Original Shorts
: Selected works from original shorts created by Sammie (Seo Jung) Yoon

Sketch no.xx (2022)

“What in the world am I?”
A blob finds consciousness in an alien planet, surrounded by a sense of unfamiliarity. The blob embarks on a journey to find out what it is, what it likes/dislikes, and everything in between. Is it the only living creature here?

Feet Type of Beat (2021)

Everyone has their own type of beat — the shape of your feet will determine the sound of your beat!
…and more importantly, the way you surf through life.

Self-introduction (Feb, 2020)
- Paper-cut animation
- Stop motion
A metaphor that illustrates the artist’s roots and background. Her journey starts from “home”, but seeks to expand her boundaries — to build her own world.

This piece recreates the tale of Karemanua, a story based in the sea of the Solomon Islands. The team reached out to Tony Heorake, director of the Solomon Islands National Museum, to make sure that the use of the drawings and retelling of the myth were respectful of the people of the Solomon Islands.

*Installed in the "Living with the Sea: Charting the Pacific" exhibition at the Penn Museum.

*For more information, see: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/living-sea-oceanian-penn-museum

*A COVID19 Short Animation Challenge: Create a short animation of small similar things (must have many of them e.g. beans,coins, laundry soap powder, cat food, etc.)

Lock down! Caught between one’s room in the midst of COVID19, this piece attempts illustrates one's desire to break out and liberate oneself.
- Limited to only using "small things" within one’s boundaries, lying across the room.

*A COVID19 Short Animation Challenge: Create a short animation(12fps) where you bring a malleable substance to life. Find a way to work in the meaning of the material into the conflict that the characters or objects are contending with.

What is a lonely polar bear made of? An exploration of clay and the way animation allows malleable substances to come to life. Solid to liquid, liquid to solid, construction to deconstruction.

*A COVID19 Short Animation Challenge: Create a short animation (12fps) in response to a final challenge.

In the height of quarantine and social distancing, this piece explores the concept of modern loneliness through the eyes of a lonesome chesnut… who meets an inherently antisocial Cat.