Design

My good friends at Framestore reached out with an unbelievably cool opportunity, to give the US ARMY a new vibe for their upcoming national recruitment marketing campaign. The direction put forth was everything I love about design; BIG, BOLD, GRAPHIC, CROPPED/REPETITIVE TYPE. This was an absolute blast to rock with my good buddy Danny D and his watchful eye kept us on track to knock out a series of 6 unique spots for various markets around the states. And having both of my grandfathers members of the US military, I am incredibly honored and blessed to have been involved.

US ARMY

Client: FRAMESTORE
Creative Director: Danny Delpurgatorio
Senior Art Director: Daniel Pernikoff
Associate Producer: Alissa Nunley
Executive Producer: Larissa Berringer

FULL CREDIT LIST HERE

Logo Design for MARVEL’S Upcoming Film Franchise

Getting the opportunity to work on the upcoming reboot’s brand was a dream come true. I dove deep into the history of all the old BLADE logos, both in comics and in the films, of course. One thing I knew I wanted to stay away from was brushed silver and points of any kind. They’ve been there, ya can’t beat what they’ve done. But the concept I kept coming back to was having the type affected by a blade, having it cut in some way. Spacing the letters out a bit added to the sexiness and epic feel that I was hoping they’d vibe with, too. Thanks to my man Craig Hubbard at Mocean for taking it and bringing that 3D polish to it. Insanely cool to see it on the big screen at Comic Con and to have Mahershala Ali have it on his hat during the big announcement!

MARVEL/Disney
Client: MOCEAN
Creative Director: Mitch Monson
Art Director: Craig Hubbard

OVERWATCH FALL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Illustration, Concept, Design

Love working with We Are Royale, especially when it’s on such massive brands that allow for creative awesomeness! I was called by the team at WAR at the beginning of the concept phase for Overwatch’s 2020 Fall Marketing Playoff Campaign brainstorming process. After listening to the brief and how the team at Overwatch wanted to evolve their previous year’s aesthetic and feel, I went into a deconstructed graphic/comic-book narrative that allowed us to feature the player and mascot of each Overwatch League team in such a way that championed the action while doubling down on the COOL. Halftone dot patterns brought us back into that graphic narrative vibe while Jack Kirby’s legendary KRACKLE boosted our designs to the next level. I grew up on comics and being able to draw characters in such dynamic hero poses for a worldwide video game phenomenon was truly EPIC. Thanks We Are Royale!

Client: We Are Royale
Art Director: Mike Arangeli

Illustrations and Design

Studio: Brand New School
Creative Director: Scott Uyeshima

LOL WORLDS 2020 - JINX MURAL

Studio: Black Sheep/BBH Singapore

DARE ME
Key Art/Branding/Opening Titles Concept Design

Studio: MOCEAN LA
Creative Director: Burke Miles

Concept Design

Client: BUCK

Concept Design and Illustration for Social Media Campaign

DISNEY
Client: MOCEAN LA
Creative Director: Norn Jordan

Promo Bumper Design/ Illustration (Unused)

FXX
Client: We Are Royale

If you're looking for the whites of their eyes, look elsewhere.

Where pop culture meets gestural, contour line, expressive figure drawing and painting.

CLAUS made it on SNL! This sequence was brought to us by our good buddies over at Visual Creatures. Pulling stills from behind-the-scenes prep footage, we focused our concept on the fast-paced production of the show and mixed in shots of New York to ground the sequence in the iconic city.

Role: Concept Design and Design

NBC ‘Saturday Night Live’
Client: Visual Creatures
Directors: John Cranston and Ryan McNeely
Animation: Jordan Scott

Exploration & Concept Design (Pitch)

Paramount Animation
Client: Brand New School
Creative Director: Rob Bisi

Concept Illustrations

NIKE
Studio: BUCK
Creative Director: Rob Bisi

Concept Illustration and Design

Taco Bell
Client: Art Class
Creative Director: Shaun Collings

Pitch Frames Illustration & Design

Honda Civic
Client: Brand New School LA
Art Director: Scott Uyeshima

Main On End Title Illustration, Design, Writing

My friends at BLUR knew that there was only one mind perverse enough to tackle the end titles for the first R-rated comic book film of all time. And since Ryan Reynolds can't really draw, they went with me instead. We had too much fun with this sequence as I was entrusted with the bulk of the gags early on, later honing and refining them down to the five or so that made it into the final cut with the team at BLUR. It was a true team effort of insanely deranged folks, all set to the score of 'Lonely Whisperer,' which in and of itself makes the sequence sparkle. And shoot, really. Right out of a unicorn's horn.

FOX/MARVEL
Client: BLUR
Director: Jenn Miller
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Animation: Deva George

GAMESTOP
Concept Design and Type Exploration (Unused)

Studio: Laundry TV
Creative Director: PJ Richardson

Explorations with unequivocal lack of direction

Title Concept Design & Layout

Working hand in hand with our long time friends at BLUR, our ideas revolved around the patient/therapist dynamic, mirroring imagery to conceptually address that process, that sounding board relationship. Our hero condensed typeface became blurry to echo the mindset of these soldiers going through the program.

AMAZON
Client: BLUR Studio
Art Director: Norn Jordan

Main On End Title Illustration, Design

We were approached by Jenn Miller of Blur Studios to add an illustrative concept into their pitch for the end titles for the 2014 sequel to THOR. The concept was to be dark, moody, painterly, and kinetic, sticking to a monotone color palette with red accents for the main man's cape. After hearing that our style was chosen, I worked hand in hand with Blur and went on to paint over 65 digital, production-ready paintings in Photoshop, combining scanned brush strokes with original brushes over stills from the film. This remains one of my favorite projects of all time.

Check out the full CASE STUDY

MARVEL/Disney
Client: Blur Studio
Creative Director: Jenn Miller
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Animation: Deva George, Phil Hoeschen

Mens Pajamas, Boys Shirts and Bedding Line Available at Targets Nationwide in Fall 2018 and 2019

Comforters, Sheets, Pillow Shams, Throw Pillow, Plush Throw

Main On End Title Concept Design and Illustration (Pitch)

MARVEL/Disney
Client: Sarofsky

Prints and phone cases available HERE. Experiments with letter forms, messaging, color and texture.

Illustration/Writing

FOX Home Entertainment
Client: Neuron Syndicate

SILVER CLIO AWARD WINNER 2018 - HOME ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGE

Concept Design for Marketing Campaign

Always love getting called from BLUR, they’ve just always got something insanely cool for us to jam on. This time was for their first full foray into original content production, an animated anthology airing on NETFLIX called ‘LOVE DEATH & ROBOTS.’ This comes from Tim Miller and David Fincher so you know it’s going to be pretty intense. Our challenge was simple: make it kick as much ass as their 18 episodes of awesome. This was more of a curation, as they already had their logo set, their gorgeous imagery, and we took ‘em and slapped ‘em all around. Additional credits to Neil Kellerhouse for Art Direction and Spray Paint Sickness.

NETFLIX
Client: BLUR
Creative Director: Jenn Miller
Additional elements shown here provided by Neil Kellerhouse