DreamWorks Animation
Visual Development Artist
Apr 2022 - Apr 2024
● Visual Development Artist and Matte Painter for Jurassic World: Chaos Theory.
● Set designs, Prop Designs, and Vehicles Designs across multiple episodes and seasons.
● Visual Development Artist for an unannounced project.
Otis College of Art & Design
Instructor
Aug 2022 - Present
●Created 4 Accredited classes from intermediate to advanced courses in visual storytelling.
● Educated, mentored, and led 120+ students for 4 semesters and 2 workshops.
● Introduced and set in place Blender and PureRef software in the college.
Darewise Entertainment
Freelance Marketing Artist
Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
● Concept Artist and Marketing Artist for Life Beyond, created initial look dev through mood paintings and illustrations.
Lex & Otis Animation
Visual Development Artist
Jul 2021 - Apr 2022
● Background Painter and Designer for Ark: the Animated Series, painting and designing over 80+ backgrounds.
● Visual Development Artist for RAID: Call of the Arbiter.
● Outsourced by Riot Games for 2 trailers; Valorant: Spark - Neon Agent and Valorant: Revelation Ep 6.
Future House Studios
Art Lead | Freelance Concept Artist
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
● Art lead for Groove Jones LED Volumetric Holodeck and VR Experience for Aurea Software at the Mobile World Congress.
● Led a 10-member cross functional on project scope, aesthetic, while converting conceptual ideas into immersive virtual reality content in Unreal Engine.
● Concept Artist for Wave XR's Justin Bieber - An Interactive Virtual Experience.
Treyarch Studios
Concept Artist
May 2019 - Jun 2021
● Concept Artist for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.
● Conceptualized visual support materials, including 3D block-ins, renders, Callouts, Style guides, and environment paintings, to facilitate game development pipeline.
● Marketing MTX artist for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, creating 14 calling cards, 56 splash art billboards, and 46 emblems, contributing to in-game MTX.
The Jim Henson Company
Freelance Concept Artist
Jan 2020 - Mar 2020
● Concept Artist for The Witchlands: TV Series.
Section Studios
Concept Artist
May 2017 - May 2019
● Outsourced by Riot Games, Vicarious Visions, Sony Santa Monica, and Treyarch studios.
● Shipped mobile game title RIVAL: Crimson X Chaos.
United States Marine Corps
CH53e Crew Chief | Mechanic
Aug 2009 - Apr 2014
● Ensured mission success for passengers, cargo, and fuel on CH53E-Super Stallion helicopters.
EDUCATION
Otis College of Art & Design
May 2018
● Bachelors of Fine Arts, Emphasis in Digital Media