Animator and Media Creator from Houston, Texas
A couple months ago, Nate Henry (formerly of the band Sherwood) contacted me about making a construction-paper stop-motion animated music video for one of the songs off his new band The Begging Sea‘s upcoming album. Tons of construction-paper (and coffee) later, here we are releasing the music video online. It[…]
I just got news from the good folks at Electric Literature that the animation I made for Sam Pink’s novel “Rontel” will screen at the Northside Film Festival on June 18th. If you’re in Brooklyn, NY at the time, stop by and tell ’em B. Ray sent ya!
Ooooohhh-weeeee!
Storyboards are ‘road maps’ sketched-up to ensure everybody’s headed in the same place on a creative project. Here’s an example of one I did for Nate Henry before starting the process of animating a music video for his song “Lightly Stepping”. Nate just reviewed the final animation a couple days[…]
Here’s an animation I did for Acme Fish and Only in Houston for the 2013 OiH Awards. It played at the 2013 Houston Addy Awards. I animated 80% with Dragonframe, and did the rest of the finishing touches in After Effects. Music by Justin Mahar See the finished video here:
This is an example of my “Paper Cut” technique of fast and furious paper puppet animation.
A short film in progress by my wife Lisa and myself.
In order for marketing to feel less like a sales-pitch and more like entertainment, A&A Video Productions sponsored a paper-animated joke that would appeal to their prospective target audience.
Stop-motion animation made with an iPhone 4S and the app “Frameographer”. Joke sent to me by Pizza is Rad.
All visuals from 2009-2015 animated by myself. This reel does not include my animation for Amazon Studios/Picrow, Imperial Sugar, Valero/Corner Store, and various other commercial clients. “Bad Bad Man” by Runaway Sun was a Rivet Production, directed by Lynn Birdwell and animated by Brandon Ray & Paper Brain Productions “Advancing[…]
