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Animation desk with pencil test frames on punched paper, graphite lines and lightbox glow
Available for Commissions · 2026

CEL
Frame by Frame

Hand-drawn animation for commercials, game cinematics, title sequences & music videos. Pencil tests to polished composites — every frame a small miracle.

Let's Animate SomethingView Reel
Annecy '25
— Selected Work & Journal

The Desk Drawer

Portfolio cards annotated with festival selections. Blog entries woven between — director's commentary on the work.

Animated short film still showing a young girl with hand-drawn maps swirling around her in warm sepia tones
Annecy '25Ottawa '25
Short Film

The Cartographer's Daughter

Independent · 2025
Hand-drawn2DCharacter
TechniqueFeb 12, 2026

On Smear Frames & the Illusion of Speed

How a single distorted drawing between two extremes can sell the weight of a punch, a leap, or a rubber-band snap that no digital motion-blur ever quite captures.

6 min readRead
Game cinematic still with hand-drawn warrior character surrounded by ember particles on dark background
Pictoplasma '24
Game Cinematic

Ember & Ash — Game Cinematic

Moonveil Studios · 2025
GameCinematicAction
Commercial animation still with hand-drawn honey drizzle and oat textures in warm golden palette
Commercial

Oat & Honey — :30 Spot

Meadow Foods · 2024
CommercialFoodWarm
Animation desk with pencil tests pinned on lightbox, timing charts and rough sketches scattered around
Behind the ScenesJan 28, 2026

Eleven Months: The Production Diary of a Two-Minute Short

From first thumbnail to final export — the timing charts, the 3am pencil tests, the moment the movement finally clicked. A full production post-mortem.

14 min readRead
Music video animation still with hand-drawn figure dissolving into neon light streaks on dark background
Annecy '25
Music Video

Neon Psalm — Music Video

Arca Veldt · 2025
Music VideoExperimentalNeon
Title sequence animation with hand-drawn water ripple typography dissolving into ink washes
Ottawa '24
Title Sequence

Watershed — Title Sequence

Canal+ Original · 2024
Title SeqTypographyInk
CraftJan 10, 2026

Reading a Spacing Chart Like a Musician Reads a Score

The timing chart isn't a technical document — it's a performance notation. Here's how I think about ease-in, ease-out, and the dramatic pause before impact.

5 min readRead
Film reel and animation sketches on a lightbox showing early student animation work in pencil
Reel

Student Reel — NFTS Graduation

2021
StudentReelCharacter
Brand animation showing hand-drawn lightning bolt transforming into clean geometric logo mark
Brand

Volta — Brand Identity Animation

Volta Energy · 2025
BrandLogoMotion
PrinciplesDec 18, 2025

Weight & Follow-Through: The Eleven Principles I Actually Use

Disney's twelve principles are foundational, but in practice I find myself reaching for the same handful again and again. Here's my honest shortlist.

8 min readRead
Festival short film still with hand-drawn moth approaching flame in dramatic chiaroscuro lighting style
Pictoplasma '23
Short Film

Moth & Flame — Festival Short

2023
Short FilmDarkAtmospheric
— Festival Selections & Awards —
Annecy International Animation Festival
202320242025
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
20242025
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Pictoplasma Berlin
20232024
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2024
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SXSW Animation
2025
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Tribeca Film Festival
2024
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Palm Springs ShortFest
2025
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Annecy International Animation Festival
202320242025
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
20242025
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Pictoplasma Berlin
20232024
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2024
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SXSW Animation
2025
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Tribeca Film Festival
2024
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Palm Springs ShortFest
2025
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2024
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SXSW Animation
2025
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Tribeca Film Festival
2024
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Palm Springs ShortFest
2025
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Annecy International Animation Festival
202320242025
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
20242025
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Pictoplasma Berlin
20232024
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Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
2024
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SXSW Animation
2025
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Tribeca Film Festival
2024
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Palm Springs ShortFest
2025
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Annecy International Animation Festival
202320242025
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
20242025
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Pictoplasma Berlin
20232024
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— How the Work Gets Made

The
Process

Animation desk at night with lightbox glowing, pencil tests and timing charts pinned around, graphite smudges on bond paper

“The rough isn't a draft — it's the performance. Cleanup is just calligraphy.”

Step 01

Thumbnail & Timing Chart

Every project starts analog — rough thumbnails on bond paper, a timing chart mapped out in pencil. The rhythm of the piece lives here before a single clean line is drawn.

Step 02

Pencil Test & Rough Pass

Loose, expressive rough animation shot on a lightbox. This is where the weight and follow-through are found — not in cleanup, but in the wobble of the rough.

Step 03

Clean-Up & Composite

Final line work on a separate layer, then composited with color, effects, and sound. The paper grain stays — it's part of the texture, not a mistake to be corrected.

60+
Projects Completed
11
Festival Selections
5
Years of Practice
3
Studio Credits
— Let's Make Something

Let's Animate
Something

Tell me about your project. I'll respond within 24 hours with thoughts, questions, and an honest sense of whether we're a good fit.

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