True lies was a action spy comedy on CBS which regretably got cancelled after its one season. It was a blast to work on, although one of the most challenging shows I’ve done, with tons of cool graphics, like renderings, interesting props, and a whole boat-load of tac vans.
I got to work on Fox television’s “Monarch” TV series about a family of country music legends as secrets and drama unfolds. Although regrettably cancelled, it featured some fantastic original songs and covers interspersed throughout, performed by the cast of talented musicians and singers, including Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins, Anna Friel and others. There were lots of interesting things to work on especially including lots of renderings and previz to help sell the stage setups and motion graphics.
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.
Here’s a smattering of logos, seals and insignias that I’ve done over the years. There’s really too many to post, but I’m hoping this will be a representative sampling of them. As you can see, there’s loads of police, government and official-style seals as they tend to pop up more than anything else.
For MacGyver The producers wanted an American Gothic style painting that could be in a dream sequence to add a sense of surrealism to a scene. I had the idea of adding a lightbulb instead of a pitchfork, and I reconstructed an abstract scene with stock imagery. While the general composition is similar, all elements were original. To add a painted-look I did a combination of filters, smudging and paint-over to achieve an interesting, textured effect. It was printed on canvas and the painters did a transparent paint-over to add some additional depth. The producer liked it so much he insisted we send him the original for the writers room. See below for a short video showing the different layers.
Here’s how it looked on set
Here’s a video clip showing the layers: