Digital Illustrations created for an ongoing project for a client. Made in Photoshop.

 
 
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A work-in-progress animated short about an insomniac trucker, combining hand-drawn animation, illustration, and 3D models.

Screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center for the FVNMA & Sound Festival in May of 2024 (the film was then titled Sitting in the Middle).

Project Documentation:

 
This project has gone through a lot of iterations! Originally, it was a stop-motion film that was going to be approximately 5-7 minutes focused on a tired trucker in a roadside diner. Then it became a 2D animation, and broadened in scope. While I screened a version of the film as my undergraduate thesis, I was unhappy with the story and sat on it for two years, eventually completing a new script recently, which I am currently creating storyboards for.
 
Here is a sample of boards I’m currently working on

 
And another board:

 
You can find more boards here
 
 
Here is the script, feel free to parse it.
 
 

Clips

 
Here are some pencil tests and clips of animation from the project:
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Stop-Motion

 
As I said, originally this was going to be Stop-Motion animated. Here are some stuff from that stage, from photos of sets and props and puppets, to test footage.
 
 
Photo Documentation:
 

 

 

 
 
Test Footage:
 

 

An absurdist 2D animated short inspired by Terry Gilliam’s style.

Selected for the SAIC ExFest Showcase in Chicago, IL.

You can watch the full film here:

Project Documentation:

Storyboards for the film

 

 

 
Photo in-studio of the filmmaking process.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
You can see some cut-outs props were stock photos, others were my own drawings. Originally, I had planned to create everything physically as stop motion in the way Gilliam would. However, seeing the opportunity to learn how to use Adobe Animate, I eventually transitioned into scanning the props and animating them digitally
 
 

Here are two time lapses of the animation process you can watch:

A black and white 16mm short film I co-directed and co-photographed, also featuring some of my animation.

Project Documentation:

Stills from the film

You can watch the full film here:

A black and white 16mm experimental short

Optimal Noise Exhibition selection, screened at the Employees Only Cineclub in Chicago, IL

 
I created storyboards through advised revisions with the director (see their website here), and I also served as co-cinematographer and camera operator (using an Arriflex 16mm camera) for the film.
 

Stills from the Film:

Project Documentation:

An absurdist video using a combination of found footage from old Dunkin’ Donuts Commericals, and my own digital videos and animation. The animation in project was created using the rotoscoping software EbSynth, which interpolated my illustrations over my digital videos to create an fluid and eerie doughnut monster.

You can watch the full video here:

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