LEARNING WITH PIBBY (RELEASED ONLINE AS COME AND LEARN WITH PIBBY) WAS AN ORIGINAL ANIMATED CONCEPT I CREATED, WROTE, DIRECTED, AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCED FOR CARTOON NETWORK AND ADULT SWIM. THE PROJECT STARTED AS A SMALL PROOF-OF-CONCEPT SHORT AND UNEXPECTEDLY EXPLODED ONLINE, REACHING OVER 40 MILLION VIEWS AND WINNING 3 CLIO AWARDS.

THE IDEA BEGAN AS AN EXPERIMENT IN TONAL CONTRAST: BRIGHT PRESCHOOL AESTHETICS COLLIDING WITH HORROR, CORRUPTION, AND APOCALYPTIC IMAGERY. FROM THE BEGINNING, I APPROACHED THE PROJECT NOT JUST AS A SHORT FILM, BUT AS A LARGER WORLD WITH ITS OWN INTERNAL LOGIC, VISUAL LANGUAGE, CHARACTERS, AND MYTHOLOGY.

I DEVELOPED THE STORY, VISUAL IDENTITY, WORLDBUILDING, AND PITCH MATERIALS FOR THE PROJECT, WORKING CLOSELY WITH CARTOON NETWORK STUDIOS THROUGHOUT DEVELOPMENT. EVEN YEARS LATER, IT REMAINS ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXPRESSIONS OF THE KIND OF STORYTELLING I’M DRAWN TO: EMOTIONALLY SINCERE GENRE MASHUPS WITH STRONG VISUAL IDENTITY, DARK HUMOR, AND SHATTERING THE FOURTH WALL.

LEARNING WITH PIBBY