
Design Astronaut
Vancouver, Canada Area

Design Astronaut
Vancouver, Canada Area
I've been "drawing for a living" my entire professional life. I started in animation, moved into illustration and graphic design, and recently have started designing websites as well.
Illustration, Graphic Design, Web Design, Branding (I'm kidding about the Astronaut part)
(Design industry)
1995 — Present (14 years)
Freelance, providing services in illustration (both editorial and commercial), branding design, and web design.
(Privately Held; Animation industry)
1997 — 2008 (11 years)
Provided storyboards under the generous direction of Mr Phil Robinson on various projects mainly from 1997 to 2001. Most notably: the Fern Gully sequels and the award winning short film Hubert's Brain.
More recently, during 2007/08, I was invited to contribute storyboards and character designs for the popular Esurance commercials which Wildbrain produces. The resulting commercial titled "Homeowners" succeeded in winning an award from ASIFA East (International Animated Film Association).
Copy-and-paste the following URL into your browser to view "Homeowners":
http://http.vitalstreamcdn.com/esurance_vitalstream_com/23_Homeowners/23_Homeowners.mov
(Animation industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Worked on the first season of the animated Anne of Green Gables. Headed storyboard department; supervised and distributed work to storyboard artists; edited and timed storyboards; assembled animatics; contributed to production meetings.
(Design industry)
1990 — 2000 (10 years)
Contributed to various TV shows, notably: Beetlejuice, Eek the Cat, Family Dog, Dog City, Ace Ventura Pet Detective, Little Bear, Franklin the Turtle, and many more.
(Public Company; Animation industry)
1995 — 2000 (5 years)
Contributed to various TV shows, primarily under directors John Van Bruggen and Jamie Whitney. Notable projects include: Tales of the Crypt Keeper, Bob & Margaret, Eek the Cat, Pippi Longstockings,
(Public Company; DIS; Entertainment industry)
1996 — 1996 (less than a year)
Spent one year working in development, story, and storyboards on the sequel to Disney's animated "Hercules" movie. (The project was ultimately shelved midway into pre-production.)
Diploma , Classical Animation , 1988 — 1991
design, illustration, web design
- HOW Magazine (2008)
- ASIFA East (2008)
- Featured cover artist, Applied Arts (2002)
- Applied Arts, Editorial Illustration Category (2001)