Experience
Background Designer; Warner Brothers Animation, Burbank, CA (8/2018 to current)
Painting backgrounds for two Mortal Kombat DTV features and various short films
Adjunct Instructor; Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA (8/2019 to current)
Teaching an animation background painting class on Saturdays
Key Background Designer (freelance); Fox Animation Studios, Los Angeles, CA (6/2018 - 2/2019)
Designed and painted over 150 key backgrounds for “Cosmos- Possible Worlds” (Fox)
Concept Artist (freelance); Disney Television Animation, Burbank, CA (11/2017)
Visual development of early environment concepts for an undisclosed project
Background Designer; Warner Brothers Animation, Burbank, CA (7/2017 - 9/2017)
Designed and painted backgrounds for "Teen Titans Go to the Movies"
Art Director; Warner Brothers Animation, Burbank, CA (1/2016 - 3/2017)
Supervised all 3D design and color (characters, backgrounds. props and EFX) on two "Lego DC Superhero Girls"
DTV feature films as well as various Lego shorts. Title sequence design and color.
Art Director; Warner Brothers Animation, Burbank, CA (1/2015 -1/2016)
Created approximately 250 color script images, as well as supervised background layout and final color BG paintings for title sequence and all episodes of "Bunnicula" (Cartoon Network and Boomerang)
Background Designer; Shadowmachine, Los Angeles, CA (2014)
Designed and painted backgrounds for "Bojack Horseman" (Netflix) Also provided additional animation
Background Designer; Nickelodeon, Burbank, CA (2014)
Designed and painted backgrounds for "Breadwinners"
Concept Artist (freelance); Disney Television Animation, Burbank, CA (2014)
Visual development of early environment concepts for "Elena of Avalor"
Key Background Designer; Fox Animation Studios, Los Angeles, CA (2013-2014)
Designed and painted over 100 key backgrounds for “Cosmos- A Spacetime Oddysey” (Fox)
Background Designer; Bento Box, North Hollywood, CA (2013-2014)
Layout design and visual development for "Brickleberry" (Comedy Central)
Background Designer; Renegade, Glendale, CA (2013-2014)
Layout design and visual development for "The Tom and Jerry Show" (Warner Bros)
Background Designer; Oddbot, Los Angeles, CA (2011-2012)
Designed and illustrated backgrounds for a series of Disney Club Penguin shorts
Background Designer and Animator; Six Point Harness, Hollywood, CA (2010-2011)
Painted layouts and final color work for Tom Hanks' series "Electric City" and MTV's "Good Vibes"
Background Designer and Animator; Film Roman, Burbank, CA (2008-2010)
Supervised animation on "Spaceballs" (G4 Network) and "Hoops n Yoyo" (Hallmark Channel)
Animator; Bento Box, Burbank, CA (2010)
Animated in ToonBoom Harmony on "Neighbors from Hell" (TBS/Dreamworks)
Animation Consultant; Film Roman, Burbank, CA (2006-2007)
Consulted on production pipelines and taught digital storyboarding to artists working on Slacker Cats (ABC Family)
Animator; Renegade, Glendale, CA (2004-2009)
Worked on "The Mr Men Show" "Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi" (Cartoon Network)
Designed all FX sequences for "Christmas is Here Again" Feature film
Animator; Comedy Central, Burbank, CA (2003)
Created character and effects animation in Flash for "Kid Notorious"
Technical Director; Revolution Studios (Sony), Santa Monica, CA (2002)
Built scenes and blocked-in animation for the Flash-animated feature film "Lil Pimp"
Assistant Animator/Inker; Reelworks Animation Studio, Minneapolis, MN (1996-2001)
Animated traditional cel animation, inked cels and created pencil tests for commercials
Resume
Freelance Clients
Aaron Sims Company
Animax
Bento Box
Blitz Digital
Brooks Larson
Cartoon Network
Cisco
Comedy Central
Dan Lund
Disney Television Animation
Dreamworks Television
Film Roman
Fox Animation Studios
Hallmark
Kurtz and Friends
The Mayo Clinic
Mechanical Moon
Oak Films
Oddbot
P.R.E.L.
Pride and Joy
Perry Zombolas
Renegade
Revolution Studios
Six Point Harness
Steve Belfer
Titmouse
Unbound Studios
USC School of Engineering
Warner Brothers Animation
Warner Brothers Online
Wild Brain
Wild Canary
Xyla Entertainment
Software
Photoshop
Flash
ToonBoom Harmony
After Effects
Painter
Illustrator
Final Cut
Sketch Up
Maya
Membership
Animation Guild Local 839
Asifa
Freelance Experience
Background layout for "Bless the Harts", Titmouse, 2019
Visual development/ environment design for "Zeke Polka" Disney pitch project, 2018
Background layout and painting all environments for "Bush Leaguers" short pitch project, 2018
Background layout for "Scooby Doo", Warner Brothers Animation, 2017
Background layout and paint for "Bunnicula", Warner Brothers Animation, 2016
Cover image for USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s print magazine, 2015
Concept art for Miranda Sajdak's "Riveting" selected as a finalist in the "Next MacGuyver" competition, 2015
Eight concept paintings for USC Viterbi School of Engineering’s print magazine, 2014
Design and animation for a clip used in a music video, Aaron Sims Company 2014
Art direction and background visual development on shorts for Hallmark’s Spiritclips, 2013
“The Future is Now” Art direction on short for The Mayo Clinic’s Board of Governors, 2012
"Steampunk Chronicles" created all backgrounds for videogame, Xyla Entertainment, Trenton, NJ 2012
“Neighbors from Hell” Character animation on teaser pilot for Dreamworks, 2009
“American Primitive” Photoshop background designs for title sequence of feature film, 2008
Art director on "Legend of the Chihuahua" for Sam Hurwitz Productions/ Disney, 2008
“Horton Hears a Who!” Traditional FX animation for Joey Mildenberger’s Mechanical Moon, 2008
“Are We Done Yet” Animated on title sequence for live action feature film, Kurtz and Friends, 2007
“The Sun Show” Animation for Eric Goldberg and Andreas Deja’s sun safety short film, 2006
Art direction and visual development on "Fairfield" film noir animated short film, 2006
Education
St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
Bachelor of arts in Studio Art
Kansas City Art Institute; Kansas City, MO
Mobility Student
Lakeville High School; Lakeville, MN
Graduated with honors
Additional classes at Gnomon, Concept Design Academy, Art Center College of Design, The Animation Union and The Los Angeles Figurative Academy