CONTEMPORARY STYLE REFERENCES
A lot of my personal work has a “retro” look. While I have a passion for this vibrant lo-fi aesthetic, here are some examples of past work which showcases my ability to design and/or composite within a wide range of styles that are current, contemporary and polished— with no attempt to make them have a “retro/70s” aesthetic.
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Animated Excerpts from Kaleidoscope:
These are short 2D animations which feature clean, vector-like lines, graphic compositions and fluid motion. Some of the imagery is similar to work I did on Battle Kitty (unfortunately I can’t share Battle Kitty work until it airs in 2022).
Kaleidoscope Live-Action Compositing examples:
Excerpts that demonstrate the following:
• Sky/background replacement using track mattes
• Greenscreen removal and rotoscoping
• Keyframing and repositioning of objects in a scene
• Integration of 3D animated objects into existing scene
• Coloration of final image with post VFX such as diffuse glow, tints, overlays, vignettes and enhanced scene lighting.
• Background design and animation
• Integration of subject against composite background (matched lighting, edge glows etc.)
Mr. Business Animated Short:
This is an example of something I’ve made that has many similarities to the 3D-Character-design-mixed-with-2D-design-elements style of Battle Kitty.
I designed, modeled and animated the character and airplanes in C4D, then rendered and brought them into After Effects. I used a particle generator for a lot of the background effects, with distortion effects applied on top of that to create organic 2D effects. The explosion was a free asset I found online that I keyed out, then recolored and inverted for stylistic effect.
Other visual influences were games like Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy, Sonic Adventure, Pikmin, Super Monkey Ball and Katamari.
I designed, modeled and animated the character and airplanes in C4D, then rendered and brought them into After Effects. I used a particle generator for a lot of the background effects, with distortion effects applied on top of that to create organic 2D effects. The explosion was a free asset I found online that I keyed out, then recolored and inverted for stylistic effect.
Other visual influences were games like Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy, Sonic Adventure, Pikmin, Super Monkey Ball and Katamari.
Paranormal: The Fourth Activity 3D Titles:
Designed, animated and composited this sequence for a sketch show parodying UFO docuseries.
More Kaleidoscope Animations:
A few more animated sequences from Kaleidoscope:
Cartoon Network/Adult Swim:
For Cartoon Network and Adult Swim I do a lot of product ideation, design and illustration. Here’s a gallery of some polished, non-retro looking artwork and composited mock-ups I made for style guides, presentations and a fashion show.
[Click thumbnails to enlarge]![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45a3d450adca31526ec678cadc938d5c240215faf37aead97d2062590e6a44d4/Rick-and-Morty-Oil-Spill-.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4f61b66dc7b960b27da16f85ca431533689401f4a5224ee60d129a0fd0da6ad/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.04.30-PM.png)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af9a7d91df64c7fb25663b87fa294f2e67e5bca430a87cf046cb9bb6558697cf/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.03.55-PM.png)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d2b2a65ac1147d6e514cf1be677f74306347dca9f66b6bc5401d293ef868be84/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.32.50-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/005df32e3eb423a7368fbb025be831a77629468d8a44ec331e966f1a2a63a174/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.32.57-PM.png)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/907f1945745a8a36d2e9ceaad3585c1d3ad0f1e521f7fc915682ee2154b4f19a/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.33.12-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dded01446c419f4d67ec41323032f88606ee1ace95d443bcebb2ae352cc4416/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.33.20-PM.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dea71ed0fd087d503dc1741f48aa805725de6504af67a7442abc9fc9381e7484/Screen-Shot-2019-10-16-at-3.05.07-PM.png)
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Parody Posters:
I made these as parodies of modern movie posters.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b33ff1d52a7cd50f5b4ca183121b9fab05333fc61648b2f108f9bf4c12c457e1/Officer-Daddy.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51997f13a9ee7b660cbbfa4281389516018c61c0ad0deeb344816d296910a440/Mr-Littleman.png)
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