Year: 2016

Client: Greybox

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer

Description:

Rime is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Tequila Works. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in May 2017, and for the Nintendo Switch in November 2017. The game follows a boy arriving at and searching a mysterious island with a fox-like spirit as a guide. The player guides the boy in solving environmental puzzles across five large levels.

Our team crated basically two sites for the client: one that satisfied marketing needs (media, community, etc.). Then there was one for the fans that had simple puzzles and created more of an experience for the users. Did not love the execution on this from a dev perspective. Visit the official site here.

For the experience site, the green orbs represent interactive elements. Clicking on them either reveals game information, or helps solve a simple puzzle, like connecting stars to create a constellation.

As an additional note, the original concept was to have the site be either day or night depending on the time of day where the site was engaged.

Year: 2013-2014

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

The team did a great job of taking a huge cache concept art from the client to put together several good digital campaigns. The trailer dives into the history of the game, and the takeovers represent two phases of a four phase digital campaign.

Year: 2011-2012

Client: Canadian Club

Agency: Lunchbox Studios

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

2011 found Lunchbox Studios stretching their wings. The agency reached out to Canadian Club to cross-promote both “ Boardwalk Empire” and “Mad Men.”

A Facebook App was created to cross-promote Canadian Club with the popular HBO show “Boardwalk Empire.” We created an interactive “tour experience,” using the Canadian Club Brand Heritage Center in Windsor, Ontario. The app used an interactive map of the center that informed and entertained users with facts and myths about the era of Prohibition. The promotion included a downloadable discount ticket to tour the actual facility.

In addition, the team also pitched Canadian Club to the then-popular and cultural juggernaut “MadMen.” I have included a nice little sizzle reel for that as well.

Year: 2017

Client: Warner Brothers Interactive

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Middle-earth: Shadow of War is an action role-playing video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is the sequel to 2014's Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 10, 2017.

The team did several phases of this campaign. The samples represent the launch portion of the campaign, as well as the accolade portion. Good use of particles and keyart. Looks rich media but is in fact HTML5.

Year: 2015

Client: Greybox

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Creative Director, Animator

Description:

Using existing game footage, I created an origami-like construction to create the simulation of Greybox as a holder of quality content, This was handed off in a way that could be updated as new content became available. Visit the official site here.

Year: 2015

Client: UbiSoft

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Animator

Description:

I provided graphics and cinemagraph-like scenes for this video.

Year: 2015

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Creative Director, Designer

Description:

We created some in-game texture maps for “Rise of the Tomb Raider.” The elements are featured in Lara Croft’s study, and are used to help move the story of the game along.

Year: 2013

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Celebrating the release of the re-booted “Tomb Raider,” this promotion urges users to pre-order the game and gain access to a variety of social media puzzles. These puzzles unlock game extras, DLC, and the chance to win a variety of prizes. The campaign included the trailer, as well a rich media banner and takeover component.

Year: 2016

Client: UbiSoft

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director/Animator

Description:

I provided graphics and motion typography for this video.

Year: 2019

Client: Sino Interactive

Agency: Liquid Advertising

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Army Men Strike is a mobile strategy game that uses the little green army men that we are all familiar with. The target audience skews a bit older, so I created assets that evoked nostalgia for WWII comics, toys, and movies.

Year: 2015

Client: Ubisoft

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Animator

Description:

This is one of a series of fun, goofy spots done to promote the Motorcycle stunt game “Trials Fusion.“ The campaign was a cross between a branded informational series of spots and a low budget cable-access show. Plus Erik Estrada!

Year: 2009

Client: Nintendo

Agency: Lunchbox Studios

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

Fun little microsite created for Walmart.com to promote the Wii release of Super Mario Brothers. Good example of creating an engaging user experience in the context of a commerce website. Panels animate from left to right to focus on different buckets of information, while at the same time keeping the commerce aspect up front and center. Also a good example of using brand assets in a new and engaging way.

Year: 2004

Client: Spike TV

Agency: Farm Design

Role: Creative Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Invasion Iowa is a television series that aired on Spike TV beginning on March 29, 2005. The series depicts events from September 2004, in which William Shatner played a hoax on the small town of Riverside, Iowa by claiming to film a science fiction movie there, unbeknownst to the residents of Riverside. The movie was in fact fake, a satire on the genre.

Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s a dated piece. I still like it as it utilizes the After Effects 3D camera to show depth when using 2d elements. The Jib-Jab stuff is… dated. However the song is done by the same folks that brought you South Park. It was my first higher level project. I worked hard on this. Did not get to meet William Shatner (which sucks), but i did meet some very nice people in Iowa. Oldie but goodie.

Year: 2015

Client: SpikeTV

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

These were proposed takeover concepts for Spike TV. They eventually went a more banner-based conservative route, but these concepts are still valid, dynamic ideas for the event.

Year: 2013

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

Have you ever played Final Fantasy? Well, I have not. Never was sure what any of this campaign meant, but we caught the “Pacific Rim” wave, and I liked how it turned out.

Year: 2017

Client: Greybox

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Rime is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Tequila Works. The game follows a boy arriving at and searching a mysterious island with a fox-like spirit as a guide. The player guides the boy in solving environmental puzzles across five large levels.

This was a small digital campaign to raise awareness about the Nintendo Switch launch of Rime. Using existing keyart, we created a serene environmental scene that uses subtle animation to create a sense of place. We also used the actual switch device to create a simple slideshow of game screenshots. Overall, a nice HTML5 execution that gets a lot of information across in a subtle way.

Year: 2014

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

Thief is a stealth video game developed by Eidos Montréal, published by Square Enix, and released in February 2014 for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows video gaming platforms. It is a revival of the cult classic Thief video game series of which it is the fourth installment.

I like the animation on these. Nice handling of fog and smoke, as well as some nice depth on the pan. Creates a sense of mystery and ties in with the game nicely.

Year: 2013

Client: SpikeTV

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator, Flash Developer

Description:

YouTube takeover showcasing Criss Angel’s miniseries on Spike TV. Interactive slider shows a “behind the scenes” view of one of Criss’s tricks.

Year: 2014

Client: Square Enix

Agency: Platform LA

Role: Art Director, Designer, Animator

Description:

Murdered: Soul Suspect is an adventure mystery stealth video game developed by Airtight Games and published in 2014 by Square Enix. This campaign centers around the invincibility of the main character. I did all of the animation and creative on this one, which included banners, social media assets, and gaming site takeovers.

Year: 2010-2013

Client: Walmart

Agency: Lunchbox Studios

Role: Interactive Art Director

Description:

This was the (now defunct) live performance music platform hosted on Walmart.com. Soundcheck featured new and up-and-coming artists to help push music sales both in-store and online. I provide this as a case study to show UI/Wireframes and compare them to the final product.

Year: 1999

Client: Spike TV

Agency: Atmosphere Pictures

Role: Illustrator, Animator

Description:

My earliest motion project. Still love it. Yeah, That music dates it quite a bit (That Crystal Method song was everywhere). Still, I like my illustrations. Craig Colthorp at Atmosphere Pictures animated this one well. I only include this one because it learned so much on it.