Art Direction & Design - Entertainment Arts Education
RESUME
Art Direction & Visual Development (2013 - Present):
Art Director - Unannounced project
Current
Art Director - “What If” - Marvel Studios, Burbank, CA
Visual Development Artist & Background Designer/2D Layout Artist - "Vox Machina", "Niko and the Sword of Light", "Venture Brothers", others un-announced - Titmouse, Hollywood, CA
Background Designer/2D Layout Artist - "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - Nickelodeon, Burbank, CA
Visual Development & Concept Artist - Multiple Un-announced Features - Original Force Animation, Culver City, CA
Visual Development & Concept Artist - Multiple Un-announced Features - Sony Pictures Animation, Culver CIty, CA
Concept Artist - Disney Interactive, Glendale, CA
Teaching & Speaking (2011 - Present):
Keynote Speaker - BOAT International Superyacht Design Festival, Cortina D’Ampezzo, Italy
Entertainment Arts / VIsual Development Professor - SVA, and Drawing America, NY
Member of Graphics & Visual Design Advisory Board - Husson University College of Business, ME Guest Career Speaker
Guest Speaker (Recurring) Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA
- California State University Northridge, CA
- New West Charter School Los Angeles, CA
Workshop Assistant Instructor - Will Weston, Society of Illustrators, Animation Guild, Los Angeles, CA
Fine Art Group Shows - The Brewery Art Colony , & Hive Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Skills:
Digital - Photoshop. Loosely familiar with Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, Maya, SolidWorks, Sketchup.
Traditional - Figure & perspective drawing, textiles/sewing, paint, wood, metal, paper craft, clay.
Education:
Art Center College of Design - BFA with honors in Illustration
Cuesta Community College - Associates Degree
References:
Paul Lasaine - Production Designer, Marvel Studios
Sandra Rabins - Executive Vice President, Paramount Animation
Marcelo Vignali - Director of Creative Development, Company 3
Will Weston - Head Entertainment Professor at Drawing America