Arianna Crawford
Sleepy Hollow, 2026
Video, sculpture
This work is a 2D animation projected into a frame sculpture. It is meant to emulate an old, somewhat spooky painting you'd find in a haunted mansion. Depicting the Headless Horseman, I wanted to incorporate the themes of "vintage Halloween" and "time capsule" with a character most would recognize. I was inspired by the idea of paintings coming to life or watching you that is present in a lot of popular media. Having a live scene of him traveling through a creepy forest that loops endlessly, as if he is stuck in time within the frame.
About:
Arianna Crawford is an illustrator and animator based in Texas. Maintaining the art of 2D in her work, she applies her skills in character design, traditional animation, color theory, and video editing to create visuals in motion. With a large cartoon/anime influence, her work revolves mainly around POC narratives and fictional worlds. Arianna has studied art for 10 years and is a New Media student at UNT, but her passion started as early as elementary school. She is now working on building an audience for her passion projects and is in the early stages of developing her own studio.