24 Hour Animation
back 24 Hour Animation 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 was […]
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, only to find they are […]
Redhead
back Redhead This piece was done in Photoshop. This piece allowed me experience with all the photoshop brush options. It was referenced after an image taken with some friends who were arguing my hair color. We noted it looked like a renaissance painting and that inspired me. I decided redraw it with some creative changes. […]
Florence
back Florence This piece was made in Photoshop as an experiment in style and color. I had been using pastels in an art class and wanted to use that in this digital piece as inspiration. This is a recreation of a photo taken by gengahrs on instagram and it was so ethereal I had to […]
Bee and Puppycat
back Bee and Puppycat These are fan illustrations of an animated show as a color exercise. I wanted to use a limited palette to describe these characters, relying on value to show the contrast of different parts. It has been on ongoing series with different characters, so far with Bee and Puppycat, Cass, and Deckard. […]
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!