“It starts with” is a mixed media animation short about characters making tiny teacups and also falling in and out of love.The backgrounds were painted by hand with inks, while the animation was made digitally on TVPaint. Laura is a London-based,French-Indonesian animator/art director with a keen interest in painting, drawing and printmaking. She blends watercolour and monoprint with digital 2D animation, playing with both traditional and digital techniques.