Summary
Specializes in establishing collaborative, lasting relationships with clients – from private commissions to small businesses or multinational firms – and fulfilling specific visual requests, while delivering quality imagery in a timely manner. While focused primarily on covers, sequential and concept art, range also spans to projects in advertising, editorial, and web. Experience also extends into managing art and design teams of several freelance contractors on larger projects.
Notable projects and clients include: Forty-six and Two's "Borrowed Time", Cartel Comics' "Scrimshaw", Morgan & Morgan, and Atlas Copco Comptec.
*Available for private commissions and custom cards. All sketch cards for sale unless otherwise noted. Contact for more info.*
Skills
Software proficiency
Productions
- BookBorrowed Time
- Year2019
- RoleArt Director, Penciler, Inker, Colorist, Letterer
- CompanyForty-six and Two, LLC.
Experience
- Freelance Graphic Artist at Spike O. StudioUSMay 2009 - Present
Founder, operator, and principal artist of freelance graphic art company. Specialization in comic books and concept art, with a prolific range of projects from advertising to editorial images representing an international clientele of independent contractors to multinational firms. Emphasis on establishing fluid, lasting relationships with clients, while delivering quality imagery in a timely manner. Keep clients informed during each step of the creative process, and educate them in the development of their projects. Manages teams of freelance contractors on larger projects.
- Principal Artist and Art Director at Forty-six & TwoSeptember 2017 - Present
Co-founder, principal artist and art director of sci-fi noir anthology comic series, "Borrowed Time." Adapting writer's stories into multiple art styles, while collaborating with and managing a team of artists to ensure that each story maintains a unique aesthetic. Responsible for series' graphic design and pre-press.
- Cover Artist and Colorist at Hyper EpicsUSJuly 2022 - July 2024
Cover artist of "Soul Searcher" comic series, and colorist for sci-fi fantasy comic, "Centurions of the Moon."
- Letterer and Post-Production Editor at Cartel ComicsOctober 2016 - April 2024
Letterer and graphic designer of action comic series, "Scrimshaw." Responsible for timely turnaround of lettered pages and all pre-press responsibilities, including re-compositing pages for a variety of print runs, formats, and compilations. Illustrator of alternate covers for newest four-issue arc "Battle for Flower Palace."
- Comic Book Artist at XIX Lies ProductionsWoodbridge, VADecember 2013 - January 2016
Artist on flagship titles, "Gs" and "Subject D-17". Required to alter visual style to appropriately suit each title. Responsible for all artistic duties on both titles, including lettering and pre-press.
- Concept Artist and Digital Painter at N8 Ways IncMoorpark, CA, USMarch 2011 - January 2013
Created numerous digital paintings for Facebook RPG, Eternal Epics. Communicated consistently with art director/creator, Daniel Lee, in designing boss creatures and playable heroes, as well as items, equipment, and magic spells, for both digital display and print.