John Paine

The Freak Brothers is a Tubi original series that sees magical weed knock out three ‘70s stoners and their cat, they awaken 50 years later to find themselves in the bizarre rat race of the 2020s.

Working with Hooligan Animation, I was responsible for character animation across the six episodes for Season 3.

Teachers Health and Teachers Union Fund have merged and were after an animated video to inform their customers.

Working with the team at INNOCEAN, I was responsible for storyboarding, designing and animating the spot to show that some things go Better Together.

The spot can be viewed here.

Working alongside the ABC Gamer team, animator Lucas Cappy and producer, Adam Bigum, we were commissioned to make gaming themed animations for their ABC Gamer platform.

My role was animate selected segments involving Minecraft on a cooking show, Mario on a renovation show and Pokemon of a dating show

The final versions can be seen in Good Game Spawn Point.

Christine Anu’s Piki (Dream) Lullaby is a soothing bedtime lullaby that echoes the gentle ‘nai-guy’ (northern) breeze of Mabuyag Island.

I worked alongside Studio Gilay to bring this story with my main roles being rigging the girl (Yathana) and turtle characters as well as 2D character animation.

For more behind the scenes content you can visit Studio Gilay's write up here.

Death Dumplings is a punk rock from Meeanjin/Brisbane, Australia and a personal friend on mine.

After hearing their track Millennium Bug, I instantly set to work animating a video for it. My goal was to make the animation as boisterous & grungy as the music.

In 2026, the music video was screened as part of Melbourne International Animation Festival. It can also be viewed here.

I've been working with High N' Dry for almost 10 years creating a variety of branding for them from murals to packaging and t-shirts as well animated content for their social media

Being a family restaurant, I created these cute but cheeky characters to represent the spirit of the brand but can also easily be adapted in to pop culture references littered through the decor of the restaurant.