David Miller Castellano

Background Layout & Paint

A tired crossing guard has to learn how to be patient after a curious kid causes chaos in the town.
Idol is my junior thesis film at CCS. As a solo project all of the film, with the exception of the music, was made by me.

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Long live the king. A Fable follows a group of alchemists that try to make the elixir of immortality for their king, problem is, all the kings keep dying from their attempts.
My role in this film was art director and background artist.
This film was awarded 1st place for the 2023 “48-hour” animation challenge at CCS, and it was selected for the “Detroit International Festival of Animation” in 2024.

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Frogs can be smarter than most people give them credit for. HaHaFrog is a short film I directed in sophmore year at CCS.
My role in this project was coming up with the idea, managing the team and I animated all the shots the frog was in.

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