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Bladder Basics

An interactive educational course on healthy bladder habits for kids, produced with Stanford Medicine EdTech and Kan Lab. The project includes 7 videos with interactive puzzles and assessments, 6 original songs, and approximately 1 hour of content. I served as Lead Character Animator, animating 6 characters (Bladdimir, Pootrick, Brainhavi, Waterlupe, Kai, and Dr. Kan) across various scenes—504 hours (21 days) of animation using Adobe Character Animator. The course was presented at the ICEMT Conference; project documentation is available for additional context.

Motion Capture
Bladder Basics animation
Brainhavi isolated character animation

Character illustration by Katherine Cao, EdTech

Brainhavi and Bladdimir dialogue in motion

Character animation for Bladder Basics: as a lead character animator, I helped bring the cast to life using pose-to-pose animation and Adobe Character Animator—the “digital puppeteer” workflow—across multiple acts and scenes. The course is designed to be learner-appropriate, memorable, and scalable, with distinctive characters and engaging storylines.

Project Specifications

Employer Stanford School of Medicine
Role Lead Character Animator
Animation 6 characters, 504 hours
Year 2023
Format Export MP4

Technologies Used

Adobe Character Animator Adobe After Effects

Key Features

  • Face acting with motion capture via web camera
  • Pose-to-pose animation
  • Custom triggers
  • Full animated dance sequences timed to music
  • Characters composited into 3D scenes

Bladder Basics (PDF) — ICEMT Conference presentation with production process, character design, storyboarding, voice casting, and lessons learned.