Zen Ninja

Part of a pitch for a series of urban vinyl toys. We were asked to pitch ideas for one minute shorts featuring the toys.

5 Chinese Brothers

Developmental design for Dave Gosman's film, Five Chinese Brothers. In this image we were trying to create a very stylized world, where the setting was traditional, but the approach was contemporary.

Zebra

Personal work, a sketch from a story about a zebra that escapes from the zoo, so that he can drink coffee and smoke cigarettes.

London Fields

Crusades

An early pass on a keyframe for a game based on the Crusades. This was for a cinematic which would tell the main character's backstory through a dream sequence.

New Work

Rough concept for an Esurance spot

Backgrounds for Bubble Guppies

Character design for a pitch

Character design for Frontierville facebook game.

Virgin America Safety Video

I enjoyed working with these clients. They gave us freedom over the look, as long as we communicated the technical details successfully. Simple as it appears, it was actually a complicated mix of Maya, After Effects, and Anime-Pro. As the art director, I was responsible for the overall look, which included all the design (except about half the characters) and colour work, layouts and key poses, and creating textures for Maya.

The character on the far left was originally a bear, but Virgin was afraid that people would think that they could travel with their pets in the cabin. So we substituted an anthropomorphic fish.

Nike

Character designs that I pitched for a Nike ad; the theme was women as super heroes of exercise.

These are some rough sketches of a simple story about a yeti that goes shopping.

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happy - music video

This was an in-house music video using a song from Yo Gabba. The final piece was created in Maya, but incorporated a lot of 2d elements. I was the art director, designing everything except the characters.

esurance - Policy Holder

The new direction in esurance ads, where customers are featured as animated characters. The first few spots were fairly conservative so we pushed this one in a more surreal direction. I was the art director and designer.

esurance - LaPalette

I art directed and designed this esurance spot. They are special agents looking in an art gallery for clues on where to buy auto insurance.

esurance - Special Agents

An esurance spot in a film noir setting. I was the art director and designer.

esurance - Baseball

An esurance spot for the baseball season. We wanted a nostalgic feel, so there are several homages to great moments in baseball, but the focus is really on the bright colours and moustaches of the 1970's. I was the art director and designer.

Willie Mays' over the shoulder catch.

Babe Ruth's called shot.

Esurance

A ninja that I designed for the Esurance-La Palette spot.


An evil basketball-playing robot that I designed for the Esurance-Hoops spot.
A choice of two sets of baddies that I designed for the Esurance-Let It Snow spot.

Midol

Variations on a female character that I pitched for a Midol spot.

Clean It Up

Character designs for a music video using a Yo Gabba song. The song was about cleaning up and had a very 80's cheap synthesizer sound, so I went with a new wave look. This was the clean up crew.

A rough design for a keyframe.

Kung Fu Panda

Proposed Designs for the Kung Fu panda DVD. These are adaptations of designs from the movie. My job was to simplify and stylize the existing designs so that they would work in 2D animation.