Concept Design/Illustration
Studio: Visual Creatures
Creative Director: John Cranston, Ryan McNeely
Design for Social Posts
Studio: Visual Creatures
Rebrand designs of Disney Jr in 2024! I was approached by my friends at Makine Studio to contribute a few style options to give the iconic Disney Jr a fresh makeover. Disney Jr chose this clean, minimal, bold direction that incorporated a sophisticated shape language and gradient system to give their characters center stage!
Studio: Makine
Art Direction
Studio: Revenant
Style Frames Concept Design - Early Promo Package Explore
Creative Director: Bryce Wymer
Style Frames
Studio: SPILLT
Creative Director: Ryan Summers
Main On End Title Illustration, Design, Writing
My friends at BLUR knew that there was only one mind perverse enough to tackle the end titles for the first R-rated comic book film of all time. And since Ryan Reynolds can't really draw, they went with me instead. We had too much fun with this sequence as I was entrusted with the bulk of the gags early on, later honing and refining them down to the five or so that made it into the final cut with the team at BLUR. It was a true team effort of insanely deranged folks, all set to the score of 'Lonely Whisperer,' which in and of itself makes the sequence sparkle. And shoot, really. Right out of a unicorn's horn.
FOX/MARVEL
Client: BLUR
Director: Jenn Miller
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Animation: Deva George
Concept/ Production Frames
MARVEL Television’s intro logo sequence to all their shows on Disney+, starting with Agatha All Along.
Studio: Mocean
CLAUS made it on SNL! This sequence was brought to us by our good buddies over at Visual Creatures. Pulling stills from behind-the-scenes prep footage, we focused our concept on the fast-paced production of the show and mixed in shots of New York to ground the sequence in the iconic city.
Role: Concept Design and Design
NBC ‘Saturday Night Live’
Client: Visual Creatures
Directors: John Cranston and Ryan McNeely
Animation: Jordan Scott
Style Frames
Studio: Brand New School
Style Frames
Disney Channel Monstober
Studio: Makine
Design
Studio: Brand New School
Style Frame Concept Designs
Studio: The Mill
Opening Titles Concept Design
Studio: Elastic
CD: Hazel Baird
Style Frames Huluween 2023
Studio: We Are Royale
Style Frame Design
Studio: First Fight
Style Frames
Studio: Elastic
CD: Steve Biggert
Style Frames
Promo Bumper Design/ Illustration (Unused)
FXX
Client: We Are Royale
Style Frames
Rocnation x Moncler
Studio: Elastic
Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Jeff Han
Logo Design for MARVEL’S Upcoming Film Franchise
Getting the opportunity to work on the upcoming reboot’s brand was a dream come true. I dove deep into the history of BLADE, starting with his first appearance in comics in Tomb of Dracula and continuing through to the most recent films. The concept I kept coming back to was having the type actually affected by a blade, having it cut in some way, and not having it ‘look’ like a blade, which a lot of the prior film logos perfected. Spacing the letters out a bit added to the sexiness and epic feel that I was hoping they’d vibe with, too. Thanks to my man Craig Hubbard at Mocean for taking it and bringing that 3D polish to it. Insanely cool to see it on the big screen at Comic Con and to have Mahershala Ali have it on his hat during the big announcement!
MARVEL/Disney
Client: MOCEAN
Creative Director: Mitch Monson
Art Director: Craig Hubbard
If you're looking for the whites of their eyes, look elsewhere.
Where pop culture meets gestural, contour line, expressive figure drawing and painting.
Style Frames
Studio: Hornet
Style Frames/Opening Titles
The Madness
Studio: Elastic
Design Frames
Studio: Scholar
Main On End Title Design, Animation, Full-Production
We were approached by our friends at REEL FX to take their second animated film's end title sequence from concept to completion during a two-month production schedule in 2014. Under the watchful eye of director, writer, 'Book of Life' creator Jorge Gutierrez and seasoned art director Paul J. Sullivan, CLAUS implemented the film's lush palette and refined character designs into a stylized, minimalist design aesthetic in order to adequately compliment the film in this two and a half minute animated end title sequence.
Check out the full CAST STUDY
FOX
Client: Reel Fx Creative Studios
Animation Supervisor: Byron Slaybaugh
Animation: Byron Slaybaugh, Justin Demetrician
Style Frames
Studio: Block & Tackle
Intro Montage Design Exploration
Studio: BUCK
Style/Production Frames
State Farm takes over WNBA DRAFT NIGHT 2024 in Times Square!
Studio: The Mill
Title Logo Concept Design
Studio: Elastic
CD: Hazel Baird
Design
Studio: Visual Creatures
Creative Director: John Cranston, Ryan McNeely
Style Frame/Productions Designs
Studio: Carbon
Creative Director: Rob Foster
Illustration/Cel Animation/Concept Design
Client: Meta
Studio: Brand New School
Design
Studio: Oddfellows
Concept Designs
Director: Ariel Costa
Show Promo Package Design
Studio: We Are Royale
Unused Concept Design and Illustration
Client: PABLO London
Designed for fun over a zoom call
SHELTER
Amazon Prime
Logo design
Studio: Elastic
Creative Director: Hazel Baird
Trailer Concept Design
Studio: Wild Card Creative
Key Art Design
Studio: Los York
OVERWATCH FALL MARKETING CAMPAIGN
Illustration, Concept, Design
Love working with We Are Royale, especially when it’s on such massive brands that allow for creative awesomeness! I was called by the team at WAR at the beginning of the concept phase for Overwatch’s 2020 Fall Marketing Playoff Campaign brainstorming process. After listening to the brief and how the team at Overwatch wanted to evolve their previous year’s aesthetic and feel, I went into a deconstructed graphic/comic-book narrative that allowed us to feature the player and mascot of each Overwatch League team in such a way that championed the action while doubling down on the COOL. Halftone dot patterns brought us back into that graphic narrative vibe while Jack Kirby’s legendary KRACKLE boosted our designs to the next level. I grew up on comics and being able to draw characters in such dynamic hero poses for a worldwide video game phenomenon was truly EPIC. Thanks We Are Royale!
Client: We Are Royale
Art Director: Mike Arangeli
Design/Illustration
50 & FOREVER
Amazon Audible
Campaign Design
Studio: MAKINE
Style Frames
Studio: Hue and Cry
DUNE Concept Illustrations
Studio: Visual Creatures
Creative Directors: John Cranston, Ryan McNeely
Concept Design and Illustration
Studio: Sibling Rivalry
Concept Design
OFFF Barcelona 2023 Opening Film
Studio: Framestore
Creative Directors: Timothy Williams, Jake Cuddihy
Concept Design and Illustration
Studio: MOCEAN
Creative Director: Burke Miles
Style Frames
Studio: Elastic
Style Frames
Welcome to Wrexham S2 Marketing
Studio: Awesome Inc.
Concept Design
Studio: We Are Royale
Design
Client: Ranger & Fox
Creative Director: Jared Doud
Concept Illustration and Design
Studio: We Are Royale
Creative Director: Brien Holman
Style Frames
Studio: BNS LA
Title/Marketing/Branding Design
Studio: JXTWO
Logo/Branding Concept Design
Studio: Mocean
Illustration and Design
Client: Brand New School
Creative Director: Scott Uyeshima
Design
Studio: Foreign Affairs
Concept Design Style Frames
Studio: Framestore
Design
Studio: Visual Creatures
CD: John Cranston
Design
Studio: Visual Creatures
Exploration & Concept Design (Pitch)
Paramount Animation
Client: Brand New School
Creative Director: Rob Bisi
Design
Studio: Framestore
Creative Director: Scott Rachwalski
Animators: Jordan Taylor, Matt Beharry, David Quiray
Style Frames
Studio: Brand New School
CD: Chloe Greene
Design
Broadcast design for HBO pilot
Title Concept Design & Layout
Working hand in hand with my long time friends at BLUR, the concept revolved around the patient/therapist dynamic, mirroring imagery to conceptually address that process and sounding board relationship. The type is distressed and blurry to reflect what is happening in the minds of these PTSD patients.
AMAZON
Client: BLUR Studio
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Logo Design and Marketing Design
Studio: MOCEAN
Creative Director: Norn Jordan
Opening Sequence Concept Design
FX Network
Client: Greenhaus
Concept Design/Illustration
Studio: Brand New School
'EAGLE VIGNETTE' Illustration
Always excited get a shout from our friends at Brand New School, especially when it's to draw for such a cool concept and script like this one! Working hand in hand with BNS, I illustrated the frames for the 'eagle sequence' of this spot, following the established palette and tone set forth by their talented team.
Client: Brand New School
Art Director: Andres Rivera
I had the badass pleasure of designing my good buddy Chef Adam Sobel’s new fast casual concept ‘PIZZA HERO.’ Look out for these restaurants nationwide in 22’ - incredible pizza, awesome vibe, LET’S GO!
DARE ME
Key Art/Branding/Opening Titles Concept Design
Studio: MOCEAN LA
Creative Director: Burke Miles
Concept Design
Studio: Brand New School
Mens Pajamas, Boys Shirts and Bedding Line Available at Targets Nationwide in Fall 2018 and 2019
Comforters, Sheets, Pillow Shams, Throw Pillow, Plush Throw
Main On End Title Illustration, Design
We were approached by Jenn Miller of Blur Studios to add an illustrative concept into their pitch for the end titles for the 2014 sequel to THOR. The concept was to be dark, moody, painterly, and kinetic, sticking to a monotone color palette with red accents for the main man's cape. After hearing that our style was chosen, I worked hand in hand with Blur and went on to paint over 65 digital, production-ready paintings in Photoshop, combining scanned brush strokes with original brushes over stills from the film. This remains one of my favorite projects of all time.
Check out the full CASE STUDY
MARVEL/Disney
Client: Blur Studio
Creative Director: Jenn Miller
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Animation: Deva George, Phil Hoeschen , Allen Donhauser, Nick Lyons
Opening Title Design and Logo Design
VH1
Client: Visual Creatures
Creative Directors: Ryan McNeely and John Cranston
Promo Bumper Design/ Illustration (Unused)
FX
Client: Awesome Inc
Pitch Frames Illustration & Design
Honda Civic
Client: Brand New School LA
Art Director: Scott Uyeshima
Illustration/Writing
FOX Home Entertainment
Client: Neuron Syndicate
SILVER CLIO AWARD WINNER 2018 - HOME ENTERTAINMENT PACKAGE
End Title Sequence Concept and Design (Pitch)
MARVEL/Disney
Client: BLUR
Creative Director: Jenn Miller
Art Director: Norn Jordan
Character Design and Creation for Brand/Commerical Campaign
Client: Reel FX/Richards Group
Concept Design
Client: BUCK
Illustrations and Design
Studio: Brand New School
Creative Director: Scott Uyeshima
Concept Design for Marketing Season 2
Studio: Big Picture
Type Design and Layout
The amazingly cool folks at We Are Royale reached out to collaborate on the typography design and overall copy layout of the first spots for their incredible work for UNDER ARMOUR. The existing edit was kinetic and cutty, utilizing multiple split screen shots to echo the pacing of the piece, so instilling a strong foundation of typography to hit their copy points was a challenge early on. Once we started repeating type, cropping some off of the frame, and experimenting with the plus/minus signs, the piece came together for all involved! An absolute joy to work on and hopefully the first of many with We Are Royale!
Client: We Are Royale
Director: Chad Howitt
‘RIP-OFF THE RAINBOW’
Concept Design, Style Frame Creation, Illustration
When Vitamin Pictures calls, CLAUSie answers! Working closely with longtime friend and collaborator Danny Delpurgatorio, the chief creative director at Vitamin, we created a ridiculously colorful, spastic, chaotic yet refined world of Skittley goodness! And let's not to forget the whole thing was scored by DEVO. Yes, you read that correctly. Best project ever? Only time will tell.
SKITTLES
Client: Vitamin Pictures
Creative Director: Danny Delpurgatorio
Bumper Design
Client: Visual Creatures
Interstitial Bumper Type Design Exploration
Client: BLUR Studio
Main On End Title Concept Design and Illustration (Pitch)
MARVEL/Disney
Client: Sarofsky
Concept Illustrations
NIKE
Studio: BUCK
Creative Director: Rob Bisi
Yep, like stick figures, only with way more personality.
Bringing my love of figurative and gestural drawing to my love of sports
Long Live Happy Accidents
END TITLE CONCEPT DESIGN (Pitch)
Getting a call to concept on the end title sequence of what was surely to become the highest grossing movie of all time doesn’t happen every day. Another thanks to our friends at Sarofsky for thinking of us as we plunged head first into the endeavor. Our idea was simple, celebrate the characters, actors, and make it for the fans. We added the signatures by each actor’s name to make it feel personalized and unique, almost like a ‘sign-off’ in a way. We went with a halftone dot pattern execution in many of the designs to harken back to the origins of these heroes in the comics, and we kept a gritty feel to make it feel like a notebook, the origins for each and every movie’s scripts. Even though MARVEL didn’t got with this direction, we were told that the directors, Joe and Anthony Russo referred to this direction as ‘visually arresting.’ Not bad!
MARVEL/Disney
Client: Sarofsky
Creative Director: Erin Sarofsky
All Artwork Property of Disney/MARVEL
Concept Design
Studio: Mirada/ Trailer Park
Concept Design and Illustration for Cinemacon Graphics (Unused)
Warner Bros
Client: Trailer Park
Illustration Concept Design (Pitch)
Client: Brand New School NY
