Animation

The Hunter
2017

Digital Animation

The Hunter (2017) is an original, collaborative animation created by six artists: Ashley Manning, Gaelan Bowen, Kyle Bass, Christina Burden, Shelby Thurman, and Brianna Fairbanks with the help of their professor, David Clifton. Throughout the course of a semester, the artists wrote the story, developed concept sketches for characters and settings, created storyboards, gathered audio, and animated nearly thousands of frames to complete the film. Every artist spent long days and nights in the studio working together in order to produce the final work, each responsible for specific tasks individually. Animations were created using the Harmony Essentials: Toonboom and Adobe After Effects programs. Concepts and character assest were occasionally created using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator programs. Final video production (audio, title screens, and stitching of individual scenes) was finished in Adobe Premiere.

CulinaryLocal Commercial
2018

Digital Animation

For my college internship, I had an unpaid contract with a small ticketing platform known as CulinaryLocal. The business owner wanted an animated commercial to market the website more widely online. We went through several rounds of scripts and storyboarding, and once approved by the owner, I got to animating. As the only one in the company with real animating experience, this was nearly a solo project. I was assisted on background designs and some script writing, but the rest was completed by me— serving as my swan song for the company.
Background designs by Kaela Proctor Animation, Character designs, and Prop designs by Brianna Fairbanks