Animator, Producer, Story Artist

An experimental animator with interest in design and storytelling, Hail is looking to create animated projects with creatives seeking fun in collaboration and thinking outside the box.

2024 Animation Reel

"LOUIE!", Short Animated Film

'A Latte Love', 48-Hour Film

'GOING HOME', Short Senior Thesis

'Falling Apart, Pulling Together', Sophomore Film

'Face To Face', Junior Film

Other Animations!

'Stick & Wigs' Storyboard Thesis

During my finishing semesters, I worked on an independent study to create a silly, fun short film about some caterpillar brothers. It was supposed to be a little project, but I ended up putting a lot of development towards it. Below are the animatic, storyboards and other misc. art and works for this thesis.

'Face To Face', Junior Film Storyboards

'Falling Apart, Pulling Together', Sophomore Film Storyboards

'Mannequin Man', Senior Thesis Character Design

'Face To Face' Character Design

'Falling Apart, Pulling Together' Character Design

'Tortoise & Hare' Junior Visual Development

'The Life of A Loofah' Junior Visual Development

Character Sheets

Misc. Character Design

Backgrounds from 'Face To Face', Junior Film

Backgrounds from 'The Hunt', Senior Film

Other Backgrounds and Layouts

'Face To Face', Junior Film Production

For my junior year at University of The Arts, I assembled a crew of 15-20 artists, animators, voice actors and musicians/sound designers for my film, "Face To Face".Part of my process was to assemble and draw as many references as possible for my team. This ranged from character sheets, to drawovers/animation critique, prop design, background layouts, and much more.The work below are all assets I made for this film's team and production.

Character Sheets

Prop Sheets

Animation References

Production Sheet (Click for link)

'Louie!', Short Film Production

For the past year, I've worked alongside Mike Scandora in creating an indie animated short film, 'LOUIE!', in which an orangutan gets trapped in his bathroom. I was brought on for clean-up animation, but quickly rose up to producer and clean-up animation lead, as well as assisting and animating rough-animation.I've been tasked with many different assignments by Scandora to aid in 'LOUIE!'s creation. These assignments include contacting and finding applicants for the film, drafting out emails and messages, scheduling meetings and arranging calendar dates for production due dates, drawover/animation critiques, creating reference sheets for clean-up and production excel sheets, and many more.

Clean-Up Guide Slides

Line Size References

Production Sheet

Also known under the alias 'Rad Rascal', Hail Thomas is a Philly-based 2D animator and cartoonist, with added experience in project production and TV screenwriting. Hail prides themself on being a 'jack of all trades' for short animated films, able to tackle anything involving concept art, character design, storyboarding, animating, compositing, voice acting, music production, and more!Hail is a recent graduate from University of the Arts with a BFA in Animation, Minor in Screenwriting, but has been animating and in the field since 2020, and is currently looking for career positions in animation and production.