{"id":2668,"date":"2025-07-11T22:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T22:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/?page_id=2668"},"modified":"2026-02-26T19:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T19:54:26","slug":"about-shelby","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/about-shelby\/","title":{"rendered":"About Shelby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;true&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;false&#8221;][vc_column full_height=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1752273313856{background-image: url(https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png?id=2670) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1419024612249{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;background-color: #181818 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;custom_class&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><em>3D Animator, <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><em><a style=\"color: #99ccff;\" href=\"http:\/\/thegreattitisabird.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Great Tit is a Bird<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Shelby Lee<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Shelby Lee (she\/her) serves as 3D Animator for both DEMO DAY and THE PROTOTYPE, the first two films of THE GREAT TIT IS A BIRD. She received her BFA in 3D Animation &amp; Motion Arts from Pratt Institute, and is currently pursuing a career in production management for animation or VFX. She has experience working as a 3D artist and designer on a wide range of projects, including jumbotron sports animations, independent films, and AR experiences. She is passionate about using animation and film as a vehicle for telling underrepresented and unique stories. Her thesis film depicted the pressures of growing up as a person of color under eurocentric beauty standards, and can be viewed <span style=\"color: #99ccff;\"><a class=\"c-link\" style=\"color: #99ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/shelbylee.xyz\/Thesis-Film-Grace-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/shelbylee.xyz\/Thesis-Film-Grace-2022\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">here<\/a><\/span>. Shelby also volunteers as the Head of Distribution at Asians in Animation, an international organization that aims to strengthen the Asian animation community, increase representation, and support emerging talent!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:15px;\"><\/aside><aside class=\"gap cf\" style=\"height:15px;\"><\/aside><a class=\"btn accent large \" href=\"https:\/\/shelbylee.xyz\/Thesis-Film-Grace-2022\"  target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\">Thesis Film: GRACE<\/a>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row equal_height=&#8221;true&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;false&#8221;][vc_column full_height=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1752273313856{background-image: url(https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/image.png?id=2670) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1419024612249{padding-top: 60px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;background-color: #181818 !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;custom_class&#8221; offset=&#8221;vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-xs-12&#8243;][vc_column_text]3D Animator, The Great Tit is a Bird Shelby Lee Shelby Lee (she\/her) serves as 3D Animator for both DEMO DAY and THE PROTOTYPE, the first two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2668","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2719,"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2668\/revisions\/2719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dukodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}