Artist / Character Designer
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I'm and experience Character Designer with over 10 years experience working in 2D animation. Some of my clients include Netflix, Disney, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., and Nickelodeon. I also like to animate!
NETFLIX / HANNA-BARBERA EUROPE
Chiswick Park Building 2,
566 Chiswick High Road,
London, England, W4 5YB
2/2025 - 9/2025
As the Supervising Character Designer I was responsible for leading the Character Design team that consisted of 6 designers across 3 timezones (UK, Spain, and Japan). I gave feedback on what was needed for the episodes, deligated assignments, and generally kept track of the status of their completion. I reviewed their work and gave relevant feedback, advice, draw-over and verbal notes until all assets were approved.
I also created Character assets that included:
-Robust Drawing Guides for the two main characters
-Drawing guides for additional main cast
-New Character Concepts and Designs
-Turnarounds (up to 12 point turns)
-Character Redresses
-Mouthcharts
-Expression Sheets
-Special Poses of Characters
8/2024 - 2/2025
I started out on this project helping develop the main characters and fleshed out the assets for the main cast and incidentals
-Created rough development designs for main cast
-New Character Concepts and Designs
-Turnarounds (up to 12 point turns)
-Character Redresses
-Mouthcharts
-Expression Sheets
-Special Poses of Characters
1/2025 - 1/2026
Gave Lectures to Animation 2 Class:
Lecture 1: Shared work experience and how I got into the industry. I gave Character Design basics for TV
Animation and lead a Character Design drawing excercise.
Lecture 2: Discussed Mouthcharts and gave a demonstration developing a basic mouthchar for a character.
Lecture 3: Shared current and past work. I also led a demonstration of a basic character turnaround.
Reviewed multiple student's portfolios and provided relevant feedback and crituque
Project: Baby Shark's Big Show
2/2022 - 7/2024
Character Design / Prop Design
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant animal and human anatomy, and any relevant direction from the Art Director.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Mouthcharts
-Designed, Cleaned, and Colored Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure character special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored various props
NICKELODEON COMMUNITY EFFORTS aka “NICE"
-Participated in four drawing sessions that were live streamed to participating Children's Hospitals across the US with suggestions and open questions from participants throughout the sessions
-Livestreamed a lecture with Burbank High School and Sisler High School Animation programs going over what Character Design for animation entails
Phone: 1 (855) 442-6629
Project: Apple & Onion
8/2019 - 5/2021
As the Supervising Character Designer I was responsible for leading the Character Design team that consisted of 3 designers. I gave feedback on what was needed for the episodes, deligated assignments,
and generally kept track of the status of their completion. I reviewed their work and gave relevant feedback, advice, draw-over and verbal notes until all assets were approved.
I also created Character assests that included:
-New Character Concepts and Designs
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses
-Mouthcharts
-Expression Sheets
-Special Poses of Characters
1/2019 - 8/2019
Character Design / Prop Design
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant reference, and any relevant direction from the Art Director and Show Creator.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Mouthcharts
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Participated in Cartoon Network's beta program with Exceptional Minds (first animation studio and digital arts school specifically designed for autistic adults)
I was paired with a student with specific interest in Character Design and gave relevent feedback and advice
WARNER BROS.
Project: Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (Flintstones spin-off)
10/2017 - 12/2018
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant animal and human anatomy, and any relevant direction from the Art Director.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Mouthcharts
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored various props ranging from vehicles to Pebble's inventions
Designed illustrations that popped up at the end of each episode, encapsulating what each episode was about.
6/2017 - 8/2017
Character Design / Prop Design / Background Design / Animation
Project: Pharrell - Yellow Light Music Video from Despicable Me 3 soundtrack
Designed Backgrounds in a pixel art style, along wtih designing and animating a Boom Box Background
Project: Coldplay - Aliens Music Video
-Character Design / Background Design / Concept Design
-Developed background designs, characters, and spaceship designDeveloped background designs,
characters, and spaceship design
-Animated concept art
Project: Kuroba! - Advertisement
-Did character and FX animation, along wtih animating characters surrounding the main logo
WARNER BROS. / DISNEY
8/2015 - 12/2016
Character Design / Prop Design / Transition Animation
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant animal and human anatomy, and any relevant direction from the Art Director.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Mouthcharts
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored various props
Designed and animated concepts of transitions between the show's sketches
FOX / Animation Domination Hi-Def (ADHD)
7/2013 - 8/2015
Character Design / Prop Design / BG Design
Project: Mac DeMarco - Blue Boy Music Video
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored special poses of Characters, Cars, and a monster
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant animal and human anatomy, and any relevant direction from the Art Director.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored various props
Concept Design for Unreleased Music Video
Designed and animated concepts for a music video pitch
Project: Lucas Brothers Moving Co.
-Designed New Character Concepts and Designs: Researched Character's attributes including script description, relevant animal and human anatomy, and any relevant direction from the Art Director.
Submitted rough options for the Art Director's review. Addressed any notes and completed cleaner versions of selected designs.
-Turnarounds
-Character Redresses - Design new outfits for characters based on new scenarios or environments.
Research time periods, climates, and relevant fashion.
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
Designed, Cleaned, and Colored various props
Designed, Cleaned, Colored Backgrounds
-Designed Background Characters
-Designed Special Poses of Characters
-Communicte with the Art Director about troubleshooting how Designs will affect Animation
-Communicate with the Background and Prop team to make sure Character Special poses hook-up with already existing design elements
7/2011 - 3/2012
-Assisted the Lead Character Designer by doing turnarounds of her roughs and cleaning up her rough designs
-Designed, Cleaned, Colored incidental characters
Art Center College of Design 2006-2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts with honors
