~ Aurora · rigging & animation folio ~
Character & prop rigs · FK/IK & FACS facial setups · Python rig tools — built in Maya.
Hi friend!
I'm Yajing Wu — a rigging & animation artist finishing my Computer Animation postgraduate degree at Sheridan College, June 2026. Coming from a deep fine-art background and 8 years of design experience, I focus on Maya character rigging — skeleton setup, skin weights, controllers, FK/IK logic, and animation debugging.
I've delivered animations independently and as a Rigging Lead on team productions, and I bring Python basics and AI-assisted workflows to keep production efficient.
2025 – 26
Rigging · Modeling · Animation
Full Pipeline · Solo Production
3D Animated Short
★ Primary
Rigging & Animation
Maya
Skeleton · Skin · Controllers
ZBrush
Sculpting · Topology
Blender
Hard-surface · GP
Substance
Texture · PBR
Unreal
Real-time · Sequencer
Redshift
GPU rendering
After FX
Compositing
Premiere
Editing · Color
Python
Rigging scripts · MEL
★ Visual & Design
2D & Concept
Photoshop
Digital painting
Illustrator
Vector · Posters
Midjourney
Concept exploration
Stable Diffusion
Visual exploration
★ Foundation
Traditional Art
01
★ Personal Project · Storyboard → Final
A complete personal pipeline — first hand-painted as the storyboard Bumper, then carried all the way through to a final 3D render. Concept, modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, rendering, and post — all done solo to demonstrate full pipeline ownership.
02
★ Character Design · 2D & 3D
Two characters at the heart of my recent work — a fashionable elderly woman and a forest fairy, one drawn, one rigged.
✦ Merry & Bailey · 2D Short
A warm 2D animated short about Merry — a fashionable elderly woman — and Bailey, her beloved cat whose spirit stays by her side. Full character design, expression sheets, environments, and storyboards.
✦ Lily · 3D Character & Rig
A plant fairy from the short "Harmony of Life" — designed, modeled, sculpted in ZBrush, and rigged in Maya with a FACS face setup. Multi-angle turnaround & expression study.
03
★ 3D Modeling Showcase
A collection of character model turntables — built across Sheridan coursework and personal study. Each piece focuses on topology, silhouette, and clean UV layout for both stylized and semi-realistic forms. Click any turntable to play in full.
04
★ Class Project · Unreal Engine · Team
A collaborative class project built in Unreal Engine — every student in our cohort contributed assets, animation, and integration. My share covered character rigging and animation passes inside the Unreal pipeline.
05
★ Facial Animation · FACS Rig Study
A focused study of facial expression keyframes — joy, surprise, anger, sadness — built on a custom FACS rig. Every blendshape, brow lift, and eyelid timing crafted by hand to feel readable from a distance while staying nuanced up close.
A foundation in real materials — oil, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, charcoal — informs every digital decision I make. Years of life-drawing, color study, and patient observation across mediums.
Oil Painting
04 works · 2018 – 2022
Watercolor
03 works · life study
Colored Pencil
02 works · detailed realism
Charcoal & Pencil
02 works · academic study
Gouache & Mixed
02 works · color & texture
Postgraduate · Computer Animation
Capstone film Serendipity; specialized in rigging and character pipeline.
Co-Founder · Shenzhen
Built the team, curriculum, and operations. Reached Top 5 on Dianping art listings in Shenzhen Nanshan District within one month. Designed animation-related courses on character structure & dynamic expression; guided 300+ students.
Bachelor's · Visual Communication Design
Design Manager / Supervisor · Shenzhen
Directed visual style and project design, including character and scene presentation. Built brand visual systems for digital content.
Art Teacher
Taught sketching, watercolor, oil painting, colored pencil, and creative art. Strengthened students' form, structure, proportion, and movement. 100% pass rate on art grading exams.
Associate · Architectural Engineering Technology
Provincial First-Class Scholarship
Two role-tailored résumés — pick the one that matches the job. Education, software, project credits, and 8 years of professional experience, on a clean one-pager.
Available for full-time roles, internships, and freelance — June 2026 onward.
— Aurora ✦
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