The third and final block of the first lady featured Elanor Roosevelt, played by Gillian Anderson. This one took place earliest in the series and was used to frame the other two in the form of letters being passed down from first lady to first lady. This one once again had some amazing sets and opportunity for great vintage design and recreations.
This is block 2 of the First Ladies, starring Michelle Pfeiffer. Set from the 1930s to the 60s and 70s, it was very interesting doing all the research and recreating the look of the various periods. We were liberty to recreate many things as accurately as possible, which was a blast.
This is the first of three blocks for an amazing showtime tv series about notable first ladies throughout history. This one featuring Michelle Obama. There was lots of interest here, of not lots of large convention graphics, some detailed dimensional seals. The production designer Tony Fanning was great to work with and the art directors were all top notch. It was an excellent experience, albeit an extremely intense one.
Growing up I have long been a fan of musicals, and I couldn’t have been more excited to join the art dept of an excellent one starring Ben Platt, with songs by Pasek and Paul. It was an amazing experience with a truly great art dept, and I couldn’t have been happier with the results. I ‘ve posted some selections here, but as always there’s more behind the scenes that didn’t make it in!
A year ago I had the pleasure of working with some talented Graphic designers on a few side-projects for various networks. Although it wasn’t for very long in each instance, I had a blast and got to make some interesting work! I’ve included a bunch of portfolio items from each below!
Got to work with the excellent Jeff Sage again on this Melissa McCarthy film, originally slated for a fall 2019 release, but ended up coming out Nov 2020. A romantic comedy about a super intelligent general AI trying to understand the upside about humanity. Very fun film with some beautiful sets.
Trying something different here. I thought I’d just include a smattering of graphics from the project to show the breadth of the project, rather than organizing by type of item. The Film Irresistible was great fun to work on and the script was very funny. I was very proud of my work on it and I was glad to meet Jon Stewart who was essentially the news, back when I was in college.
Some outdoor signage I designed for our Blue Post BBQ location in Tammy. Melissa McCarthy ended up keeping the Neon sign, because it looked pretty nifty.
For Mr. Mercedes we had to create and dress an entire electronics store, complete with branding, signage, a Geek Squad-esque brand of IT people. Etc…
A fictional fast-food restaurant I did for Melisa McCarthy’s “Tammy.” Heavily featured in the film throughout and used in promotional materials.
