Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animations by Brandon Ray and Paper Brain

Animator and Media Creator from Houston, Texas

Category Archive: animation

University of Virginia x Howler Brothers : The Wahoowa Collection

Archival photos and stop-motion animation are the ingredients that bring the Howler Brothers and UVA’s clothing collection to life. Paper Brain collaborated with them to make this spot for their limited edition collection.  “If you trace the tree of Howler Brothers back to its roots, you’ll end up in Charlottesville, VA at the University of[…]

Animations for Darn Tough Vermont

Paper Brain helped Darn Tough Vermont create these spots, bringing their lifestyle photography to life with the help of a little animation, and some stop-motion animation of their legendary socks. #photoanimation #photographyanimation #sockanimation #stopmotion #stopmotionanimation #sockstopmotion #paperbrain #darntough

Paper Brain + Howler Brothers Collabs

So grateful we get to creatively collaborate with our favorite apparel company on planet Earth, the Howler Brothers.  Whether we’re ripping, tearing, or shredding up some amazing photos from Sam Roberts and Paul Graham via stop-motion animation, or doing hand-drawn animation of all the amazing artwork that comes from Howler HQ,[…]

Crafting a paper stop-motion city in the ‘Welcome to Houston’ campaign

Here’s some animation of the Houston, Texas skyline coming from Houston’s paper stop-motion studio, Paper Brain Productions.  In the video, Paper Brain created the paper stop-motion animation intro and outro for Visit Houston’s video highlighting some of Houston’s notable attractions.  The challenge was to sync up the paper creations with arial[…]

“Seven Boxes” from Sesame Street Season 53

Uploaded with the permission of the Sesame Workshop. For the past seven years, Houston’s paper-stop motion animation headquarters, Paper Brain, has been creating animated letter and number films with the Sesame Workshop for Sesame Street.  Our most recent collaboration, Seven Boxes, aired on HBO June 29, in the episode titled[…]

Spring Collection 2023 by the Howler Brothers

Paper Brain is helping spread the word about the Spring 2023 Collection from the Howler Brothers by bringing their lifestyle photos and artwork to life with paper stop-motion animation. This is the Howler Brother’s deepest collection to date, and we’re in the process of making ten unique promos with them. It’s[…]

Howler Brothers “Irie Paradise”

It’s a pretty cool feeling to work with a brand that you’d actually buy and support, even if you weren’t working with them. That’s how I feel about the clothing company Howler Brothers. They’ve got a chill vibe like dub reggae playing at

Internship Positions

Paper Brain is now reviewing candidates for two remote internship positions. Applicants are being considered based on their portfolio and concentration of interest. To apply, email lisa@paperbrain.net links to relevant work along with a brief write up on what you hope to gain from an internship. Selected candidates will be[…]