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Under producer James Fino, 23D Films hired myself and artist Dean Haspiel to design the elements used in the motion comic episode of the Syfy Channel's hit show. Dean handled the main character designs, and I created secondary characters, backgrounds, props and the printed comic seen in this segment.Animation, Storyboarding2012 -
One day, water will be a status symbol, its presence suggesting wealth and sex appeal. These are shooting boards and colored key frames for an imagined beverage ad from that future.Cartooning, Film, Storyboarding2012 -
i created a bunch of ridiculous characters and tried to have them fight with each other. But they mostly wanted to talk to each other. Comics!Cartooning, Illustration, Storyboarding2012 -
Back cover art for Robert T. Jeschonek's "My Favorite Band Does Not Exist" (Clarion, Summer 2011) reflecting the in-story fantasy novel "Fireskull's Revenant."Illustration, Painting, Publishing2010 -
The first three pages from "The Earthmen," chapter 4 of Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles. Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: The Authorized Adaptation is by Dennis Calero and edited by Howard Zimmerman for Hill & Wang. I drew the chapter "The Earthmen," based on Dennis' layouts. He also colored the final pages.Cartooning, Publishing, Storytelling2012 -
Debut author Jason McKammon wanted a young readers' version of his fantasy novel, set in a world loosely based around various African myths. This book is the first of three.Illustration, Cartooning, Publishing2010 -
War Machines was written and directed by J Anders Urmacher, with cgi modeling wizardry by David Petricola. Its intent was to dramatize the Mid-East conflict with a focus on the harm it does to children and future generations. I designed the characters and boards.Animation, Storyboarding, Character Design2012 -
Rapper China Blak released "Hey Now" in 2008. I designed the characters and created some of the abstract backdrops in After Effects. The models were built and animated by cgi artist David Petricola. It was directed by J Anders Urmacher.Character Design, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects2012 -
This was a short I did for Cousin Corrine's Reminder, a quarterly journal from the nice people at Book Court in Brooklyn.Cartooning, Illustration2012 -
Gang of Fools is an online comic, to be published this year by Archai Studios Press. It was begun on paper, but i now work mostly with machines.Illustration, Drawing, Storytelling2012 -
Various self-directed projects at equally various stages of completion.Illustration, Drawing2012 -
This was a scene from an animation script by Winston Thomas. The boards were done entirely digital, using only MangaStudio.Storyboarding, Film, Illustration2012
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