Animation

I love bringing drawings to life through animation. Since it takes so much time, the only chance I’ve had to create the “illusion of life” has been for school credit.

Zoetrope animation of a paper airplane falling

Digital 2D animation of circle being cut to reveal Edward Scissorhands, then spiders crawl into his face and he morphs into the Jason mask, then the mask tilts to reveal Pennywise, then a red balloon lifts and transforms into the circle from the beginning

In high school, I took a class taught by a former Disney animator. My rendition of the classic “bouncing ball” animation was featured in a student compilation that placed in the Walt Disney Family Museum’s annual animation competition for beginners!

Animation made with common household objects of two characters approaching, looking down at six feet caption, and stepping back

Digital 2D animation of character walking through play room, being scared by a jack-in-the-box, and tripping on a banana peel

In college, I took an into animation class and 2D animation class, both of which gave me the chance to use professional equipment that I couldn’t afford before.

Fire animation made from cut construction paper

Digital 2D animation of bottle exploding

If you want to see my most recent animations, check out my game dev projects.

2D digital animation of bunny hopping, eating grass, and being surprised by the gopher who's hair it was eating

2D digital animation of angry green character with wavy eyebrows quoting Monty Python

2D digital animation of stick person walking by, doing a double-take, and waving