Some things are too small, too slow or too vast for a camera to ever show you.
Esther Ikoro has them drawn by hand instead.
Wait, What?! is her animated science series. Each episode builds an entire hand-drawn world around one scientific idea, illustrated and animated by Moriz
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Joined October 2022
- A group of friends wakes up after a night none of them can explain. Each one had a twisted encounter with a historical figure or pop culture legend. That's Don't Bury the Dead, the comedy-horror short Max Gallen is making as a 2026 O'Shaughnessy Fellow.
- In 2025, Donald Jewkes (@donaldjewkes) directed the launch film for Waves with a crew of friends. Not one of them had ever been on a film set. It pulled more than 30 million views. Today, he's a 2026 O'Shaughnessy Fellow.
- Teaching robots to read social cues isn't a lab problem. It's a real-world one. Victor Nikhil Antony is deploying robots in schools and eldercare settings to build the social intelligence layer machines desperately need. Proud to announce him as a 2026 O'Shaughnessy Fellow.
- We're proud to award an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship to Kendric Tonn (@kendrictonn) for Scenes from Japan, a watercolor travelogue capturing the hidden beauty of Japan, painted on location using traditional methods.

