I am a character designer and illustrator, for the film, games and television industries. I am currently living in Austin Texas, and I spend most of my time figuring out creative ways to solve other peoples problems, and making fun pictures in the process. My work is in both cg and good ole’ fashioned traditional mediums like, graphite, ink, watercolors, and acrylics. I love the process of breaking a story and developing new and exciting characters.
Resume:
Dedicated character designer and illustrator, exhibiting skills in drawing, painting, and sculpting; with the ability to convey good storytelling, and conceptual design.
Core Skills:
Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Zbrush, Mudbox, 3dCoat, Maya, After Effects, Alienbrain asset management
Experience:
7/10- 12/10 Bah! Design Austin TX
Creating illustrated versions of rough concepts produced in the Texas Department of Agriculture's My Pyramid Cafe PSA.
Illustrated 5 months of school lunch calendars, a web comic series, and a series of 5 posters using the My Pyramid Cafe characters to promote education, exercise, and eating right.
6/10 Seamless Entertainment Austin TX
Creature concepts for Sesame Street Marsh Memories
5/10-6/10 Broken Switch Studios Austin TX
Character redesign and story point illustration for Wii Title, Turbo Trainz.
9/08-12/09 Critical Mass Interactive Austin, TX
Creation of concepts and character assets for movie and next gen game assets. Duties include concept art, modeling, uv layout, hi resolution sculpting, texturing, and materials setup.
Art direction and duties that included creation of concepts, character assets, and scene assembly for a 30 second animated Public Service announcement for the Texas Dept. of Agriculture.
5/09-8/09 Surface to Air Productions, Inc. Austin, TX
Camera matching and 3d asset creation for 30 second ad for My Space Place - Produced by Breeze Marketing
Concepts and storyboards for statewide Public Service Announcement for water conservation for the Texas Commission on Environmental quality.
Education:
Full Sail University Winter Park, FL Bachelor of Science Degree
Computer Animation with a focus in Character Modeling
Studied the full range of professional production pipelines, based on film and game studios. Created professional assets under strict deadlines in each discipline of 3d animation before a focused study of our chosen career path.
Professional Credits
Lead Artist/ Concept artist on The 2 Bobs (2009) written and directed by Tim McCanlies
