Story artist, animator, visual development artist, designer, writer, and director with wide ranging experience working in feature films, television shows, commercials, theme park pieces, independent animated films and comics.
As a filmmaker and storyteller, I'm interested in experiences that deal with real human drama, whether involving human or non-human characters.
As an animator, I'm interested in work that takes creative and new approaches with 2D hand-drawn animation, whether focusing on character or fx animation on purely graphic worlds, in combination with live-action, or other mixed media.
And as a designer and visual development artist, my focus is on character design and composition, but I also work on world building illustrations, often used for treatments or pre-production beat boards.
• Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects, In Design, Flash, Final Cut Pro, RETAS Pro, Storyboard Pro
Work History
Flash Animator
Visual Creatures
April 2023 - May 2023
Storyboard Artist
Sprite Animation Studios
February 2023 - April 2023
Storyboard Artist
Titmouse
July 2022 - February 2023
Storyboard Artist
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
August 2020 - March 2021
Star Trek Prodigy
Freelance Animator
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
April 2021 - May 2021
Middle Most Post
Freelance Animator
Scholar
January 2017 - January 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Animator
Scholar
July 2019 - July 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Story Artist, Animation Director, Art Director
Keeper
September 2019 - September 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard Artist
NOTLDA LLC
November 2019 - December 2019
Night of the Animated Dead
Story Consultant and Visual Development Artist
confidential
December 2019 - December 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Animator
various clients
February 2020 - March 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Freelance Storyboard Artist
Rooster Teeth
March 2020 - April 2020
RWBY Vol 8
Storyboard/Animatic Artist
ShadowMachine
March 2020 - September 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Final Space Season 3
Storyboard Artist
ShadowMachine
June 2021 - September 2021
Various projects
Storyboard Artist
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
October 2021 - June 2022
Big Nate
Storyboard Artist
Warner Bros. Animation
April 2018 - October 2018
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard artist on "DC Superhero Girls" TV Series
Storyboard Artist
Warner Bros. Animation
November 2018 - December 2018
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard Artist on "Scooby Doo Guess Who?" TV Series
Freelance Animator/ Character Designer
Scholar
February 2018 - March 2018
Freelance Storyboard Artist
Marvel Entertainment
January 2017 - September 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Storyboard Artist on "Guardians of the Galaxy Animated Series" Season 3
Freelance Animator
CHRLX
October 2016 - October 2016
Freelance Animator
State Design
October 2016 - October 2016
Greater Los Angeles Area
Freelance Animator
Framestore
December 2016 - January 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard Artist
Titmouse
January 2019 - June 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard Artist
Warner Bros.
October 2017 - December 2018
Los Angeles
Director
Powerhouse Animation Studios
March 2017 - September 2017
Greater Los Angeles Area
Storyboard Artist
Bureau of Magic
April 2016 - July 2016
DreamEast Pictures, USA
July 2015 - May 2016
Instructor
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
January 2015 - September 2015
Instructor for "Timing for Animation: Hand Drawn Animation and Design"
Freelance Animator
Blind
June 2015 - June 2015
Freelance Animator
Psyop
May 2015 - May 2015
Freelance Animator
Digital Twigs
May 2015 - May 2015
Freelance Animator
State Design
April 2015 - May 2015
Bix Pix Entertainment
March 2015 - April 2015
Lead Storyboard Artist
Six Point Harness
December 2014 - March 2015
Designer/ Animator
Psyop
October 2014 - October 2014
Animation Director
Pixomondo
May 2014 - September 2014
Animator
Starburns Industries
February 2014 - April 2014
Animator on "G.I. Jeff" episode of Community.
Animator on Planet Phamus Pilot
Animator
We Are Royale
October 2013 - November 2013
Animator
Black Math
October 2013 - November 2013
Key Animator
Fox ADHD
June 2013 - October 2013
Key Animator on Axecop.
LAUNDRY!
May 2013 - June 2013
Flash Animator
Bento Box Entertainment
April 2013 - April 2013
Flash Animator
Space Race LLC
January 2013 - February 2013
Storyboard and Animatic Artist on Space Racers
Storyboard Artist
Rollman Entertainment
April 2012 - December 2012
Storyboard Artist/Revisionist on "Rushzone" Season 2
Animator
Mirada Studios
April 2012 - April 2012
LAUNDRY!
February 2012 - February 2012
Buck
December 2009 - January 2012
For the past few years I've been working off and on at BUCK as a freelance animator and storyboard artist. A detailed description of my credits can be seen below.
Animator on the following spots:
- Nike World Festival
- Chegg.com
- Old Navy Records
- Good Books
- Google STB
- GÜD
Storyboard Artist on the following spots:
- Happy Days of Honda,
- EA Scrabble Portable,
- Google e-Books,
- Google+
Flash Animator
LAUNDRY!
October 2011 - October 2011
Flash Animator
Psyop
December 2010 - August 2011
In 2011 I worked off and on as a freelance flash animator at Psyop. Detailed credits below:
- Norton Stuff
Also, fx animator on the Norton Stuff commercial spot, which was recently nominated for an Annie Award in the best commercial category.
- Reebok Zigtech
Effects and character animator for Reebok Zigtech commercial campaign, consisting of 8 spots featuring world renowned athletes in various sports.
I was responsible for most of the transitional shots, especially the color that peels away from the athletes' bodies, revealing the live-action footage beneath their graphic representations.
Shane Acker, Inc.
June 2010 - June 2010
I assisted director Shane Acker to design a color scheme and direct a sequence of full color animatic storyboards for a commercial pitch.
Visual Development Artist
Mo Villa Productions
May 2010 - June 2010
Character designer and storyboard artist for some featured artwork on season 7 of the HBO series "Entourage".
Story artist
Zoic Studios
September 2009 - February 2010
In 2009, I worked directly with Damon Santostefano as a story sketch artist producing hundreds of board thumbnails in a couple of weeks. I worked again with Damon Santostefano in 2010, this time with 3 other board artists, making more detailed animatic storyboards.
Animator/Concept Artist
Stardust Studios
January 2009 - February 2009
Traditional Animator on Dodge Ram commercial
Concept Artist for Honda Fury commercial pitch
UCLA
September 2004 - June 2008
"Her Lion's Jump" is an animated short film I directed and produced as my graduate thesis project at UCLA Animation.
Focus Features
July 2005 - November 2006
For the feature film "9" I assisted director Shane Acker with character designs and concept art for the first phase of development, and later during pre-production drew story boards as part of the in-house story team.