The year is 1921 and the village of Ballyvaughan in Western Ireland is engulfed in the Irish War of Independence with the British. When the IRA devises the assassination of two British marines, a 13-year-old girl must save the village from the English retaliation while discovering her own courage.

charcoal and pastel animated video to an instrumental song by The Pleasurecraft

The game of life. Confusion. Give and give/Take and take. And the idea that a footprint is always left behind.

A wistful tale of a cat and a bird rendered in charcoal and ink.

Animated music clip for the track “Ghost Head Nebula” from the album “Sunken City” by post-rock Israeli band “Lebanon”. The theme of this piece is about the city of Tel Aviv under the water – both literally and metaphorically.

This is a short procedural charcoal animation I made for an art class at the UW Madison in 2002. Not much more than a test, but it was fun to try, but it gave me some sense of how much planning it takes for those who do this well.

An exercise in animation technology of charcoal on paper

Liminal is the first chapter of a story of Diaspora told through the eyes of a little refugee boy called Maz.

A digital hand drawn animation as part of a much larger story of Diaspora told through the eyes of a little refugee boy called Maz. Maz is faced with the overwhelming wish to protect his mother from forces that are beyond his control.

cut out and charcoal animation of an old man with a fear of birds