Mel Tulagan, b. 2002,
Based in San Diego, California, USA
AWARDS/HIGHLIGHTS
Mel Tulagan is a senior traditional animation student studying at Columbia College Chicago BFA program. They graduated from Coronado School of the Arts Digital Arts Animation conservatory in 2020.
Mel works does freelance theatrical projection design for local theatre companies and hopes to work in narrative hand drawn and stop motion animation as a storyboard artist and puppet fabricator.
2019 • Second Place Chula Vista Film Festival - For the animation Ugly.
2019 • Chula Vista Film Festival Official Entry - For the animation Lament of War.
2019 • San Diego Museum of Art Young Arts - For the animation Lament of War.
2018 • San Diego Fringe Festival Video Contest - Created winning promotional video advertising the SD Fringe Festival.
2018 • Second Place Best Animation Short The International KidsNFilm Festival - For Ugly.
2016 & 2017 • Career Technical Education Award - For Design New Media and Animation.