One of the things about the current economy is that it teaches a boy to diversify. Thankfully, my willingness to try new things has helped me have a strong, cross disciplinary background. Just about any way a project might need a hand to get the story out there exactly like the original concept demands no matter the time or monetary constraints, I can be a valuable asset. My freelance skill set is below in a gradient from traditional artistic experience right through film expertise. You can also click the Knights End logo at the top of the page to get my resume.

Character Design---Character drawings were the thing that got me interested in animation and film back in the day. A lot can be said about a person from a single shot of them and I love the challenge of rendering out a character outline into a jump off the page personality. Work for Garfield’s FunFest on the DS has some good examples, as does my Digital Art Gallery.

Concept Art---A major part of my work on videogames is taking the few ideas and desires of the publisher and fleshing out a world around it. I love to go over a scene again and again adding in little details to make the image a richer experience for the viewer. Again, Garfield or some of the backgrounds for Mystery PI or Amazing Adventures are good examples.

Storyboard/Story Artist---With more than a decade of experience in life drawing, cinematography and film production I am capable of creating storyboards for any medium. Film, Commercial, Industrial, realistic, cartoon, vector; whatever style you need I would be more than happy to create to help your client or investors be able to see the action before a single frame is shot. Not only are storyboards a great pitch tool, they save you money via planning and problem solving without wasting lots of man hours.

Digital Matte Painting---With a combination of over a decade experience working with Photoshop, Aftereffects and various 3d applications, I can create photorealistic environments and map them onto 3D plains to allow virtual camera pans/pushes and digitally expand your set! See examples in the upcoming films Dead Shall Rise, Black and White and Darkness and the Lord’s Prayer.

Digital Effects---As stated above, Aftereffects and I go way back. While I primarily use it as a compositing/animation tool I am also well versed in particle effects such as fire, blood splatter, gun shots, and rain.

Digital Video Editing---I have edited together literally thousands of commercials, several infomercials, a smattering of local television specials, three feature films and a handful of short films using primarily Final Cut Pro but with Avid and Premiere added for variety.

Cameraman--- I have shot still and motion cameras in formats from Standard, High Def, Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, 8 mm, the full range of standard lenses and even dabbled with a RED. Check out video clips on my film page to see some of my camerawork. If you have a project being shot on 16 or 35mm I will give you a highly discounted rate because I would like to log more hours with those formats.

Production Assistant/Art Dept---Basically, I love to be a part of any production. As a PA I have worked with NBC, Universal, National Geographic, ABC and recently the feature film, Winter’s Bone featuring John Hawkes.

Writer---I spent years writing scripts for television and infomercial scripts, but my love is writing feature film scripts and short stories. One of these days I hope to be able to sit down and pen out the notepad of novel ideas I have sitting on my desk. Until that day I am available for any of your projects, whether as ghostwriter or script consultant.

Director---While I don’t find the need to lead, I do often find myself in that role. I have been a manager of a creative team of some form or another for the past 5 years. I have directed the films, Darkness and the Lords Prayer, Black and White, as well as the short film Rain in Hell. I have even taken two years of acting classes to better understand the acting process so that I might be a more effective communicator cast. If you find yourself in need of a team leader, I would be happy to help you out.