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“JELLY” is the type of creature film you get from a female filmmaker. After “Tiger Sea,” Suki Kaiser came back with a psychedelic, sci-fi, stoner film. As→
This feature film look book was an uncommon set up for me because I usually work on pitches that have not been greenlit. This one, however, is→
This is a letter-size, industry-standard series bible. Most of our decks and a few of our show bibles are 16:9 HD dimensions, but the standard television series→
This “layout” pitch deck is for an hour-long television drama. A layout deck means that it’s designed with images as they are shot and relies heavily on→
With every new TV series pitch deck I work on, I have to get into the world of the show and live there for a bit. So,→
This “Tiger Sea” feature film pitch deck is a female-driven action movie with lots of suspense. I like how Suki Kaiser, the writer, describes the film as→
“The Village” is a one-hour, dramatic TV series. The show presents how Greenwich Village changed from a traditional Italian neighborhood to the center of the 1960s cultural revolution.
This TV Series Show Bible for “Lovejoy” is longer and more content-heavy than a regular pitch deck. To illustrate, a Show Bible or Series Bible has way→
On this military biopic pitch deck, we worked under a strict NDA with the director, who shall remain nameless. Therefore, we changed the title, images, and text→
If you’re following the story of how “DON’T GO” went from a pitch deck to a finished film, then this update’s for you. I was so happy→
You may remember, I created the pitch deck for “Don’t Let Go.” After that writer/director David Gleeson, best known as the writer of “Tolkien,” secured financing for his→
Ola Carson is such a great painter. I am so happy that she worked with David and me on these covers. David took textures from her painting→
I’ve been a huge fan of David Carson since the late 90s. In my office at Ohio State, I had a stack of Ray Gun Magazines within→
This film financing pitch deck secured funding at the Cannes Film Festival just weeks after we finished it. Then David Gleason, the director, and his wife, producer Nathalie Lichtenthaeler,→
When people say, “Admin Assistants run the show,” we couldn’t agree more. A wonderful assistant at Lionsgate, Dana Digiacinto, reached out to us for a 45-page pitch→
One day, out of the blue, I receive a hand-written letter with an 8th grade, African-American girl’s school picture stapled to it. It’s a very sweetly written→
This video edit is from the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. I received a press pass to for my publishing startup, Pandemonium Screenplays. During the day, I shot→
I shot this video interview walking down Main Street in Park City, Utah, with Boots Riley, director of “Sorry to Bother You,” at the Sundance Film Festival.→
Mel Brooks coined the title for Carl Reiner’s book, “Too Busy To Die.” We were feverishly working on getting a few other books out, and Carl told→
This “Game On” Interactive TV Game Show Pitch Deck has a lot of elements from Fortnite and other gaming graphics. This series is an interactive game show→
ALO Yoga wanted an Art Director to give them a few more layout options for their Naked Yoga coffee table book. Therefore, I did an exploration of several page→
I was so excited to work with another living icon, Renato Romano, who was in the 1969 version of “The Italian Job”. Historically, I’m a minimalist who→
Five standup comedians get framed for murder and they nearly have to kill their way toward proving their innocence.
We’re cranking out fifteen album covers a week now. My goal is to make the cover art compelling but also to make them look as different from→
At Beautycounter, I was on the Sales Team. Most of my emails were to announce to the 20,000+ Consultants that something new is coming. Lots of clean white→
Beautycounter is defined by simplicity. These trade ads are meant to be as timeless and as naturally beautiful as possible. These ads ran in Santa Barbara Magazine &→
Beautycounter launched their first ever retail location in Nantucket for a Summer. This was the first time I’ve ever designed signage for a store without a mock→
I made these Pandemonium Screenplays’ covers for my publishing startup. My company mission is to start everyday people reading screenplays. These covers are to show writers the level→
These album covers are the artwork for the short stories offered by Kelly Abbott‘s digital publishing startup, Great Jones Street. Inspired by the 1973 book “Great Jones→
I shot behind the scenes footage of our BABIES shoot at Milk Studios in Hollywood then cut together a minute and a half teaser video. I custom→
This is the official video to introduce the new Baby Collection. I did the editing on this as well as the title designs, the text overlays and→
These Samsung Facebook page social media images are Photoshop composites. I had to keep them confidential for a few years, but am now able to share them→
The Samsung Galaxy Experience App was a scavenger hunt at events like Lollapalooza, Comic-Con, New York Fashion Week, etc. for Samsung customers to redeem exclusive perks for→
These are the materials and the products of a photoshoot I produced for the classical trio band “Trio Accento”. I know I’ve been making a name for→
You may already know that I have been designing Carl Reiner’s books for the past few years. What these books mean to me work-wise is a ton→
I was hired to design a logo for 1inMM, an LA-based film distribution company with Latino roots. Their abbreviated name stands for “One in a Million.” They summed→
BOGART by Gina Nicole is a handbag fashion brand in Beverly Hills by Cheryl Bogart & Gina Nicole.The biggest thing they emphasized in the creative brief is→
Dr. Fariborz Farnad, aka The Chin Doctor, has two 84 inch circular windows on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills where he wanted to put images that represented→
This was my delicate take on an otherwise heavy handed period piece. ROLE: Art Director / Designer
At Warner Bros., I received a hand-written note for the “Million Dollar Baby” movie poster. A thumbnail sketch with instructions told me to pull images of→
This Living Hell key art is at the beginning of the trend to start showing more of the actual gore instead of just an impression. I feel→
For this latest installment of Carl Reiner’s newest autobiography “I Just Remembered,” Larry and I set up shop in Carl’s house as RANDOM CONTENT Publishing and began working→
The creative brief for Ocean’s 13 stated that this installment should have an old Vegas brat pack feel. In other words, they wanted it to feel like→
This is the first studio picture from the director of Run Lola Run. I worked on the title treatments and photoshop compositing for these comps. ROLE: Art→
DON’T JUMP is an almost 400 page novel that, as I was laying it out, hooked me, turned me on and made me deeply empathetic. I spent way too much time→
Logo, branding and UX/UI design for Entregame, a food delivery service in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. My intention was to make it look more like a food magazine than→
These are a collection of The Place Beyond The Pines title treatments inspired by Ryan Gosling’s character, Luke. The bottom right version I made by combining the→
As much as I would like to make this title treatment so futuristic that it almost seems like a foreign language I know it needs an immediate→
For the +realtidbits logo and brand images I wanted to keep the mark friendly and the photography authentic. The real success of this project was that it→
VIVO 53 is a modern Italian restaurant in Dallas, TX that is headquartered in Beverly Hills. They are very particular about the simplicity of their design and the quality→
SIRAH is an artist at Atlantic Records. These mock-ups are for a presentation to persuade her management into making a SIRAH experience app. ROLE: Designer
Forgive me for not remembering the name of the copywriter that I worked with on these, but the story goes… he was head of Paramount for many years→
Lost + Found is Peter Yesawich’s company. Peter was the Exec. Creative Director—and I the Assoc. Creative Director—at Bazaarvoice. We rolled out their rebrand and have been→
Leading up to the premier of Jackass 2, Paramount released a special edition DVD of the original Jackass movie that included a free ticket to see Jackass→
This is a collection of logos I’ve done for various industries including Finance, Investment, Advertising, Photography, Retail, Apparel, Hospitality, Transportation, Mixed Martial Arts, Non-Profit, Waste Mgmt., Etc.
With the Alma Mater logo, branding and collateral I walk a fine line between vintage and modern. We are going after a vintage feeling to align with→
Ed Razek, the man responsible for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, spoke to us at a party after reaching $1B in sales in 2010. He said, “Only→
Partnering with a women’s vintage college sweater brand was a dream come true for me. Luckily, I met Amanda Sima at Alma Mater before she had a→
Front of flier for IOWA vs. Purdue Blackout Game to advertise Alma Mater Sweaters. Both schools have black as their base colors. So, during this game the→
For the Holidays I worked with Adam Newcomb to design the outdoor decorations—silver garland with lights—at the Victoria’s Secret on New Bond Street in London. This was one→
I developed this look for a poster during the rebrand at bazaarvoice. All the employees received this poster the morning of the relaunch. It resonated quickly throughout the whole→
Does anyone remember when Jack Threads was white? A year into building their community, I became their first Creative Director. We had 27,000 users. In seven months→
For SXSW 2012 bazaarvoice took over the bar Lustre Pearl on Rainey Street, downtown Austin, TX. I wanted to establish a bold symbol that would support our→
I would design about 10-15 gift cards for each season, because they were so fun to make; then would spend a week or two deciding which one→
The color correction on this key art was extensive, both on Charlize Theron and the background to get the composite to feel unified. 1-4% adjustments on several regions→
