Creating characters, creatures and environments for multiple AAA titles.
Master Class instructor
CG Master Academy
May 2016 - Present
I teach the fundamentals of thumbnail exploration, thumbnail refinement, head design, anatomy, functional features and presentation.
Key responsibilities
• Teaching students the importance of research with mood boards and writing down ideas.
• Instructing students with building a final design from messy thumbnails to a polished creation.
• Making sure the concepts are solid and believable with in-depth critiques and paint-overs.
Concept Artist
Snail Game
November 2022 - May 2023
I was responsible in setting up many creature designs for their upcoming game: For the Stars. This involved the design of both humanoid characters and also creatures for multiple biomes.
Concept Artist
Galactic Entertainment
March 2022 - November 2022
Providing 2D & 3D creature concepts to aid in the next sci-fi themed AAA blockchain game - Planet quest.
Concept Artist
NetEase Games
September 2021 - February 2022
Designed character and creature concepts for Ashfall (Steam)
Concept Artist
FableLabs
May 2018 - June 2019
Freelance 2D concept artist for interactive storytelling in mobile games.
Concept Artist
Method Studios
April 2019 - May 2019
Greater New York City Area
Designed the alien pupils for the Chris Paul/Men in Black crossover commercial.
Concept Artist
Netflix
September 2018 - October 2018
Los Gatos, CA
Worked with director Chris Williams in designing main creatures for his upcoming film Jacob And The Sea Beast to be released in 2022.
Visual Arts Instructor
Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School, New Haven, CT
August 2015 - June 2018
New Haven, CT
I instructed and mentored students with the fundamental understanding of drawing, digital art, and basic Photoshop animation.
Key responsibilities
• To help break down the process of drawing and to teach fundamentals of perspective, shading, line work and form.
• Introducing the drawing tablet with Photoshop while giving examples and critiques.
• I lead an after-school program called Creature Design once a week. We go over thumbnail sketching, form and function. We also watch movies to show how creature design has evolved in cinema over the years.
Drawing Instructor
Creative Arts Workshop
January 2017 - March 2018
New Haven, CT
Leading workshops for introductory drawing and figure drawing.
Key responsibilities
• Explaining the fundamentals of drawing with light, form, line weight, line quality, and mapping shadows to beginner, intermediate, and advanced artists.
• Mentoring students that are completely new to art and wish to pursue a new career path. We develop practices that can help them dive into the world of art comfortably.
• I instruct how to see the human figure in the simplest of forms. I explain how to sketch with gesture and to block out large shapes first before detail is applied.
Concept Artist
Mission Control Media, Inc.
October 2014 - February 2017
Producing concept art for the television show Face Off on the SyFy Channel.
Key responsibilities
• I was responsible for studying the final makeups and sketching those concepts in 2D form along with other concept artists. This allowed the audience to bridge the gap between the initial briefs that the contestants received and building their final makeups. These sketches were then displayed on screen midway through the episodes.
• The concepts I was responsible for included characters and creatures ranging from horror to sci-fi and fantasy.
Concept Artist
Brightrock Games
March 2012 - April 2016
Responsible for the initial concepts with the characters and creatures in War For The Overworld.
Key responsibilities
• 2D ideation for characters in both the Hero and Underlord classes.
• 2D ideation for creatures in the Underlord class.
• Ideation for props such as dungeon waste, the Dungeon Core, and weapons.
Adj. Assistant Professor
School of Design at University of Cincinnati
June 2011 - August 2015
Cincinnati, Ohio
Full-time adjunct responsible for teaching foundation drawing as well as design drawing for freshmen and upper-classmen.
Key responsibilities
• Taught incoming freshmen that majored in fashion, industrial design, and graphic design, foundation drawing skills.
• Taught digital sketching and presentation building in Spring semesters for design visualization classes. This consisted of sophomores and juniors in the industrial design department.
• Taught advanced sketching as well as digital sketching for Design Communication classes. This was a senior level class meant to help them brush up on sketching skills before graduation and job searching.
Contract Designer
Plastic Dress-Up Company
January 2011 - February 2011
El Monte, CA
Contract artist for award and recognition components
