Experience
Warner Bros. Animation
Unannounced Tweety Bird Project
Background Designer | March 2021 - present
-Designing backgrounds from animatics.
-Blocking in gray tones to establish lighting and mood before handing design off to color.
DC Super Hero Girls
Background Designer & Concept Artist | Feb. 2020 - present
-Designing and concepting backgrounds from provided animatics or finalized scripts.
-Assisting production team with breaking down background assets.
Cartoon Network
Shorts Program
Background Designer | Feb. 2021 - present
-Designing line art and painting tones to establish lighting and mood.
-Working on a very small design team to create and establish the look of the show.
Bento Box Entertainment
Paradise PD
Background Designer & Background Painter | April 2019 - Jan. 2020
-Designed backgrounds and location maps based off of storyboards / thumbnails.
-Colored backgrounds, props, and characters in ToonBoom Harmony.
-Assisted with asset breakdowns, file organization, asset management, and naming conventions.
-Worked with design teams in both North Hollywood, CA and Atlanta, GA.
Cancelled Projects (Marvel)
Concept Design & Art Direction | Nov. 2018 - April 2019
-Concepted locations, lighting, and color design for two cancelled Marvel projects.
-Helped lead design team and provided artistic direction for style of projects.
Kuroba World
Lead Background Designer & Background Painter | Aug. 2018 - Nov. 2018
-Designed and colored backgrounds in Photoshop for the Kuroba World web series.
-Worked with an established toy brand to bring the Kuroba world to life.
-Assisted with background asset breakdowns and creating location maps.
Moon & Me
Designer, Art Direction, & Fabricator | June 2017 - May 2018
-Designed and concepted assets for a stop motion / live action puppet set.
-Created scaled turnarounds for modelers & sculptors to create from.
-Helped fabricate scenes made of cut paper.
Education
Savannah College of Art & Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation
Magna Cum Laude
Software
Adobe CC, ToonBoom Harmony, Storyboard Pro, SketchUp (experience), and Maya (experience)