Author: ggaray

  • A Cow in the Sky

    A Cow in the Sky

    The true story of a young Ethiopian immigrant in America wrestling with his identity and trying to understand the American Dream after his father’s murder by white supremacists. On his very first solo flight as a pilot, a young immigrant finds himself wrestling with his past and his identity when his engine suddenly fails and…

  • Izzy’s Demons

    This film Izzy’s Demons is the thesis project for my tenure at USC. The film explores how anxiety can corrupts ones memory and re-contextualize ones relationships even with the closest people to you. Izzy as a character has lost touch with her best friend and has forgotten how close they’ve been because her anxiety/false narrative…

  • Sunflower Poem

    Sunflower Poem

    Sunflower Poem by Rashonda Joplin (Password:Sunflower)

  • Forget Me Not

    Forget Me Not

    This was a team project between myself and Emily Blau. Emily wrote the story, and created the character designs and layouts for the project. I focused on character and environmental animation. Password:Forget Me Not

  • Ellis and The Magic Mirror

    All the illustrations created for Ellis and The Hidden Cave Ellis Monroe has always been curious about the world.  When his father brings home an ancient mirror with the power to reveal the truth about the people and things around him, Ellis begins to see the world in a whole new way.

  • Ellis and The Hidden Cave

    Ellis and The Hidden Cave In this book, Ellis is on a new quest as the StoneKeeper! Join them as they explore a hidden world, face more nasty Bugabols and discover that there are many kinds of superpowers! Ellis Monroe has always been curious about the world.  When his father brings home an ancient mirror…

  • Jack B | 03 | Sampler

    The best pages from Jack B: Issue 3 Think “a roller derby set in the sky”. Jack and the WeFlyHi crew set out to take the new sport of Skyriding to impossible heights. Skyriding was created when some young, bright kids “borrowed” an advanced Air Filtration Unit and reconfigured it into rocket boots. Jack and…

  • Black Girl Magic

    Black Girl Magic

    A Series of Magical Black Women My wife was sharing with me the term black girl magic as a form of empowerment and solidarity amongst black women. All of the posts she showed me were so amazing. It inspired me to do a tribute to #blackgirlmagic by painting magical black women.