Mai Petless - Who am I?

 Haya! I'm Mai Petless, an animator, artist, and 3D generalist living in the UK.

(Also known as Duskstar Shine on most social platforms).

I love doing almost everything "art": CG and 2D animation; Painting with ink & bleach and water colour; felting/textiles; clay work; stage acting; writing and poetry; and traditional/digital drawing.. I love to dabble into different subjects and push myself out of my comfort zone to explore new mediums that I may find out I enjoy.

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I've been doing animation for over 12 years (since I was 9 years old) and CG animation for 8+ years since 2016. I've done it all, from flip books, to stop motion, to even making zoetrope's; I've experimented a lot over the past 11 years, and what originally started out as a small hobby making Minecraft animations, slowly became my passion that I could express my future projects and ideas through, and one day I hope in making it my job.

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I'm the co-owner and founder of Regno Studios, an indie studio whose goal is to create content of all varieties for people to enjoy! Currently, our main project in the works is a comic called Kozan brush, and I'm looking forward to the day we get to finally release it!

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Currently, I'm at a university, studying for a degree in animation, and as a hobby, I create 3D models and rigs for the game VRChat. Due to my eating disorder and the disabilities that come along with it, I'm unable to get most in-person jobs, so I'm hoping to be able to perhaps use my modelling skills to work from home until I'm able to graduate and work for a studio!