My animated films are handmade, frame by frame. I cut paper, build small sets, and hand draw my 2D works.
I had a very special screening at Rhizome in DC Thursday January 8, 2026 @ 7pm! I showed 25 shorts.
Rhizome DC is a nonprofit community arts space located at 6950 Maple St NW, in the Takoma neighborhood of Washington DC. They are dedicated to promoting creativity as a force for personal empowerment and community engagement. They also strive to provide a home for non-mainstream programming in the DC area.
This was a fantastic event – the audience was generous with their time and questions.
Terms of Service is screening. Come see it with friends!
I’ve worked up a prototype, using some 3D prints I made last year. It’s just a sketch, really. But I like him.
I submitted Terms of Service to this years Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival. Baltimore WBAL did a feature on the in-person physical exhibit at Area 405 and the festival, and TOS was used as b-roll in the segment. Really great!
The frestival was one day this year. I really enjoyed both blocks, and my favorite from the international block was Yummy
(Director – Martinus Klemet from Estonia), Ducks (Director – AJ Jefferies in the United Kingdom) and Play Fight! (Director – Katrina Larner from USA).
To my surprise and utter delight, Terms of Service won the jury award for Best Animation in the Baltimore showcase! A winner!!!
I was given an Wacom Intuos Pro, and licenses for Dragonframe and TV Paint! I’m over the moon!
The Lunatics was included in this years MDFF Windows on North + Charles. Tonight was the opening reception.
I began this over a year ago with a couple of voice over scripts and a story inspired by the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse.
I asked my friends Molly Moores and Ashley Sterner to read some scripts for me, and then rounded it out with my colleague Marcus Dagold. This is the first animation into which I’ve incorporated dialog. I usually try to communicate with facial expressions, gestures and body language. In some of my films, my characters do not even have faces (Brains, Lunatics, Lunacy).
And then I began animating at the end of May/early June. I’ve made a few dioramas, but honestly, I’ve done little else. I used procreate and ToonSquid on my iPad.
To commemorate, I made 75 patches.
I’m very happy to have this one finished. It’s my longest animation yet (8:39), and it’s full of hidden meaning. You can check it out at doranimation.com.
