ABOUT

"Live to make your inner twelve year-old happy."

While it may not be the best advice to follow in finance or health -- daily cheeseburgers and LAN parties are hardly a safe prescription for adulthood -- this mantra has done me well when applied to my artistic pursuits. It's why I jumped at the chance to learn my drawing fundamentals from a seasoned comic book artist as a kid. It's why I spent my snow days pouring through the special features of my favorite DVDs, recreating film scenes with whatever I could find in the garage. Most recently, it's what brought me to the Gnomon School of Visual Effects and Animation in Los Angeles.

At Gnomon, I started as a generalist to experience as much of the production pipeline as I could. Though I enjoyed every step of the process, animation is where I knew I had to specialize. Maybe there's a parallel between finding the most expressive pose for a character in a scene and doing the same for an action figure on my shelf. Maybe hitting the play button and watching the finished scene come to life is the ultimate magic trick. One thing is certain: I've never felt more like a kid than when I animated a rig for the first time -- and in keeping with my mantra, I started with a raptor.

Resume available upon request.

Character & Creature Animation

• Draw upon background in cinema studies and cartooning to create expressive performances with realistic and stylized characters alike
• Choreograph and enact live scenes with emotion and personality for keyframe reference or mocap

Motion Capture with Motion Builder
• Efficiently retarget mocap data to the digital character, paying close attention to their expressive and interactive needs
• Clean, embellish, and blend mocap data for intricate sequences

Previsualization
• Use knowledge of cinematography, timing, and gesture to turn storyboards and scripts into rich, compelling sequences
• Communicate using cinematic language and technical terminology to efficiently deliver strong, consistent work
• Easily adapt to changes and critiques in the pursuit of better storytelling