer and inner thought process, to experience life and human emotions in an immersive and artistic way with stylized realistic animation.Animation can serve a larger purpose than just entertainment; it can reach and invite the spirit to grow closer to our purpose in this life. My goal is to create quality works that will inspire and ignite thoughts, questions, and feelings in the viewer no matter what project I’m working on. I look forward to hearing from you!