Project: Frightful Places EP Campaign

Role: Art Direction, Photography, Social Media, Spotify Artists Design, Branding, Video Editing, After Effects, Photo Editing. I am responsible for all assets in this project.

Goals: Frightful Places is a band with chill, “spooky” vibes, so I wanted the art direction to reflect that. The typography-heavy branding is reminiscent of Stephen King and pays tribute to classic horror movie title cards. I wanted to keep the design cohesive across all platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, social, merch, etc.)

Client: Heading East Records/Mighty Tortuga
Role: Art Diretor, Designer, Motion Graphics, Production

This is the art direction for the exciting release of Mighty Tortuga’s new single, “Through Your Teeth” (produced by Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday). Collaborating with the band, we paid tribute to vintage record designs, which often featured information about the album. The goal was to keep the creative cohesive across all materials, utilizing the purples, pinks, and grunge aesthetic.

Client: Marvel & Acme Archives (SDCC 2023)

Featured at EPCOT's Festival of the Arts. I collaborated with Marvel & Acme Archives Ltd. on this official Spider-Man print. As a huge Spidey fan, this was such a fun opportunity! Thank you to Tyler & Acme for making the project happen. The exclusive prints debut first at San Diego Comic-Con 2023 - booth #5629, and are available online at acmearchivesdirect.com.

* Record and shirt are for mockup purposes only

Process: I submitted different conceptual sketches for a Spider-Man poster, which varied thematically and stylistically. Working with Tyler, the Product Development Manager at Acme, we decided to pursue the current concept.

© & TM 2023 Marvel. Under License With Acme Archives Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Officially Licensed Art Produced in Association With Acme Archives.

In 2022, 31 artists united for a charity group poster project called "TerrorTwos 2". Every day in October, a different artist made their creative imprint on a monster-themed horror film. All print sales benefited Ukraine & UNICEF, with donations totaling over $1,400. For my date on October 5th, I illustrated an alternative poster for Trick 'r Treat, one of my favorite horror/Halloween movies.

Client: Marvel & Acme Archives

This is official artwork for the 2024 Marvel Animation/Studios series X-Men '97. The poster design features mutant characters from the show, and made its debut at San Diego Comic Con. Available via Acme and Sideshow Art Prints.

© & TM 2024 Marvel. Under License With Acme Archives Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Officially Licensed Art Produced in Association With Acme Archives.

Role: Lead Designer/Art Director
Responsibilities: Print (weekly flyer, postcards, store & event signage, brochures, leave-behinds), branding (new initiatives), digital (email, social graphics, web)

Client: Bahia Beach Puerto Rico
Role: Front end, Creative Lead, Lumi Agency/Lumi Luxe
Link: bahiabeachpuertorico.com

Our team at Lumi Agency completely overhauled the Bahia Beach, Puerto Rico website. We focused on sweeping imagery of landscapes against clean backgrounds.

Role: Art Director, Ideation, Sketching,Complete Branding

Shhh…pass it along: Spooky Secrets (TM) is a new source for your favorite horror tees & licensed merchandise. Offering subscription boxes (for extra mystery), as well as official items, Spooky Secrets is a one-stop shop for all things Halloween.

Process: I started by sketching pages of different logo concepts. Thematically, I depicted the “secret” aspect of the brand; monsters are whispering, hiding, or lurking below the surface.

Client: Moving Brooklyn (Band)

For this stag party & musical reunion, I illustrated a promotional poster for the event. The branding reflects the earthy, nature-based themes of the wedding, and features the beloved dog of the special couple. When I work on a design project, I try to visualize how it will live across multiple platforms.

Client: Gallery1988

Super Smash Bros. ’64: instant good memories and nostalgia. This poster is for the 2023 ONESheet show at Gallery1988, a group exhibition dedicated to classic video games. I wanted to depict all of the characters in the game, with four players featured in the forefront. I chose a vibrant color palette to reflect the fun vibes of Super Smash Bros. gameplay.

Every year, I’ve watched Over The Garden Wall when autumn rolls around. It’s such a great series and puts you in the mood for spooky season. My alternative poster features Wirt, Greg, and other characters from the show, all framed within the shape of the Beast. I drew the characters on paper before vectorizing them and chose to keep the little imperfections.

Client: Gallery1988
Project: Horror Gallery Show 2023

This is my alternative horror poster for the Gallery1988 Halloween group show! I love 1980’s horror and I couldn’t decide on one film…so I decided to depict some of my favorites. Partially inspired by the 80’s horror documentary “In Search of Darkness”. The poster features icons like Michael Myers, Jason Voorhes, Chucky, and Ash from Evil Dead.

Client: Disney (UK), Oh My Disney (UK), Disney+
Agency: Glass Eye (Accounts & Copywriting)
Role: Contract Designer

I had the pleasure of collaborating with Disney through the amazing team at Glass Eye, a UK-based creative marketing agency. All images are copyright of Disney & Disney Pixar.

Client: PLAION, PosterSpy, Atari
Project: Atari 2600+ System Launch
Details: https://posterspy.com/commissions/atari-2600/

I had the privilege of working with PosterSpy and PLAION on the official launch of Atari 2600+, an exciting new system for playing many of the classic Atari games. For my concept, I drew upon the original game box art and put my spin on the characters.

Role: Creative Lead, UI Design
Agency: Lumi Agency/Cara Stellato
https://www.tripfind.com/

Tripfind is an all-inclusive platform for planning your next trip or vacation. With easy-to-use search functionality and filtering, users can book their stay and read up on travel recommendations. For this project, I was the Creative Lead/Interactive Designer at Lumi Agency. I created attribute icons for the filtering.

When I was a young kid, I took a family trip to Disney World. We toured the animation studios, and as part of the tour, we got to preview some concept art from a (then unreleased) movie called Lilo & Stitch. I remember being in awe of the spaceship artwork and character designs.

Lilo & Sitch quickly became my favorite animated Disney film and stuck with me over the years. In the spirit of summer, I created this alternative movie poster for fun, inspired by Elvis Presley's Blue Hawaii.

Client: The Touraine/Spruce Street Commons
Role: Front end, Full-time Creative Lead, Lumi Agency
Link: touraineapts.com

We created two different mockups to present to a client, featured here. The first mockup is a clean design with a magazine aesthetic. The chosen, more accessible design was created with a templated approach.

This is my alternative movie poster for The Mitchells vs. The Machines, one of my favorite animated films in recent years. I had several goals when approaching this project. I wanted to challenge myself with the composition - by depicting the characters in more dynamic poses. I also tried to keep the layout slightly off-center.

I contributed two posters as a guest for the Poster Posse’s 2020 Batman Tribute. The first poster is inspired by story called “Epilogue”, a Batman-centric episode of Justice League: Unlimited.

Moving Brooklyn's album deals with the passing of time, so melancholy imagery was chosen for the cover. An older photo with low resolution creates texture in the design. 

Client: Compass International Pictures & Printed In Blood

A 240-page hardcover book that features over 225 pieces of brand-new art. I was invited to contribute a poster and given creative freedom from concept to completion (with approval and feedback from the licensor). I was inspired by one of my favorite scenes in Halloween ’78 when Laurie Strode walks alone at night as her iconic theme plays. John Carpenter does such an excellent job of making us feel like Michael Myers (and evil) is everywhere.

Available to purchase here.

Client: Frontier Communications
Role: Full-time art director on Frontier team
Agency: Catapult Marketing
Featured Campaigns: Vantage TV, FiOS (Fiber-Optic), HSI (High Speed Internet), Powered By People, Fans of Frontier branding, Connect America Fund, Let’s Talk

As a full-time art director at Catapult Marketing, I worked alongside other art directors, copywriters, and creative directors on the Frontier Communications account.

Our team designed all marketing materials for Frontier, such as: out-of-home (billboards, bus signage, etc.), digital banners, print collateral, social media, and storyboarding.

Client: Elastic Path
Role: Freelance UX/UI Designer
Programs Used: Figma, Adobe XD, Adobe Illustrator, InVision
Screens Designed: Home, cart checkout, product detail page, contact, functionality (dropdown, nav, accordion menu), mobile design

I partnered as a contract UX/UI Designer with Elastic Path, a template-less eCommerce system. I worked closely with the director of UX, as we scheduled progress check-ins over the course of several months. I wireframed the site design from scratch and implemented feedback & changes along the way.

Client: AMP (alternativemovieposters.com)

This poster for DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp was part of a virtual exhibit in 2020, curated by alternativemovieposters.com. The exhibit featured a wide range of films from 1989 and 1990, including this Disney classic. I decided to stick with contrasting colors to make the poster as bright as possible.

Line-up image and mock-up created by Simon Hawes/AMP

This is my official OZARK artwork in collaboration with Striker Entertainment, MRC, and Gallery1988. The show ran in March at the gallery in Los Angeles and was open to the public. We could pick anything to depict (as long as it fit within the guidelines).

Client: 20th Century Fox/Titan Books/Aliens

I was honored to be selected as an artist for the official Aliens Art Book, published by Titan Books & Printed In Blood. This piece was created for the book and features Newt and Ripley as they battle the queen.

Client: Gallery 1988/MLB/Los Angeles Dodgers

This is my contribution to the official collaboration between Gallery 1988 and MLB. The group art show in Los Angeles was held in November of 2019. Artists were invited to pick any team in the league for their pieces. I focused on the history of the Dodgers, featuring elements from New York and Los Angeles.

Client: Private poster commission

This 24x36 poster for The Mummy Returns was created as a commission for a private client. We worked together to fine-tune the design and layout. I built the composition around the family banner at the top. Storytelling was a key focus of my design, so the poster reflects the plot of the movie.

Client: Gallery1988, Nintendo Exhibit

For the 2022 NES exhibit at Gallery1988, I contributed this 24x18 Super Mario Bros. poster. The gallery show features classic games from Nintendo Entertainment System (and more). I have fond memories of playing the original Super Mario Bros. on my sister's NES! Prints are available online now at gallery1988.com and at the gallery in Los Angeles.

Client: Gallery 1988

A print for the 90’s show at Gallery 1988, paying tribute to The Nightmare Before Christmas. Printed by Rebel Reprints.

Client: Crate/Lumi Agency/Lumi Luxe
Role: Creative Lead, Branding, Front end, Interactive

Crate is a website solution for small business & startups. The project included: complete branding, web design, collateral, digital promotions, animation, eblasts, and creation of logos for fifteen templates.

For this poster, the composition reflects different “stages” of the afterlife. The wooden frame is based on the trolley problem episode. I thought a lot about color and the show’s bubbly energy. One of my personal challenges was making the details as accurate as possible.

I’m a big fan of The Good Place! I think the finale perfectly wraps things up. I love the comedic style of Michael Schur — he creates such relatable, human (and non-human) characters

In the movie Ready or Not, the character Grace must play a deadly game of hide and seek with her in-laws. Other games are mentioned in the movie, such as checkers, chess, Old Maid, and bocce ball. The poster has a sense of motion, with the game pieces falling towards Grace as she flees.

Clients: Gallery 1988/WWE

Posters of Sting and Finn Bálor for the pfficially licensed WWE art show at Gallery 1988.

View the full exhibit here and purchase my posters here: nineteeneightyeight.com/collections/wwe

This is a 16 x 20 alternative movie poster tribute to Onward! The color scheme is built around Plum Punch Vivitone (the background color) by French Paper Company. The goal was to experiment with texture and match the tone of the film.

Client: Kateri, Angel Thorne, Universal Music Group
Projects: Promotional video shooting, editing, animation, key art, branding

Kateri is an alternative artists with Universal Music Group and Angel Thorne. I was responsible for the art direction on both of her albums, Room 448 and 7 Second Decay. My goal was to ensure that the designs were cohesive and conveyed the musical themes. I shot and edited imagery for social promotional videos.

This is my entry to the DC FanDome creative brief. The poster incorporates characters from various DC properties across films, live-action TV, animation, and comics.

This is an 18x24 alternative movie poster for Disney-Pixar's Luca. For this design, I wanted to use the entire canvas for an edge to edge scene. The composition reflects Luca's journey during the story. The goal was to make the title treatment feel like a natural part of the poster with hand lettering.

Client: Stranger Things/Neftlix/Printed in Blood w/ Penguin Random House
Project: Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things Artbook

Client: Givvem
Role: Full-Time Creative Lead, Lumi Agency
Link: Givvem on the app store
Featured: Branding, brand guidelines, logo exploration, creative process
Notes: Custom-drawn logo lettering

Ground-up branding for a new app called Givvem, which allows users to send digital gift cards to their friends and loved ones.

In 2021, I teamed up with Hero Complex Gallery to create prints for their annual Comic Con releases. This colorful poster is from the popular anime, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing.

Client: Rick and Morty/Gallery 1988/Cartoon Network
Book Purchase: Rick and Morty: Show Me What You Got

A poster set for the sold out official Rick & Morty exhibit at Gallery 1988. These two interlocking posters are inspired by the episode Total Rickall. 

Information
Full color giclee
12" x 36"
16" x 20" (Variant)

Client: Gallery 1988/BoJack Horseman

A poster set for the official BoJack Horseman exhibit at Gallery 1988. Each beer is inspired by characters and events from BoJack episodes. 

Information
Full color giclee
12" x 18"

The Lego characters are all fun and colorful, so I really enjoyed playing around with this poster. I had to try a few different layouts before settling on the composition.