His practice mixed the tactile and the ephemeral. Mornings were for sketches: quick gestures, two- to five-frame studies that captured a character's intention. Afternoons were for "micro-compositions"—a term he used for tiny sequences that tested how sound, timing, and a single color shift could alter a perceived motive. He developed a rubric, shared as a laminated cheat-sheet pinned to the wall: read the beat, map the intention, choose the restraint. He was persuasive because his demos worked; a subtle pause in a dog’s ear made a whole gag land differently.