Road Trip!

One really fun aspect of making my animated short film, Catching the L Train, has been all of the field research.  While Google can instantly load up countless reference photos, there is something personally enriching about walking around in a real location and making direct observations.

Southern Pacific Station
Inside the Southern Pacific building on 9th Street in Modesto.
Animated Train Station
My final train station in Catching The L Train.
Arched windows

On a whim, I drove down to a building I hadn’t visited in nearly 20 years.   (read more)