Like, professionally?

I'm an experienced Lighting & Compositing Artist! I've worked in Vancouver's Animation Industry on various projects for the last half-decade, across a multitude of genres, including; Children's TV Animation & Theatrical Features.  Lately, I've been interested in working in Documentaries as well as Stop-Motion Animation; I really enjoy educational content - with animation as its chosen medium. Whether it's the subject matter, or the production process itself; I find that there's always something valuable to learn from each project.

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Detaching myself from the umbilical cord of desk-work and crawling out the digital cave that is my computer screen; I'm also an active apprentice member of UBCP/ACTRA. Lately I've been working on sets across the lower mainland, live and in-person, as a Background Actor/Performer. While my current projects are under NDA, one of the projects I'm featured in has come out recently. Click the link above for a sneak peek!

What about, Unprofessionally?

I mean everybody needs hobbies, as someone blessed with ADHD, I thrive on novelty and nuance.
Creativity is not limited to one kind of medium, so why would I limit myself to one kind of specialty? 

I've been exploring my own creativity, my artistic identity, and my unique way of bringing ideas to life, through different kinds of arts and crafts; finding what imagery speaks to me through collage, learning how important consistency & tension is in my crochet work through trial and error (many errors),  and analyzing interesting compositions and poses in my photography.  I've been focusing on connecting with my emotional self in pursuit of the kind of art I want to make, without the weight of prior expectations or the need to be "perfect", which has been incredibly rewarding so far. 

The throughline I've found in my artistic experimentation, is that I am exstensively connected to the people around me,  so much so that I've been inspired to share my love of art and creation with my own community. In my own home, I've begun to organize a reoccuring Art Night for my circle of friends, people I know from all kinds of different disciplines, where the teachings are rooted at the beginning with the fundamentals of art. While not all of us went to a specialized art school, we are all insanely creative, we allow ourselves growth when there is room for it, a dedicated outlet, and a leader to guide us. 

I've learned that a little bit of guidance goes a long way in terms of fostering a confidence within our creative selves, and I'm extremely excited to see how the people around me continue to grow in their own journeys through art.

Well someone is eager aren't we? You can take a look at some of the work I've done on these productions in the slides seen below; or if you're looking for more specific profiles on each project, then find those in the Lighting & Compositing page of my portfolio. Included with some photos of myself with my respective teams, just for fun, if it might help me prove to you that I am indeed a real person. Trust on the internet seems to be pretty valueable these days.

I'm no omniscient being, I don't know where your head is at, but I have a few guesses as to why you're here; maybe you're just aimlessly clicking around the interwebs while you should be doing something productive; or maybe you're too curious for your own good and like some good internet stalking (i see you); or maybe, just maybe, you're looking for the next puzzle piece that will give you better insight & get you one step closer to the full picture of what you're trying to create.

Don't get me wrong, all of these are valid reasons to have found my corner of the internet, if you've made it this far I can only assume I'm at least mildly entertaining, given that you haven't clicked away yet. (And if you have clicked away, then you'll never see this; so I guess I'm still correct in my assumption, or is this schrödinger's website? I'm not entirely sure, but it's too early to get into the quantum mechanics of it all, and yet we persist)

If any of this sounds like you, then maybe you do care a little bit, to satisfy a curiosity or to think of a hypothetical of what would change if you brought in some more resources and skills to what you're trying to build. 

If nothing else, I enjoy being helpful; I like helping myself to resources and podcasts to learn new things, I like helping my partner achieve the goals that are hard to move forward with in the day-to-day, and I like helping my friends with favors that are much easier said than done, but especially made easier when its not just you all by your lonesome. I've helped plenty of people move, clean and organize their space, and make something feel more uniquely theirs. I do what I can to aleviate a bit of that stress we all feel living our lives, as much as a friend can, sometimes all it takes is to feel heard by another person and offer a new perspective, sometimes that's enough.

Much like nuclear fusion, sometimes all it takes is smashing two heads together to create something new, to bounce ideas off one another and buzz with the excitement and potential of something not yet brought into the world, you are the creator of all the thoughts in your mind's eye, are you not? Who's to say that you aren't the one who deserves to see it to its' fruition? Help yourself to that reality, and look to the people around you who would be interested in making it known.

• Why would you want to take a risk on someone whom you haven't worked with before? 

• Will you get along together, and hit that deadline between chats at the water cooler?

• What kind of team are you looking to build? What kind of vibe are you trying to curate?

• Who are you most excited to celebrate with at the wrap party? 
  (I mean, I hope there is a wrap party, I make a mean Shirley Temple ;)

What do you think I'm trying to pull here? 

Am I just another site floating on the internet's open ocean? 

Am I an offshore oil rig trying to harvest your attention and data to appease Big Tech?

Or am I an Artist? Unafraid to get my hands dirty by digging a hole in the beach and burying myself sitting amongst my sand sculpted mermaid tail and my seashell bra, hoping someone notices the time and effort it took to create and hone the skills that enabled such artistry.  All that effort to maybe sponsor a laugh, or even a quiet smile on their face while they blow air through their nose? Throw a sand dollar my way if that's you right now.

All this to say, I'm just a person, with a website to showcase their earned skills, another outlet for my creativity. One of many ways I can package and highlight the lived experiences of my past, while also authoring the potential my future holds in its' limitless collection of opportunities. I am a creative, unafraid of the unknown path laid before me, because I'll soon find out what it brings.

Message me! I'll probably send it to you, if you're not a bot... and you promise not to betray me.