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Wendy Tan Shiau Wei

Published on 21/03/2022

“Wendy is a Chinese-Malaysia, born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Drawing has always been her interest when she started to hold a writing tool, but she only started to draw passionately during high school. She started taking design course and graduated from Saito College with a Diploma in Multimedia Design. She loves telling stories through her work and uses strong color and light in her works. She has a passion in telling stories, film and animation; she worked asstoryboard artist and visual development artist in Malaysia animation industry. Big Hero 6 is her favorite film as it was the first film that changes her passion and artistic path.During free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, spending time with family and her puppy, Lucky. “

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