about

I am currently employed as an Art Director at Rockstar San Diego (formerly Angel Studios ). I have worked there since 1998, and have lived in southern California all of my life.

Recently shipped games I have worked on include:

SpyHunter 2, in the role of Art Director
and the soon to be shipped Red Dead Revolver, where I performed a wide variety of tasks such as:

Early prototype character models and some early character concepts
Texture painting and other 2D front end graphics
Setting up morph targets for facial animations
Character LODs
Assisted in prop and level modeling
Worked with Xbox programmer in the tuning of graphics for the Xbox Contributed voiceovers

Prior to Rockstar/Angel, I worked for number of developers in the role of Art director/ Conceptual designer on a variety of Children’s Activity Centers from 1992 to 1995
for clients like: Warner Bros. Interactive, Disney Interactive, Gameworks, and HBO.
My professional art career began in 1990 working for American Film Technologies
as a 2D animator on the animated television program “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”
for Fox, Gahan Wilson’s “Diner”, a theatre short which was shown with the original “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Movie and a animated special “The Magic Paintbrush” for Mc Donald’s which aired on CBS.

Some of the freelance work I have done:

Harry Potter Trading Cards / acrylic paintings
Client : Wizards of the Coast 2002-03

Hard Rock Café
Enamel pin designs / pen and ink, Adobe illustrator
Client : Pin USA 2003

Push Pops, Scooby Snack Dog Treats / advertising storyboards
Client: The Gheppetto Group 1999-2000

The Wildthornberries / storyboards
Client : Klasky Csupo / Nickelodeon 1997-98

Wildcats, StormWatch, Shaman’s Tears, Tribe,
Wetworks, Backlash / comic color marker guides
Assistant to Joe Chiodo
Client : Wildstorm/ Image comics 1995-98