I Am Not Your Token

Ebony Hendrix is a 16-year-old preppy black girl attempting to navigate and assimilate to her predominantly white high school and ultimately a world ruled by whiteness. She struggles to find her identity in her white friend group referred to as "Tiffany and Co.,"and expresses this experience through her art. When her former best friend and proud blactivist, Iman, confronts her, Ebony is forced to reckon with herself– and her title of "token Black Girl."

Photo Credits: Lilianne Calfee

Role
Key Wardrobe Designer

Client
Elevated Films

Year
07/2022

Highlights
Textile painting & patch design

The Tensile Strength of Air

A photographer struggling with a mid-life crisis explores her racial identity, motherhood, and relationships through a pseudo-romantic connection with a younger man.

Photo Credits: Adan Ramirez

Role
Key Wardrobe Designer

Client
Liminal Films/DePaul University

Year
05/2022

Highlights
Nude scene/intimacy coordination, suit alterations

Character Design & Craftsmanship

A selection of costumes & makeup looks, largely handmade by yours truly. Highlights include pattern making, textile painting, hand-dying wigs with alcohol dye, functional prop creation, hard-styling wigs, working with real leather & spandex, wig stitching, customized makeup looks, and faux tattoo sleeve creation.

Award - Judge’s Choice, Anime Austin 2019 for Sara Azuma

Award - Best Wig, Anime Magic! 2022 for Ochako Uraraka

“Kraken” Blackbeard/Ed Teach from “Our Flag Means Death”. C2E2, August 2022.

Roxanne Wolf from “Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach”. February 2022.

Sara Azuma from “Sarazanmai”. Anime Austin, August 2019.

Shouta Aizawa/Eraserhead from “My Hero Academia”. C2E2, March 2020.