Yens and Spinny
A quiet animated world about small moments, gentle adventures, and unexpected friendship.
Yens and Spinny is an original animated project blending warmth, quiet humor, and whimsical storytelling. Inspired by the feeling of slow mornings, tiny discoveries, and stories that leave room to breathe, the world invites audiences of all ages into a softer corner of life.
Already reaching over 2 million views across platforms, Yens and Spinny continues to grow as an original world with an engaged audience and expanding creative possibilities.
Why this project
Yens and Spinny exists as an attempt to create slower animated storytelling - stories that make space for silence, observation, and small emotional shifts.
In a landscape often driven by speed and intensity, this project explores the opposite: gentle humor, quiet tension, and the meaning found in ordinary moments.
It is designed as a flexible animated world that can grow into shorts, series, or collaborations, depending on the right creative partnerships.
What is it
Animated series / shorts in development
Yens and Spinny follows Yens, a thoughtful creature who enjoys gardens, tea, and doing things carefully, and Spinny, his six-legged spider companion whose curiosity often transforms ordinary days into gentle chaos.
Together they inhabit a world where tiny events matter: spring cleaning becomes an adventure, afternoon naps become expeditions, and even watering plants can go unexpectedly sideways.
Tone:
Moomin meets Winnie-the-Pooh
Nina Podlesnyak is an illustrator and storyteller creating Yens and Spinny - a gentle world of animated stories inspired by quiet moments, soft humor, and everyday wonder.
Team
Good things often begin with small conversations. If your work intersects with storytelling, animation, publishing, music, creative partnerships - or if you simply feel there may be a place where our paths meet - I’d love to hear from you.
Open to collaboration
If you're interested in working together, complete the form with a few details about your project. We'll review your message and get back to you within 48 hours.