Samples of 2D animation, both personal work and client work. The short form samples at the top are quick videos (less than a minutes in length), GIFs and experiments. The longer form work at the bottom is client work consisting of narrative videos (character based) and explainer videos. Credits and brief descriptions accompany the samples.
short form 2d animation samples:
Quick videos and GIFs
Me, animated |
Animated profile picture created for when I joined Panimation (@Panimation.tv), a multi-platform community of equality-driven women, trans and non-binary friends within the animation community.
The challenge for me was that I so rarely use yellow in my work, especially such a bold yellow. It's similar to the yellow of my branding, but that is used so sparingly, it's more of a highlight than a foundational color. I leaned into my styles of flat blocks of color, minimal use of line, anxious characters, and then textural elements, which were new to me at this time. Because my self portraits are usually from the chest up, I rarely have an opportunity to highlight the Charley Harper tattoo on my arm. With an animated version of my daily stretch-slump, there was a perfect chance to include it. |
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A collaboration with illustrator Christian Arnder.
I saw this illustration from Christian Arnder on my twitter feed and thought it would make a great animation. I contacted him to see if he was open to me tinkering with his piece and he was game. From the original illustration as a template I rebuilt the two characters in Animate. The guy is tweened except for his pant legs, which are animated with the bone tool to keep the single, curved tube unbroken as he walks. The thought guy is a puppet built out of animated symbols to get the slight undulating effect. It was animated at 24 fps and then posterized at 12 fps to get a more cartoony vibe in After Effects. |
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walkin' with my thoughts
celebrate buffalo |
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An animated series of GIFs created for Buffalo is Creative, the non-profit behind Creative Mornings/Buffalo.
Inspired by the work of Jeremy Fish and his residency at San Francisco City Hall, this series features photographs of the city of Buffalo sourced from local photographers as backgrounds. The animations highlight local landmarks, pieces of public art, symbols associated with Buffalo and local color to celebrate the unique places found only in Buffalo. Everything is animated in Adobe Animate. There's a mix of puppet builds and frame by frame hand drawn animation.
Featured here: Beef on Weck Storm, Sharkgirl Swimming, Silo Ghosts
You can find the whole series here:
giphy.com/BFLOisCreative/celebrate-buffalo
Inspired by the work of Jeremy Fish and his residency at San Francisco City Hall, this series features photographs of the city of Buffalo sourced from local photographers as backgrounds. The animations highlight local landmarks, pieces of public art, symbols associated with Buffalo and local color to celebrate the unique places found only in Buffalo. Everything is animated in Adobe Animate. There's a mix of puppet builds and frame by frame hand drawn animation.
Featured here: Beef on Weck Storm, Sharkgirl Swimming, Silo Ghosts
You can find the whole series here:
giphy.com/BFLOisCreative/celebrate-buffalo
yay, donuts! |
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A series of animated GIFs created for Buffalo is Creative, the non-profit behind Creative Mornings/Buffalo.
These came about when BIC landed Paula's Donuts as their long running breakfast partner. It was a way of celebrating their delicious and fun offerings. All the donut characters are based on actual donuts. Whether those donuts spend their free time on stand up paddle boards, or playing in fallen leaves remains up for debate. :)
All donuts designed and animated in Adobe Animate.
Featured here: It's Fall, y'all!, Get Sprinkled, and Powdered Unicyclin'
All of the GIFs in this series can be found (and we encourage using them) on giphy:
giphy.com/BFLOisCreative/yay-donuts
These came about when BIC landed Paula's Donuts as their long running breakfast partner. It was a way of celebrating their delicious and fun offerings. All the donut characters are based on actual donuts. Whether those donuts spend their free time on stand up paddle boards, or playing in fallen leaves remains up for debate. :)
All donuts designed and animated in Adobe Animate.
Featured here: It's Fall, y'all!, Get Sprinkled, and Powdered Unicyclin'
All of the GIFs in this series can be found (and we encourage using them) on giphy:
giphy.com/BFLOisCreative/yay-donuts
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social videos for rohto jolt
A selection of videos created for Rohto Jolt, at Quinlan & Co., Inc.
The videos were animated for the Rohto Jolt instagram campaign targeting an audience of gamers. The briefs were often simple and left me with a lot of room for creative freedom. Sometimes there was a design element that they wanted to be used, like with the Mountain, and other times I had complete creative freedom, like with the sunglasses meme. Since gamers were the target audience, 8 bit was a motif I used a handful of times. It was economical to create an 8 bit product bottle and corresponding assets. It also gave them a distinct, retro appeal.
Featured here: Game Lag, Mountain, and Sunglasses
The videos were animated for the Rohto Jolt instagram campaign targeting an audience of gamers. The briefs were often simple and left me with a lot of room for creative freedom. Sometimes there was a design element that they wanted to be used, like with the Mountain, and other times I had complete creative freedom, like with the sunglasses meme. Since gamers were the target audience, 8 bit was a motif I used a handful of times. It was economical to create an 8 bit product bottle and corresponding assets. It also gave them a distinct, retro appeal.
Featured here: Game Lag, Mountain, and Sunglasses
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abstract loops (cool & warm)
Two animations to experiment with abstraction. My work is often literal in subject and character based, so I wanted to diverge from my comfort zone and create something engaging that was entirely shape based. There is no story, no character, but just feelings that come from shapes, textures and colors.
All animation done in Animate.
All animation done in Animate.
longer form 2d animation samples:
narratives and explainer videos
let there be light international : safe births + healthy homes |
Client: Let There Be Light International
lettherebelightinternational.org/safe-births-healthy-homes/ Animated video created for Let There Be Light International to promote their Safe Births + Healthy Homes initiative where new mothers are given solar lights to replace their kerosene lamps when they come to health clinics to give birth. Storyboarded, Designed and Animated Characters built and animated in Adobe Animate Backgrounds painted in Procreate Writers: Sarah Baird Alissa Benchimol Amanda Ullman Producer: Sarah Baird Design: Lori Schkufza Storyboards: Lori Schkufza Animation: Lori Schkufza Voice Over: Thatcher Mweu |
Let There Be Light International : Health Clinic Solar
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Client: Let There Be Light International
lettherebelightinternational.org/ Animated video created for Let There Be Light International highlighting their work of providing solar electrification for rural health clinics in Africa. Storyboarded, Designed and Animated Characters built and animated in Adobe Animate Backgrounds painted in Procreate Writers: Sarah Baird Alissa Benchimol Amanda Ullman Producer: Sarah Baird Design: Lori Schkufza Storyboards: Lori Schkufza Animation: Lori Schkufza Voice Over: Thatcher Mweu |
water guardians : intro |
Client: H2O for Life
Agency: Bust Out Water Guardians: Intro video for animated video series (trailer, intro video and 5 lesson videos) for middle school age audience. The designers at Bust Out created the concept and the look of the series while an independent illustrator was brought on to design the character, Nia. I provided all animation including character work on Nia, the transitions between scenes and the background environments/graphics. Animated in Adobe After Effects. |
household batteries : what do i do once i've used them? |
Client: The Coalition for Positively Charged People
coalitionpositive.org Explainer video on recycling single use batteries in New York State. A team of educators and advocates created the concept and script for the video. A graphic designer provided the illustrations that created the style guide which set the look for the design. I storyboarded the video, built out the remaining graphics based on the established style, and provided all of the animation. Writers: Cynthia Frame-Enders Daniel Hildreth Mike Lieber Producer: Cynthia Frame-Enders Brenda Young Design: Ellen Morse Storyboards: Lori Schkufza Animation: Lori Schkufza Voice Over: Eric Endres Brendan Morse Carolyn Morse Audio Recording: Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center Video was made possible thanks to the Niagara Frontier Section of the Air & Water Management Association. |