Freelance Art Director and Visual Development Artist – Studio Smokescreen – Los Angeles, CA

March 2022 – Present

Responsible for leading a team of designers and working closely with show creators to establish and execute the visual style of various small studio projects. Additionally doing occasional freelance to help polish projects in development with as-needed character, prop, background layout/paint, and color design.

 

Background Paint – Titmouse Inc. – Hollywood, CA

September 2020 – March 2024

Painted backgrounds for Star Trek: Lower Decks for Paramount Plus streaming services. Also assisted in doing paint passes on 3D model assets.

 

Freelance Visual Development – Disney TV- Los Angeles, CA

April 2020 – March 2022

Offered visual development services for multiple shows in development, including but not limited to character design and color design.

 

Visual Development – DreamWorks TV- Glendale, CA

January 2019 – September 2020

Responsible for character design, orthographic layout, color design, color keys, background paint, and various as-needed visual development for Netflix animated series ‘Archibald’s Next Big Thing’. Also provided Background Paint and Color Design for ‘Cleopatra in Space’ and various shows in development.

 

Character Design – Universal Animation – Glendale, CA

January 2018 – August 2018

Designed new characters, full turnarounds, mouth-charts, special poses, and updated existing models for Hulu animated feature ‘Curious George: Royal Monkey’.

 

Visual Development – DreamWorks TV- Glendale, CA

December 2015 – September 2017

Responsible for color design, background paint, character design, color scripts, concept art, and visual development for Netflix animated series ‘Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh’.