Experience

• Director at Aquatic Moon

  Orange County, CA, United States of America

  January 2014 - January 2016

  Projects - League of Legends, Overwatch, Hearthstone, Indivisible, Gamaya Legends, Sony Playstation Project (unannounced) , Riot Games project (Unnanouced), Twilight Monk (Original IP), and Multiple mobile games.
  
  *Founded an atelier/art house, and managed a team of artists and programmers which supply timely next-gen game development assets for projects from multiple high profile developers throughout the world. Hired and managed senior level artists to meet each client’s specific feedback and standards for User Interface, Character and Environment/Culture kit Concept Art, Illustration, and 3d modeling. Guided art staff with paint overs, workshops, video tutorials and tool development. Efficiently scheduled, managed, and maintained steady and consistent work load to meet demanding deadlines and maintain good work relations with clientele. Created game pitches, scripts (dialogue), programmed example assets and game loops including basic AI, and design functionality in GML and Unity to pitch new IP’s for production. Balanced budgets, and assisted career development for entry level artists to meet the expections of future employers in the video game industry.
  

• Principal Concept Artist at Riot Games

  Santa Monica , United States of America

  January 2013 - January 2014

  Projects - League of Legends, several unnanounced Riot Projects and initiatives

  *Hired on as an in house consultant and advisor to provide training and guidance for junior staff. Provided hundreds of high-end touchstone concept illustrations, and breakdown orthographic environment, and character designs for League of Legends focusing on the Summoners Rift map relaunch. Mentored Junior artists through workshops and hands on instruction. Defined lore that would contribute integral plot points and visual direction and development for the League of Legends universe. Contributed heavily to defining the User interface style, and workflow for several initiatives for players to customize their experience. Contributed heavily to several unannounced projects with character designs, stylistic exploration, and User Interface.
  

• Sr Concept Artist at Blizzard Entertainment

  Irvine, Ca, United States of America

  January 2006 - January 2012

  Projects - Diablo 3, World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Titan

  *As the primary Concept Artist on two World of Warcraft expansions, and contributing Sr. concept artist on Diablo 3 - coordinated and instigated a pre-production and style guide pipeline for more effectively utilizing concept art in development at a time when Blizzard was rapidly expanding. Defined painted art style for in game assets, and cutscenes. Provided character and environment concept art and game design solutions with an emphasis on production design, gameplay functionality, and storytelling through visuals. Took initiative to problem solve project challenges in advance and provided creative solutions in design and art. Provided 3D assets and textures when necessary to keep production on schedule. Additionally created marketing materials, paintings and initiaded live drawing presentations for trade show demonstrations.
  

• Sr. Concept Artist / Director of Cinematics / Voice Actor / Storyboard Artist at Capcom

  Sunnyvale, ca, United States of America

  January 2003 - January 2005

  Projects - Maximo 3, Final Fight: Streetwise, Devargas (Cancelled)

  *As the only concept artist on multiple projects - provided painted and orthographic character and environment concepts for nearly every zone of 2 prototype games and one complete game. Provided concept art, promotional materials and environment illustrations according to design specifications for 3 major projects. Managed and created storyboards and animatics for over 3 hours of in game cutscene content in conjunction with the writing team for outsourced animation. Contributed heavily to the script, voice acting and overall cinematic presentation of all aspects of development.
  

• Art Director at Taniko Games

  Santa Monica, CA, United States of America

  January 2001 - January 2003

  Projects - He-Man (GBA), Terminator 3 (GBA)
  
  *Rapidly took on responsibilities from general Tile Artist to Art Director within 2 years. Worked closely with Game Director in managing employees and implementing assets for game characters, tilesets and interface on Gameboy Advance projects. Managed a small team of artists, assisting in providing assets throughout development of 3 Gameboy advance titles. Created game pitches, and documentation for potential new projects with various publishers to keep the studios project lineup ambitions and achievable to maintain successful growth of a startup.
  

• Penciler at Marvel Comics

  New York, United States of America

  January 1999 - January 2000

  Ghost Rider – Thor – Muties
  
  *Penciled monthly comic book series for established Trademark characters (Ghost Rider, Muties, Thor) Worked with and recruited team of writers and colorists to meet monthly deadlines with efficiency to Marvels quality standards. Created characters for Marvel Comics vast library of iconic intellectual properties.
  

• Art Director/Illustrator at Jnco Entertainment

  Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

  January 1999 - January 2000

  *Fashion design and IP development. Coordinated team of illustrators and designers in creating materials for presentation to major network television and film studios. Supported Marketing Director in specifications for presentation, including sample product assembly, merchandise mock ups, multi-media advertising and style guides. Created new IPs for development resulting in several licensing initiatives and partnerships.

• Publisher/Creator/Illustrator at Self Employed

  Various, United States of America

  January 1994 - January 2016

  Projects – CreeD (comic books), Scud (comic books), Twilight Monk (novels, comics, games), Various
  
  *At the age of 16, organized distribution, funding, printing and advertising for self-published comic books, establishing IPs that have been licensed and branded into action figures, television, and trading cards. Throughout freelance career, gave lectures and presentations at conventions and trade shows on developing comic books, and licensing. Worked with very prestigious clientele, such as LucasArts, Vivendi, Dreamworks, and Digital Domain.