- I have been an illustrator for ten years and worked with a broad variety of clients from film production designers to art directors in advertising, children's educational media, and editorial. I have been a web designer, worked in information architecture, and successfully met the business and design objectives in those fields. Art directors and related clients with whom I have worked would say I communicate well and easily engage in a creative exchange of ideas.
- Earned a Master's degree in 2004 in new media design and production from Emerson College in Boston. I have set academic and project goals and successfully achieved them.
- My artistic skills are top notch. I can generate and visualize concepts, quickly rough out ideas, and of course follow those ideas through adjustments and refinement to bring forth a bold and beautiful piece of art that successfully meets your needs.
- Lastly, I am a member of the Association of Medical Illustrators and a passionate and committed practitioner in this field.
Freelance Experience:
Between 1998 and the present, I have maintained a steady stream of diverse and interesting projects. This amidst a Masters in New Media Design & Production from Emerson in 2004, and a move to and back from the UK. Some recent highlights while based in London include:
"Stardust" : Concept design and illustration, Marv films, Paramount Pictures, 2007.
For Stardust I designed the city "Stormhold" from the king lived with his sons. This was a thrill to work on. The production designer had also done all three Star Wars prequel films, and we spent a lot of time working together one-on-one."Halal Harry" : 21st February Films, 2005. This was a charming romantic comedy set in London. For this film I created a full shot plan of all the scenes with accompanying storyboards. This was an exercise in sheer production volume, and a greast learning experience.Coca-Cola, Skoda Autos : For these commercials I created concept art, working directly with either the director or a production designer."Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest", "Shrek the Third" : For these films I created full color illustrations for a set of online games promoting the release of these films. The artwork was as series of realistic yet fantastical backgrounds, as well as various elements for animation within the games.- For several other film projects I also created concept art. They either lasted for a short term, or were projects that were in various stages of development, and not yet produced.
Full-time Experience:
Art Director and Medical Illustrator on a variety of educational and training CD-Roms for the medical/pharmaceutical community.
- As Art Director, led the creation of media for demonstrative courtroom evidence. This included designing and creating a Flash-based tutorial of wireless cable technology for CD-Rom delivery. The tutorial included original illustration and Flash animation with Actionscript. In addition I produced a number of slideshow presentations with graphics and various medical illustrations.
- I created full-color digital medical illustration for a number of other projects, either as standalone work or incorporated as plates into 3D animation.
As a member of the Global Internet Strategy division, held a primary creative role on the design and development of the Private Clients Group client site. Led concepting and information architecture sessions through exploratory storyboarding phase addressing navigational, accessibility, and usability issues; and technical objectives vs. restrictions. Continued as lead on all creative direction, design and production through the duration of the project. Produced and managed storyboard deck for development, created all design work products. On the PCG marketing site: all creative lead and direction, all design and production. Due to the merger of Fleet and Bank of America, none of my work remains published.
Design and construction of scaleable, integrated, branded E-commerce environments. Site construction included html and basic javascript programming, UI design, graphic design and illustration. Close
interaction with client, strategy managers, release engineers and account executives in project completion. Lead design on three projects.
Technical Skills:
Classically trained drawing skills with a fine arts background, storyboarding, sketch art, concept design and illustration, layout design, marker comps. Full color beautifully rendered artwork to bring concepts and visuals to life!
Software:
Corel Painter; Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects; Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver; fluent HTML coding. Currently learning Cinema 4D.
Education:
Film Design International, London, England. Art Direction for Film. Taught by Terry Ackland-Snow, Production Designer, 2005.Emerson College, Boston, MA. Master of Arts, 2004 in New Media Production, dept. of Visual & Media Arts.
The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA. Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1997 in Illustration.
Marchutz Ecole d'Art, Aix-en-Provence, France. Studio painting and art history, 1993.
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL. Liberal Arts courses, 1991.
Williston Northampton, Easthampton, MA. 1991.
The London Years:
Eidos Interactive
Gorgeous Interactive
Magnetic North
Partizan Entertainment
Gatlin Pictures
Byron Productions
Recorded Picture Company
Marv Films & Paramount Pictures
Dark Side Animations
Portmerion Potteries
Romherst, Inc.
Animation Technologies
Global Investment Magazine
Science Magazine
Tweeter Home Entertainment Group
Dartmouth Publishing
Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center
Harvard University School of Medicine
BBL Advertising
Learningways
Prentice Hall
Holland, Mark, Edmund, Ingalls
Stardust: Concept design and illustration, Marv films, Paramount Pictures, 2007.
Halal Harry: Storyboards and shot plan, 21st February Films, 2005.
Swing from a Halo: storyboards, never fully funded, shelved (it happens).
Solar Perfect: concept design, in development, London.