animation director, illustrator, and multimedia artist; handmade motion studio

Digital Sketchbook

All animated GIFs are hand-drawn on my iPad with an Apple Pencil, in an illustration app called Procreate.

Digital Sketchbook: Hand-drawn animated GIFs, drawn on my iPad with an Apple Pencil

At the beginning of the pandemic, I started making these drawings (doodles) on my iPad before bedtime, to clear my mind. Some went on to be featured in various online publications.

We thought it would be two weeks of “shelter in place.”

an animated gif of a woman with a vibrating tree growing from her forehead.

A vivid dream I had: a tree, growing from my forehead, wants to unstick itself.

The innocent discomforts of constant mask-wearing: foggy glasses, awkward mouth positions..

Squishing the cosmic tomato, 2023

animated gif of a pigeon pooping on a $5 bill

My illustration of a pigeon pooping on a $5 bill was featured in ‘The Nerdletter,’ a beloved financial literacy newsletter by author of Finance for the People, Paco de Leon.

Respiration, 2020

Burnout Cycle, 2021

Chris in Wyoming, 2023

Thanksgiving Bouquet, 2023

Holiday TV Time, 2022