Trash Mountain is a nearly 100-panel, three-page, fully-animated GIF comic with an original soundtrack. I crafted Trash Mountain as a personal proof of concept for longform narrative GIF comics, a medium I'd played with through journalism, but wanted to take in a more creative direction. I produced the entire project before receiving any formal art or animation training, blending digital 2D animation, 3D elements, and composited live footage.

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Trash Mountain was very warmly received, earning a number of write-ups from both local and international arts publications, a repost by the legendary author of Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud, and a Giphy Artist of the Day feature. I also recieved an invitation to deliver a special guest talk about the project and GIFs as a narrative medium for the Local Sightings Festival at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum.

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PRESS

• Artist Kelton Sears on storytelling through GIFs with his wonky web comic Trash Mountain - Digital Arts UK

• Welcome to ‘Trash Mountain’ - City Arts Magazine

• Go Climb Trash Mountain - Seattle Review of Books

• Trash Mountain: A GIFgantic Comic Event - Northwest Film Forum

• GIPHY Artist of the Day - Giphy

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