Music: "Chocolate Forest" from "Napple Tale", composed by Yoko Kanno.
Animation Reel Breakdown:
Unless otherwise noted, I designed and directed all on-screen material.
Unless otherwise noted, I designed and directed all on-screen material.
1. 00:01 – 00:04
Title Card 01 - Pigeon
Title Card 01 - Pigeon
2. 00:04 – 00:12
Where Can I Live? (2024, Excerpts)
3 shots + a process breakdown from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: At the End of the World.
Designed in Photoshop, animated with Blender's Grease Pencil.
Won Best short at The North Carolina Film Festival (2024).
Where Can I Live? (2024, Excerpts)
3 shots + a process breakdown from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: At the End of the World.
Designed in Photoshop, animated with Blender's Grease Pencil.
Won Best short at The North Carolina Film Festival (2024).
3. 00:13 – 00:18
Draculily (2019, Excerpt)
Shot from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: In the Beginning.
Designed and animated in Photoshop and After Effects.
Voice of Draculily is Claudine Guild.
Screened at Animation Block Party 2021 (Halloween edition), and HallowBEAF (2023).
Draculily (2019, Excerpt)
Shot from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: In the Beginning.
Designed and animated in Photoshop and After Effects.
Voice of Draculily is Claudine Guild.
Screened at Animation Block Party 2021 (Halloween edition), and HallowBEAF (2023).
4. 00:19 – 00:22
Prince, Princess & Dragon (2018, Excerpts)
3 shots from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: Once Upon a Time. Animated in Flash and Photoshop.
Screened at Animation Block Party (2019) and the GIPHY film fest (2018).
Prince, Princess & Dragon (2018, Excerpts)
3 shots from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: Once Upon a Time. Animated in Flash and Photoshop.
Screened at Animation Block Party (2019) and the GIPHY film fest (2018).
5. 00:23 – 00:27
Breakfast (2017, Excerpt)
Created for Loop de Loop’s Breakfast theme.
Animated in Flash, Clean-up done in Photoshop.
Breakfast (2017, Excerpt)
Created for Loop de Loop’s Breakfast theme.
Animated in Flash, Clean-up done in Photoshop.
6. 00:28 – 00:36
In Search Of Birds (2022, Excerpts)
4 shots from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: Once Beyond the Blue Horizon. Backgrounds and birds drawn in Photoshop, astronaut and strap were modeled, rigged, and animated in Blender 3D.
Binoculars model from thebasemesh.com, node book rig by Max Edge, shader system from Lightning Boy Studio.
Won Best Animated at Raleigh Film & Art Festival (2024).
In Search Of Birds (2022, Excerpts)
4 shots from short created for animation anthology Things Took a Turn: Once Beyond the Blue Horizon. Backgrounds and birds drawn in Photoshop, astronaut and strap were modeled, rigged, and animated in Blender 3D.
Binoculars model from thebasemesh.com, node book rig by Max Edge, shader system from Lightning Boy Studio.
Won Best Animated at Raleigh Film & Art Festival (2024).
7. 00:36 – 00:39
The Swan's Gift (2024, Excerpt)
Winter holiday short. Animated in Photoshop.
The Swan's Gift (2024, Excerpt)
Winter holiday short. Animated in Photoshop.
8. 00:40 - 00:45
Title Card 02 - Crow
Title Card 02 - Crow
Music: "Creative Exercise" from Mario Paint, composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, Ryoji Yoshitomi & Kazumi Totaka
Motion Graphics Reel Breakdown:
1. 00:01 – 00:05
Game Boy Advanced start-up logo recreation (2017)
Animated in After Effects. (I did not create the Game Boy Advanced vector asset.) The sound effect belongs to Nintendo
Game Boy Advanced start-up logo recreation (2017)
Animated in After Effects. (I did not create the Game Boy Advanced vector asset.) The sound effect belongs to Nintendo
2. 00:05 – 00:08
Rhythm: Creative Exercise (2016, Excerpt)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
Rhythm: Creative Exercise (2016, Excerpt)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
3. 00:08 – 00:18
10 Seconds (2016)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
10 Seconds (2016)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
4. 00:18 – 00:22
Syn•Thesis Title (2018)
Freelance work made for upcoming series of video essays about adaptation
Designed and animated in After Effects
Syn•Thesis Title (2018)
Freelance work made for upcoming series of video essays about adaptation
Designed and animated in After Effects
5. 00:22 – 00:26
Global Game Jam GIF (2017)
Designed and animated in Photoshop
Global Game Jam GIF (2017)
Designed and animated in Photoshop
6. 00:26 – 00:34
The Problem with Curated Content (2016, Excerpt)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
The Problem with Curated Content (2016, Excerpt)
Made for course Time, Motion, & Communication at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in After Effects
7. 00:34 – 00:37
Sinusoidal Squirrels (2017)
Designed and animated characters in After Effects
Sinusoidal Squirrels (2017)
Designed and animated characters in After Effects
8. 00:37 – 00:41
How Birds Sleep (2015)
Made for course Art & The Brain at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in Flash
How Birds Sleep (2015)
Made for course Art & The Brain at Carnegie Mellon University
Designed characters in Illustrator, animated in Flash
Creature in the end title card is Baba Yokai, from a 1-off 9-page comic "There's a Monster in Town!"