Concept & Layout

Epic Games
Paragon
On the Paragon Narrative team, I was frequently called on to assist with concepting and brainstorming animations for characters. The examples below show early emote concepts for the character Countess.
Final Animation: https://youtu.be/d0t40HDvQsI?t=54

Fortnite 

Environment Layout, Character, and Prop concepts created for Fortnite pre-production on potential new themes.




Schell Games
Jelly Kingdoms - iOS

Concept and Layout art for a cartoony, stylized take on the Chinese epic Romance of the Three Kingdoms.  Each environment is designed to side-scroll in a perpetual loop with the foreground, middle-ground, and background moving in parallax.


Personal Work
Son of Sedonia
I began writing this story in 2006, starting first as a screenplay, then evolving into a full 300 page novel. It was published on Amazon in December of 2012 and to date has sold over 3,000 copies. Here is some of the artwork I've created to bring the world to life.





B&W Book Illustrations
These were created as part of a future series of images for a possible Son of Sedonia special edition. Each would be inserted on a 6x9 page prior to Acts and Chapters within the book.








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