Paper Brain’s Brandon Ray Animates for Amazon Studios
In January of 2014, look out for Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, a children’s program produced for Amazon’s streaming network Prime.
From the Blog
American Advertising Federation (AAF) Houston October Artist of the Month
I was the featured artist this month at the October AAF-Houston Luncheon on October 16th.
Bill Carter “Anything Made of Paper” – Official Music Video
This month, the music video I animated for Bill Carter‘s song “Anything Made of Paper” made its online debut. As you’ll see in the video, I used a whole smorgasbord of animation techniques.
Work in Progress – Animated Music Video for Bill Carter
My most recent project is for singer/songwriter/Texas-music-legend Bill Carter
Paper Cut-Out “Save the Date” Animation
Maggie & Andrew asked me to make a paper stop-motion animated “Save the Date” announcing their wedding in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hopefully they’ll have as much fun sharing it as I did making it!
The Begging Sea – “Lightly Stepping” (animated music video)
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[…]
“Rontel” Animation Screens at Northside Film Festival
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!
Animation Class on May 6th
Ooooohhh-weeeee!
Storyboards – “Lightly Stepping” by Nate Henry
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[…]
“Lightly Stepping” – May 2013 Release
In the beginning of May, we’ll be releasing the music video for Nate Henry’s “Lightly Stepping”.
