Animation
The art of animation is a widely versatile and flexible medium that removes boundaries and frees the creative mind to express concepts and explore topics unlike those possible with traditional video. It doesn’t require special sets or locations or on screen talent and you don’t have to worry about the weather or the time of day or equipment that has to be lugged around and set up before dawn and broken down past midnight. Best of all each animation is like a world unto itself where we get to dictate the sites, sounds, and sense of humor we want to use to teach the next generation some pretty important things.
I have been immensely fortunate to collaborate with a number of brilliant colleagues across disciplines to bring the following projects to life.
Vaping prevention
Don’t Let Vaping Cloud the Facts
Original animation series created to educate kids on the real truth and consequences of vaping.
Role: Senior Creative Director
Client: CVS Health/CATCH My Breath
Title: Cotton Candy Sewer Juice
Title: The Illusion of Control
Title: E-Disease Anyone?
Multi-drug exploratory
These science-based animated videos teach students about the most common forms of substance misuse. An Educator Guide helps tie the videos together.
Role: Senior Creative Director
Client: Drug Enforcement Administration
Title: STEROIDS, Bigger and Stronger
Title: STIMULANTS, Annoying, aren’t I?
Title: MARIJUANA, Super Dopey
Title: INHALANTS, Dear Lungs…
Title: HALLUCINOGENS, A Bad Trip
Title: DEPRESSANTS, Dear senses…
Social-emotional learning
Two students learn to resolve their differences instead of letting their passions get the better of them.
Role: Senior Creative Director
Client: Robert F. Kennedy Foundation
Financial literacy
Overview animations created as part of a comprehensive financial literacy program for high school aged students.
Role: Senior Creative Director
Client: Discover Financial
Character development
It all begins with a specific need. The need to have a host for a series of educational animations geared toward elementary aged kids and covering a wide range of topics. The character had to be universally recognizable and acceptable to the widest range of cultures across the globe. The exploratory process is displayed in the screen below. Enjoy!
Role: Senior Creative Director
Client: Discovery Education
Character rigging
The end of the creative process culminated in a rigging test to flesh out Lenzi’s best moves and express his personality.
Animated host
The magnifying glass character, named Lenzi, was employed to host an animated social studies series covering topics from phases of matter to the American Revolution.
