Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams

Current

Freelance Illustrator at DC Comics

Past

Freelance Illustrator at Chorion
Freelance Illustrator at Top Cow Productions
Freelance Illustrator at BIG CITY COMICS

Freelanc Illustrator at Wildstorm/DC Comics
Freelance Illustrator at Humanoids Publishing
Freelance Illustrator at Upper Deck Entertainment
Freelance Illustrator at VH1
Freelance Illustrator at Marvel Entertainment
Freelance Illustrator at IDW Publishing
Freelance Illustrator at DC Comics
Freelance Illustrator at Milestone Media

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Education

School of Visual Arts
Fashion Institute of Technology
Abraham Lincoln High School

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Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Summary

Professional illustrator/Writer that has at least 20 years of experience in the field of comic book illustration, working with corporations such as Marvel Entertainment and DC Comics and Penguin Books

Worked on advertising and storyboard illustration projects in tandem with Burrell Communications Group LLC for Toyota, Allstate Insurance, and Tyson Chicken

Illustrated, conceptualized, and consulted projects for the Hip Hop Honors with VH1

Did illustration/comic work on graphic novels with Humanoids Publishing in France

Did Illustration/comic work with BIG CITY COMICS GROUP

Did illustration/comic work with TOP COW PRODUCTIONS.

Conceptual Illustration and storyboards for a movie short VERSUS that entered various film showcases including CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Worked on character designs for international corporation CHORION.

Currently seeking grant funding to prepare to start a line of biblically based sci-fi/fantasy graphic novels

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Specialties:

Art consultation
Art conceptualization
Photoshop CS,CS2
2D illustration
Pencil/ink illustration
Microsoft Word

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Experience

Freelance Illustrator

DC Comics

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

December 2008 — Present (1 year )

Worked on a mini series called Final Crisis Aftermath:DANCE.
Freelance Illustrator

Chorion

(Privately Held; Media Production industry)

August 2009 — August 2009 (1 month)

Created a myriad of character designs for an animation series proposal.
Freelance Illustrator

Top Cow Productions

(Privately Held; Publishing industry)

August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)

I am currently working on some comic books for Top Cow Productions... the home of the WitchBlade series and comic and the makers of the Covenant...which also became a motion picture.

did penciling chores on the title VELOCITY.
Freelance Illustrator

BIG CITY COMICS

(Fine Art industry)

October 2006 — January 2008 (1 year 4 months)

generated illustration for 4 graphic novels
Freelanc Illustrator

Wildstorm/DC Comics

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

February 2007 — April 2007 (3 months)

Worked on Midnighter and Welcome to Tranquility where i handled penciling and inking chores.
Freelance Illustrator

Humanoids Publishing

(Fine Art industry)

July 2005 — 2007 (2 years )

Doing fully rendered pencil and inked illustrations for European-based graphic novel company
Freelance Illustrator

Upper Deck Entertainment

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Entertainment industry)

2004 — 2007 (3 years )
Freelance Illustrator

VH1

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Entertainment industry)

2005 — 2005 (less than a year)
Freelance Illustrator

Marvel Entertainment

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; MVL; Entertainment industry)

1997 — 2004 (7 years )

Handled the art chores for several of their graphic novels.
Freelance Illustrator

IDW Publishing

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

2003 — 2003 (less than a year)
Freelance Illustrator

DC Comics

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

1996 — 1997 (1 year )

Worked on several comic titles
Freelance Illustrator

Milestone Media

(Media Production industry)

1993 — 1997 (4 years )

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Education

School of Visual Arts

painting, illustration, animation 1991 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

animation team
Fashion Institute of Technology

fashion illustration(night class) 1990 — 1990
Abraham Lincoln High School

Diploma , 1983 — 1986

Alumni includes Lou Gossett, Jr, Stephon Marbury of the Knicks, Lee Mazzilli of the Mets

Activities and Societies:

Basketball (Varsity), Chorus club, Art club.

Additional Information

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Websites:

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Interests:

Health and fitness, new technology, biking, cooking, illustrating, video games, movies, making music, photography. traveling, reading

Chris (CHRISCROSS) Williams’s Groups:

700 Club/Christian Broadcasting Network
Children's International
Times Square Interdenominational Church of New York
Mt.Calvary Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts, Met in DC Comics, Met Andrew Burell in Milestone Media, Introduced to by Shawn Martinbrough, Introduced to Victoria Craven by Joseph Philip Illidge, David B. met me through email., Met Frank Cho at MegaCon 2004, Works in the comics business, Met Greg Horn at MegaCon 2004