A 2D hand-drawn animated short about a boy who works at a strange restaurant and gradually discovers its hidden rules. The project combines a colourful retro American cartoon aesthetic with absurdity and dark humour.

Created the frame-by-frame animation using Procreate Dreams and TVPaint, with CapCut for post-production. I designed the human and anthropomorphic animal characters, using expressive movement, exaggerated acting and visual clues to reveal the unusual storyworld.

Created a character-driven animated short combining playful visuals with an absurd narrative, using the character arc to transform a seemingly ordinary restaurant into a strange and unsettling world.