Janet Mah
Animation & Illustration
The People’s Joker
Directed by Vera Drew
Art Direction by K Kypers
Additional Animation by Janet Mah and others
A law-breaking comedian who is grappling with her gender identity forms a new anti-comedy troupe with a friend and finds herself battling a fascistic caped crusader.
Shades in Red
2nd Year Short film for School of Visual Arts (2020-2021)
Directed and Animated by Janet Mah
Prim and proper Kitty Vaughn finds herself moving in with the intimidating Roxy Hernandez. Despite their differences in appearances and personality, the girls manage to work things out and live together peacefully. But what happens when Kitty begins to experience new strange feelings for her alluring roommate?
Our Second Home
Thesis Short film for School of Visual Arts (2022-2023)
Directed and Animated by Janet Mah
Our Second Home tells a coming-of-age story about twins Jackie and Alice Wong as they cope with their parents’ divorce as their mother, Yuet Lee, adjusts to her failing marriage and being a single parent.
Coming Soon!
Our Second Home
Lady Belladonna
Shades in Red
Environment Design
Miscellaneous
Illustrations
About
Janet Mah (She/They) is a proud Chinese-American Artist based in the New York/New Jersey.They studied and received their BFA in 2D Animation at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, New York. Through their studies and passion for the art form, she has developed proficient skills as a 2D generalist, specializing in character animation and storyboarding. They have contributed to animated scenes in independent films, most notably “The People’s Joker” directed by Vera Drew, “Buggie” by Ellen Jung, and “PELEA” by Jamie Sarai Margolin.They are an also huge fan of DND inspired games and farming games, music, beauty,
cooking, and spending hours perfecting their original characters