HERE COMES MAVO! AN ANIMATED SERIES
FOR ALL CHILDREN

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HERE COMES MAVO! AN ANIMATED SERIES
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INTRODUCING

Here Comes Mavo!

We're developing 3D animated episodes centered around a Deaf character, Mavo, in a fantastical world,  through motion capture technology to create natural, high quality signing characters. This is the first signing episodes for children's media. 

About us

The meeting of two visionaries

Marina Martins and Melissa Malzkuhn met in 2015 and the rest is history in the making. Both are alike, creative-minded visionaries who wanted to bring new possibilities in storytelling for young children.


Marina founded Pigmental Studios to tell great stories through animation. Melissa founded Motion Light Lab to tell great stories in sign language.


This project is an exciting collaboration between a professional animation studio and a research & development lab at Gallaudet University, the world's only dedicated University for Deaf 

and hard of hearing students.

The Story

The Baobab story was first developed in 2012, as a storybook app, 

designed and based on groundbreaking research to support language acquisition and literacy development of deaf children. It continues to expand across the globe, now delivered in 11 different sign languages. Here Comes Mavo! is a spinoff of this original story. Our pink-haired adventurer has so much more stories to share. Let's go!

Our Team

Caucasian woman with wavy black hair smiling towards the camera

Marina Martins

Melissa Malzkuhn

Melissa Malzkuhn

Producer

Blonde hair caucasian woman smiling with black glasses

Melissa Malzkuhn

Melissa Malzkuhn

Melissa Malzkuhn

Producer

James Still

Melissa Malzkuhn

Christine Ricci

Head Writer

Christine Ricci

Enna Zone Djonlic

Christine Ricci

Curriculum Lead

Enna Zone Djonlic

Enna Zone Djonlic

Enna Zone Djonlic

Production Team

Jason Lamberton

Enna Zone Djonlic

Enna Zone Djonlic

Motion Capture Team

Jianye Wang

Silvia Palmieri

Silvia Palmieri

Animation Team

Silvia Palmieri

Silvia Palmieri

Silvia Palmieri

Visual Designer 

Yiqiao Wang

Silvia Palmieri

Tayla Newman

Art and Storyboarding Team

Tayla Newman

Tayla Newman

Tayla Newman

Production Team

Ben Bahan

Tayla Newman

Ben Bahan

Advisor

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