Character Designs
Character Sheets of Emperor Blorp (left) and his assistant Skipper (right). The main characters from my thesis animation Alien Vacation.
Pencil on Paper, 2025
Fired Employees of the Emperor: These are 16 3x4 gouache and acrylic paintings that were scanned and appeared as textures in my senior project. The goal was to have a wall of pictures of aliens that were employed by the emperor. This wall was inspired by the Spongebob episode Employee of the Month. In my short, they have all been fired, so their faces are crossed out. I focused on wacky designs, color, and silhouette.
Storyboard and Animatic
Animatic for Alien Vacation. Skipper the alien is tasked with finding the perfect vacation spot for Emperor Blorp, his boss. If Skipper fails, he might meet the same fate as his unfortunate predecessors. His search brings them to a strange place on planet Earth: Philadelphia. Will Emperor Blorp be satisfied with his Alien Vacation?
I am responsible for storyboarding, editing, and shooting the footage of Philadelphia.
Edited in Premiere Pro, 2026
Storyboards for Alien Vacation. I drew these in Krita and composited over footage I took at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Edited in Photoshop and Premiere Pro.
Concept Art
Concept art for the spaceship and travel souvenirs inside it (Top) and color tests for characters (Bottom). 9 x 12 Gouache on Paper, 2025
Digital character sketch over picture I took on the Art Museum steps to test how the character's shapes and colors interacted with the environment.
Lighting Keys And Paintings
Lighting Keys for spaceship interior, Digital, 2025
Painted storyboard for color reference. Gouache and acrylic on paper, 2025. This is an earlier version of our story that grew into the final animatic.
Traditional gouache and acrylic paintings used in production. Scanned in and used as materials in Unreal Engine.
2026
