Hello and welcome to my site. I live in Santa Clarita, California with my wife, two very loud children, three barky dogs, a bunny and a lizard named "Lizzie". I work primarily as a concept illustrator for movies and commercials.

I graduated with honors and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where I grew up. Shortly after graduating, I was able to pry myself away from Detroit and move to El Segundo where I started working at Sony Pictures Imageworks. I did some storyboarding, visual effects design and art directing on such gems as "Wolf", "Johnny Mnemonic" and "The Cable Guy".

Having gained a solid background in visual effects, I moved over to pre-production illustrating on movies. My current projects include "Inception" for Chris Nolan and the film adaptation of the comic book "Jonah Hex".

"Abigale the Happy Whale" is my first children's book.

Illustration for Films:

Films:

"The Zookeeper" (2010) Happy Madison-- Dir. Frank Coraci -- Makeup Department Head Pierce Austin

"Inception" (2010) Warner Bros.-- Dir. Christopher Nolan -- Costume Designer Jeffrey Kurland

"Jonah Hex" (2010) Warner Bros.-- Dir. Jimmy Hayward -- Prod. Designer Tom Meyer

"John Carter of Mars" (2012) Pixar-- Dir. Andrew Stanton -- Prod. Designer Nathan Crowley

"Gulliver's Travels" (2010) Fox-- Dir. Rob Letterman -- Prod. Designer Gavin Bocquet

"Invisible Man" (2010) Universal/Imagine-- Dir. David Goyer

"Whip It" (2009) Flower Films-- Dir. Drew Barrymore -- Prod. Designer Kevin Kavanaugh

"Valkyrie (re-shoots)" (2008)  United Artists -- Dir. Bryan Singer -- Prod. Designer Tom Meyer

"Public Enemies" (2009)  Universal -- Dir. Michael Mann -- Prod. Designer Nathan Crowley

"Akira" (2009)  Warner Brothers -- Dir. Ruairi Robinson -- Prod. Designer Martin Whist

"Bedtime Stories" (2008)  Disney -- Dir. Adam Shankman -- Hair & Make-up Dept. Ann Pala and Thomas Real

"The Surrogates" (2009)  Disney -- Dir. Jonathan Mostow -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Tropic Thunder" (2008)  Universal -- Dir. Ben Stiller -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"The Vampire's Assistant" (2009)  Universal -- Dir. Paul Weitz -- Prod. Designers James Chinlund and William Arnold

"The Dark Knight" (2008)  Warner Brothers -- Dir. Christopher Nolan -- Prod. Designer Nathan Crowley

"Four Christmases" (2008) New Line Cinema-- Dir. Seth Gordon-- Prod. Designer Shepherd Frankel

"Jumper" (2008)  Fox/New Regency -- Dir. Doug Liman -- Prod. Designer Oliver Scholl

"In the Valley of Elah" (2007)  Warner Independent Pictures -- Dir. Paul Haggis-- Prod. Designer Laurence Bennett

"Transformers" (2007)  Dreamworks -- Dir. Michael Bay -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Ocean's 13" (2007)  Warner Brothers -- Dir. Steven Soderbergh -- Costume Designer Louise Frogley

"Lucky You" (2006)  Warner Brothers -- Dir. Curtis Hanson -- Prod. Designer Clay A. Griffith

"Spider-man 3" (2007)  Sony -- Dir. Sam Raimi -- Prod. Designer Neil Spisak

"The Prestige" (2006)  WB/Disney -- Dir. Christopher Nolan -- Prod. Designer Nathan Crowley

"Click" (2006)  Sony -- Dir. Frank Coraci -- Hair & Make-up Dept. Ann Pala and Thomas Real

"Mr. and Mrs. Smith" (2005)  Fox -- Dir. Doug Liman -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Fantastic 4" (2005)  Fox -- Dir. Tim Story -- Prod. Designer Bill Boes

"Constantine" (2005)  WB  -- Dir. Francis Lawrence -- Costume Designer Louise Frogley

"The Ring 2" (2005)  Dreamworks -- Dir. Hideo Nakata -- Prod. Designer Jim Bissell

"Must Love Dogs" (2005)  WB -- Dir. Gary David Goldberg -- Prod. Designer Naomi Shohan

"North Country" (2005)  WB -- Dir. Niki Caro -- Prod. Designer Richard Hoover

"Be Cool" (2005)  MGM/Jersey Films -- Dir. F. Gary Gray -- Prod. Designer Michael Corenblith

"The Village" (2004)  Touchstone -- Dir. M. Night Shyamalan -- Prod. Designer Tom Foden

"50 First Dates" (2004)  Sony  -- Dir. Peter Segal -- Prod. Designer Alan Au

"Spider-man 2" (2004)  Sony  -- Dir. Sam Raimi -- Prod. Designer Neil Spisak

"After the Sunset" (2004)  WB  -- Dir. Brett Ratner -- Prod. Designer Geoffrey Kirkland

"Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" (2003)  C-2 Pictures  -- Dir. Jonathan Mostow -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Star Trek: Nemesis" (2002)  Paramount/Digital Domain  -- Dir. Stuart Baird -- VFX Supervisor Mark Forker

"The Master of Disguise" (2002)  Sony  -- Dir. Perry Blake -- Prod. Designer Alan Au

"Showtime" (2002)  WB  -- Dir. Tom Dey -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Clockstoppers" (2002)  Paramount/Nickelodeon  -- Dir. Jonathan Frakes -- Prod. Designer Marek Dobrowolski

"Planet of the Apes" (2001)  Fox  -- Dir. Tim Burton -- Set Decorator Rosemary Brandenburg

"Swordfish" (2001)  WB  -- Dir. Dominic Sena -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"The Kid" (2001)  Disney  -- Dir. Jon Turteltaub -- VFX Supervisor Jamie Price

"Little Nicky" (2000)  Sony  -- Dir. Steven Brill -- Prod. Designer Perry Blake

"Gone in Sixty Seconds" (2000)  Disney/Bruckheimer  -- Dir. Dominic Sena -- Prod. Designer Jeff Mann

"Mission to Mars" (2000)  Touchstone -- Dir. Brian De Palma -- VFX Supervisor Hoyt Yeatman

"Supernova" (2000)  MGM  -- Dir. Walter Hill -- VFX Supervisor Mark Stetson

"End of Days" (1999)  Universal  -- Dir. Peter Hyams -- VFX Supervisor Eric Durst

"Enemy of the State" (1998)  Touchstone/Bruckheimer  -- Dir. Tony Scott -- VFX Supervisor Jamie Price

"Wolf" (1994)  Sony  -- Dir. Mike Nichols -- VFX Supervisor John Nelson

VFX Art Direction for Films:

"The Cable Guy" (1996)  Columbia Pictures  -- Dir. Ben Stiller -- VFX Supervisor John Nelson

"James and the Giant Peach" (1996)  Disney  -- Dir. Henry Selick -- VFX Supervisor Scott Anderson

"Johnny Mnemonic" (1995)  TriStar Pictures  -- Dir. Robert Longo -- VFX Supervisor John Nelson

Illustration for Commercial Production Companies:

Anonymous Content -- Orbit Gum, Acura, Amstel Light, Grey Goose Vodka, Silk Soy Milk, Scott Tissue

Big Lawn Films  -- Mervyn's

Blind Faith  -- Home Depot

Celsius Films  -- Oil of Olay

Crossroads Films, Inc.  -- Blue Bunny

Epoch Films  -- Dish Network

Go Film -- NFL, Carrier, Payless

Hungry Man -- MasterCard, ESPN, Lexus

HSI Productions, Inc.  -- Nokia

The Institute  -- Mercedes, Jeep Liberty, Victoria's Secret

MJZ, Inc.  -- Ebay ("IT" spots), Mitsubishi, FedEx, DirecTV, Alka Seltzer, Safeway, Cap'n Crunch, Dunkin' Donuts, Lysol

Park Pictures  -- PG&E, Merrill Lynch, Comcast

Pytka  -- Pepsi, Hallmark Flowers, Cheez-it, General Electric, Nextel

Radical Media  -- Acura, Pepsi, Infiniti, State Farm Insurance

Reactor Films  -- Dodge

RSA USA, Inc.  -- Motorola, Hummer, America Online, Nike, Volkswagon, Barbie, Coors, Loreal, Lipton 

Smuggler  -- Bud Light

Supply and Demand  -- Sandisk, Ricoh

Untitled, LLC  -- GMC, Covergirl, Ford F-150

Villains  -- Target