Here at Cactarilla Studios, we are a team of Artists that want to use our skills to serve others by making quality content.

Konrad Lightner

CEO

Konrad has over 14 years of experience in the Animation industry. Where he worked at Blizzard Cinematics and Walt Disney Animation Studios where he worked on 10 feature films such as Frozen, Zootopia, Wreck-it Ralph, etc. In 2022, he saw a need for quality animation content and has been serving his clients since.

Ethan Borman

Writer

Ethan is a born creative who has been drawing, writing, and making short films with friends as long as he can remember. He is currently a professional filmmaker and podcast producer. He has made numerous short films, short documentaries, and marketing videos, as well as published a couple short stories, poems, and written several scripts. Ethan loves to see creatives succeed and likes to lend a helping hand to help creative people succeed in making stories that are truthful, fun, and unique. Ethan joined Cactarilla at its inception and helps with world creation, script writing, and any other way his creative hand can be lent.

Jake Beal

COMPOSER

Jacob Beal received his Masters of Music in composition from Eastern Washington University and his BA in Ethnomusicology from Moody Bible Institute. His music has been performed by multiple groups in the Pacific Northwest area and has had one of his pieces premiered in Limerick, Ireland for the choir festival Limerick Sings. His compositions can be found in various projects on loor.tv and He is currently an adjunct music professor at Great Northern University.

Mikelle Mulroney

Concept Artist

Mikelle is skilled in generating ideas and creative story elements, particularly in character creation and pre-production for the medium of film. She also has experience designing characters and illustrating children’s books. Her main strength is communicating with clients to hone a character into the best-suited version of the story.