“Goldilocks & the 3 Bears” | Animation Mentor assignment: Story Beats

(character designs provided by instructor)

“Summoning Help” | Timed Animatic | Animation Mentor assignment: Comedic Timing

“The Faceless King” (original story concept) | Timed Animatic (rough)

Water Skiing Pirates | Rough Timed Animatic | Animation Mentor Assignment

“Lunch with Ray” | Thumbnail Boards | Animation Mentor Assignment

“Digital Sadhana”

These storyboards focused on transforming a guided meditation—typically a deeply abstract, introspective experience—into a visually engaging, linear format. The goal was to create a companion piece that could serve as a visual tool to accompany the audio meditation, enhancing the overall experience.

Stardust: A Journey to Remember | Storyboards for Animated Version of the Book

Using the original art I created for the print version of the book, I created these storyboards to help translate the book from print to animation format, which required different strategies for the different storytelling medium, like the aspect ratio as well as a more linear narrative experience compared to the self directed “reader’s experience where the whole images can be taken in at once. It was important to honor it as a book, but also to tell a good story for the new medium. Finding creative ways to guide the viewer’s attention was one of my favorite parts of the process, especially with transitioning between pages.

Here is the finished short film…