Origin

Objects carry history with them wherever they go. What happens when they become sentient and take matters into their own hands?

Click below to see the award-winning short stop-motion animation Origin (2021). This film won the Award of Excellence at the BisonBison Film Festival and Best Animation at the Fault Line Film Fest in 2022.

Tell Me, My Sappho

Through revised translations of Sappho's poetry and lyrics, "Tell Me, My Sappho" tells the love story between Sappho and Erinna around the 6th century BCE on Lesbos.

Click below to see snippets of the award-winning stop-motion animation Tell Me, My Sappho (2020).

Hayley Williams on Songwriting

I animated a lipsynch of Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore, as she explains her lyrical process. She remarks that lyrics transfer ownership to the listeners once released. Everyone can interpret her words differently, and that's the nature of art.

Interview released on February 3, 2020. Animated in April 2020 by Mahryn Rose.

Above is the classic ball-bounce exercise, demonstrating my use of Adobe Animate and my understanding of physics for animation.

Finally, above is an animated digital greeting card for the Winter Solstice. It is complete with sound design and dancing stars.