| My name is Norma V Toraya and the species of rabbitfish before you is
called a "Crankbunny". I live in NYC and work as an animation director.
People hire me to make them commercials, tv intros, music videos, projections,
etc. I also work on my own personal films, build mechanical paper puppets, and
run a small shop. I've lived in a bunch of different cities. I have a big finearts
and film/animation backgound - yet ironically I have a fear of movie theatres. My
work is a layering of traditional techniques like hand drawn animation, under-the-camera,
painting, and pixilation / stop-motion with a digital mishmosh of live-action
compositing. I'm a big fan of instinct. My friends and family all share
the same fustration of not being able to get ahold of me - go figure. Excerpt
from the fancy bio - "Some things in life are slick, polished and blatantly
obvious. But for Norma V. Toraya, who's also known as Crankbunny, these are exactly
the things she shies away from. Instead, she's more inclined to explore timeless
concepts like subtly, curiousity, texture and awkwardness. Her hand-drawn and
computer-animated creations are often described as dark, sometimes noir and always
magical." |