Brooklynites have such a strong design sense that when you come across a hand painted sign, a graffitied directional or a collage, it’s usually something wonderful. It’s like the hand-painted signs you see in third world countries but made by people who make art for a living.

Brooklynites also know when to leave well enough along. The textures and colors just always knock me out.

I started making these what I call “sketch animations” a number of years ago. My friend and former colleague, Ethan Greenbaum, gave me a drawing once that of a face with the eyes closed penciled over an erased image of the face with the eyes open. He explained to me how, rather than ignoring the erased area or judging it as a mistake, the erased part actually gave the drawing movement and memory. I thought about what he said for a long time and about a year later started to experiment with turning the concept into a stop motion piece. The process really fascinates me.

This is my most recent one. I created it as a short for the Om Issue of Working Class Magazine

I shot this with my iPad on the train from Boston to New York. I had the row to myself and laid down to take a nap. Staring out the window from this position, the power lines formed a wave that crashed and crested over and over again. I thought it was quite beautiful.