An assortment of work created for the Character Development class at the Academy of Art. February 2010. All of these pieces are hand-drawn with pencil on traditional animation paper. For this class, we had to develop a single character and do several animation exercises/scenes with the same character. Breakdown follows:
- character turnaround
- walk cycle
- mailing a letter
- sitting at the bar – we were given the background and bartender animation to practice integrating our animation in a production
- dialogue – sound from Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune PS3 video game

A scarecrow struggles to live up to his name and job title, but friendship prevails in the end. Final project for the Introduction to Animation class at the Academy of Art, December 2008. Hand-drawn with pencil on traditional animation paper with original music and sound.

A floursack sneaks into a highly guarded crate factory to hack into their computer system. Created for the Introduction to Animation class at the Academy of Art, October 2008. Hand-drawn with pencil on traditional animation paper.