Harrison's First Day

A six and half minute 3D animated short film created for the Salvation Army starring Dick Purtan as an animated character. This short leads off an educational DVD kit that encourages kids to get involved in the Jr Bed & Bread Club which feeds and shelters the homeless in Detroit. This version still needs refinement at the map sequence and end credits.

The story was written by myself and DJ Hurula who produced the short as well. I Directed it and oversaw animation as well as animating the second half of the film. Character designs and models were created by me while the environments were modeled and textured by Dennis Fraser. Damian Fulmer lit and rendered everything. Mike Degg, Mike Prentice and Bruce Spike also provided some character animation while the map sequence was created by Joseph Brancik.

The Legend of Farmer Jenkins

A 3D animated short film about childhood legends and ghost stories and how they live in the minds of kids. I worked with Mike Tonder who created the backgrounds while I created and animated the characters.

Jenkins has been my little engine that could. It has achieved far more than I thought it would considering it was a student film. Here is a list of a few of Jenkins accomplishments:

Released on DVD as a part of a collection of Horror shorts

Received over 60,000 hits on Halloween 2006 when featured on front page of myspace.com

Featured on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Featured in film festivals across the country
-Waterfront Film Festival
-Los Angeles Animation festival
-Detroit Metro Shorts Film Festival
-Planet Ant Film Festival
-Eerie Horror Film Festival
-Independent Film Festival of North Texas
-Spooky Movie Film Festival 2006
-Spooky Movie Film Festival 2007
-S.N.O.B. Film Festival
-SEMAFX Film Festival

Featured on the front pages of the following sites
-cgtalk.com (recieved CGTalk award)
-cgchannel.com
-deathfall.com
-myspace.com

"Gotta Catch'em All!"

A fun little short film I did at CCS with the help of my cousins Jack, and Kaitlyn. This is CG character animation composted over video. I was very fortunate to have Ray Harryhausen, the legend, watch this short at CCS!! Don't believe me? Check out this picture. I promise it's him!

Playground Magic

A young girl with secret powers finds a way to get back at her young bully at school. A short film I made while I was a student at CCS.