Woo Huey Yong
Visual Arts & Animation Educator
Woo Huey Yong is a Singaporean visual arts and animation educator with over 14 years of higher-education teaching experience across Raffles College (Coventry University programmes), Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and the Institute of Technical Education. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Animation from Sheridan Institute, Canada, and teaches across animation, drawing, figure drawing, anatomy, sculpture, character design, storyboarding, and art history. His students have realised their potential and achieved top grades and under his mentorship
TEACHING
Teaching Philosophy
I believe effective creative education begins with strong foundations and develops through continuous practice, constructive critique and purposeful experimentation. My approach is foundations-first, feedback-driven and industry-focused. I help students build confidence in drawing, visual observation, anatomy, composition, storytelling and technical skills before moving into more complex creative work. Through regular critique, I encourage students to understand not only what needs improvement, but why it is not working and how they can develop a stronger solution. I also give students room to explore their own ideas and develop an individual creative voice rather than simply reproduce a prescribed style. At the same time, I connect classroom learning to professional practice by encouraging students to think about portfolios, production workflows, creative-industry expectations and the career paths they aspire to enter. My experience across visual art, animation, 3D, storytelling and digital production has also allowed me to introduce new technologies when they genuinely enhance creative thinking. Ultimately, my goal is to help students become independent creative practitioners who can analyse their own work, respond constructively to criticism, solve visual problems, communicate their ideas clearly and continue developing their practice beyond the classroom.
Student Outcomes
From C to A — and an A+ Distinction
At Nanyang Polytechnic, I coached and motivated two animation students who progressed from C grades to A grades. One of the students achieved an A+ distinction.
My focus was not simply on improving grades, but on identifying the underlying weaknesses and giving students the guidance, practice and confidence needed to overcome them.
A Grades in Kinetic Sculpture
At Ngee Ann Polytechnic, I coached three students in developing kinetic-sculpture projects that achieved A grades.
The projects combined creative exploration with physical form, movement and problem-solving—an example of how I encourage students to move beyond conventional approaches to visual art and design.
Award-Winning Animation & Storytelling
During my tenure at Raffles, my students received acclaim for their animation and storytelling skills, with their successes celebrated by both Raffles and Coventry University.
The Coventry University Course Director also highlighted the quality of the students' work and my contribution to their development through feedback, technical guidance and industry-oriented mentoring.