BACKGROUND PAINTER

October 2017 - December 2024

July 2014 - May 2017

Background Designer

January 2014 - July 2016

CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR

July 2023 - April 2024

July - September 2015

Children's Book Illustrator

January 2021-2022

Children's Book Illustrator

December 2014 - January 2015

Freelance Character Designer

December 2014 - January 2015 

Freelance Illustrator

Dec 2013 - August 2014

Designer/Illustrator 

2011-2014 

Education

April 2009-April 2012

Digital Skills

DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION

-Painted backgrounds for the television show, “Big City Greens” and “Chibiverse”

-Painted backgrounds for the television shows, “Billy Dilley”, "Gravity Falls”, and “Wander Over Yonder”

Wild Canary 

- Designed backgrounds, props and character designs for Disney Junior television shows,

“Miles from Tomorrowland” and "Puppy Dog Pals"

Penguin Random House

-Illustrated a 32 page picture book, “Brave Buzzy Bee” for Random House’s imprint, Flamingo Books,

and an untitled “Trucks” lift-a-flap board book

-Illustrated a cover for a middle-grade fantasy book

COTTAGE DOOR PRESS

-Illustrated a baby board book, “Babies Love Kindness”

Simon & Schuster 

-Illustrated a cover for middle-grade books, "Classy Crooks Club", "Willows Vs. Wolverines",

"Crushing It", "A Dash of Dragon", and "A Hint of Hydra" for the children's division, Aladdin books

Nickelodeon

- Designed character designs to pitch a new children's television show

Walt Disney Imagineering

- Developed concept designs that were built and installed for Disney theme parks and resorts, including

a large scale marquee, hanging kite installation, and a 200 foot long mural in Shanghai Disneyland.

- Designed a large scale gingerbread house for Disneyland hotel

 -Created character designs, background paintings and graphics for an interactive Peter Pan app

Brand New School, Prologue, Buck, Moving Color, A.B.C. and more

Created concept designs, visual development and style frames for various motion studios that included

pitches for Ebay, Hotwire, Honda, Toyota and Toys-R-Us commercials

Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA

B.F.A. Illustration (Entertainment Arts)

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign