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I animate award-nominated videos that challenge cliches and spark progressive discourse.
By the time I graduated from my BA (Hons) Animation degree, my work had already been shortlisted in two national design competitions: The RSA Student Design Awards 2019 (Moving Images category) and The BBC R4 Today Student Journalist of the Year 2019 (Visual category). My proudest achievement to date is completing my self-directed, Arts Council commissioned animated short 'Mental Roots' which combines my talents in animation, writing and voiceover to address the complex nature of mental health issues in young black men. Soon to be released by the BBC, Mental Roots is accompanied by my own podcast of the same name, from which I have started making a series of animated shorts highlighting real mental health stories from black communities. My strength is in 2D character animation (both line and colouring work), though my five years' academic and industry experience in independent projects makes me highly adaptable to storyboarding, concept design, animatics and other roles in the production pipeline. My digital yet organic-looking 2D style lends itself to fluid storytelling, unique visual metaphors and poignant messages. |
Awards & Commissions
Mental Roots / 2021
Commissioned by Arts Council England and to be distributed by the BBC, courtesy of Rural Media New Creatives Midlands. (Pictured right)
How To Be More Pirate / 2019
Commissioned by Arts Council England and to be distributed by the BBC, courtesy of Rural Media New Creatives Midlands. (Pictured right)
How To Be More Pirate / 2019
- Shortlisted for RSA Student Design Awards 2019 - Moving Images brief
- Shortlisted entry for BBC Radio 4 Student Journalist of the Year Award - Visual category
- Shortlisted entry for BBC Radio 4 Student Journalist of the Year Award - Visual category
