The Boy and The Face Paint

 is an American animated short film created by Diana Uhlman, being her project for Academy of Art University. It was first shown in 1998. Diana later on showed the project to Disney Channel, impressive them so much that they would eventually greenlit it as The Face Paint World Life.

Synopsis
A teenage boy (that would become Collin) moves to a Face Paint World, and gets uncomfortable until he meets a sweet Face Paint girl (that would become Maddie).

Trivia

 * The females are provided by Uhlman herself while her brother Oscar provided the voice for the males.
 * The college project would go on to become the pilot for Disney Channel's The Face Paint World Life, with changes.
 * The boy and Face Paint girl are unnamed in the project, but eventually are named Collin and Maddie, respectively.
 * The boy (Collin) does not have Matthew at all. That changes in the actual series.
 * The city setting was called The Face Paint World City, but was then changed to Summerheart City in the show.
 * The other characters besides the boy (Collin) and the Face Paint girl (Maddie) do not appear in the series compared to the actual series.
 * Interestingly, it never aired on Disney Channel, but it can be found on YouTube and a DVD with college projects.