Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animator and Media Creator from Houston, Texas

From the Blog

The Hydrogen Song

Inspired by the 1970s ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ series, this video presents the use of hydrogen as a source of energy. It is the first of ten animated ‘music videos’ produced by the Wiess Energy Hall at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, each in a different musical and visual style, featuring[…]

Animations on Sesame Street

When I decided I was going full-time with this animation thing and Paper Brain about 4 years ago, I drafted an animator’s bucket list in my head… and one of the big points on the list was to make an animation for Sesame Street. I’m proud to say we’ve gotten[…]

ADDY Award for Houston Animation

Thanks to Houston First and Visit Houston for collaborating with us on the paper Houston animation campaign- it got an ADDY award last night! Naturally, we celebrated the only way we know how… with big bowls of spicy ramen at Tiger Den.

Happy New Year!

Wow… 2017. We appreciate everyone we worked with and worked for in 2016, both old and new. We’ve gotten to work with media entities that we grew up with like Sesame Street and Disney… and we’ll be able to share them with everyone really soon. Thank you all for your[…]

Close Your Door

An animated PSA to spread the fire-safety message “Close Your Door” for UL.

Animation for the Houston Museum of Natural Science

We made a short animation for an exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science called “The Hydrogen Song,” and now it’ll be featured at this year’s Rockport Film Festival (a favorite festival of ours). It’s part of a ten song exhibit from Paul Bernhard Exhibit Design and Consulting called[…]