Absent Presence
back Absent Presence These pieces were made to align with assignments from a Yellowbrick class on animation fundamentals. The classes allowed me to revisit basics, and refine them. I used an older character, and redesigned to fit my own personal style. I plan to continue this project as a short film that really focuses on […]
ROE 35 OSF Projects
back ROE 35 OSF Projects Over the summer, I was an intern working and receiving mentorship with OSF Healthcare’s Jump Simulation. A small team of 3 worked to finish out their children’s career education projects for the education district ROE 35. We filmed interviews of healthcare professionals to educate and entertain. Using Adobe Premiere Pro, […]
24 Hour Animation
back 24 Hour Animation 2024 From October 4th 6pm to October 5th 6pm, a team of 5 created an animated short film. This was for the 2024 24 Hour Animation Challenge hosted by Legends Animated. The Team consisted of Ava Knedler, Paul Kararo, Taylor Smith as our animators. Sean Crawford was our audio engineer. I […]
Traditional Paper Animations
back 2d Paper Animation These pieces were made in a class focusing on traditionally drawn animation. We used paper and a DSLR to make pieces showcasing the principles of animation. I also used Adobe After Effects to composite together the multiple layers of paper animations 2024 https://youtu.be/lSIgxq6193khttps://youtu.be/-7zB0v9oFZ0https://youtu.be/hfTDWNJ6zm8https://youtu.be/v5m1bpotISs More projects Got […]
Ceryneia Short Film
back Ceryneia These are pieces of work of character design, concepting, and animation from a group student short film. I started assembling a team in August 2023 to showcase our work in an Exhibition at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in April 2024. I co-lead and worked together with seven other people to create a short […]
Casey Keppel
back Casey Keppel This is character design is an assignment for a 2D rigging class. I wanted something very bubbly, relying on shape language and silhouette to help characterize this girl. Her name is Casey Keppel, and she’s a local boxer! The rendered drawing was made in Photoshop, while the turnarounds and sketches were made […]
Firework Frenzy
back Firework Frenzy Firework Frenzy was an interactive VR experience where users would create their own fireworks and view them. This project was displayed in April 2023, during the Bradley FUSE event. With this project, I was one of the few artists that helped established the interface style of the game. I designed all the […]
Cupidity
back Cupidity This short film is the result of my senior capstone. It’s going to be finished by April, and displayed at the Peoria Riverfront Museum. All work, with the exception of audio creation, is my work. The film is about a lonely high school girl escaping into her dreams, trying to find herself. This […]
Europa Motion Graphics
back Europa Motion Graphics This piece was designed in Illustrator and animated in Adobe After Effects. This was a self assigned project so I could experiment with animating files from Illustrator. 2023 More projects Got a project? Let’s connect!
Skateboard Shark
back Pool Shark This was designed in Photoshop for my school’s skateboard design content to be printed on a skateboard and it won. I wanted to experiment with a painterly style. I also needed to study how colored liquids act to draw the pink fluid. 2022 More projects Got a project? Let’s connect!