Picture books Illustrating children’s books for both publishers and independent authors. From research, character designs, book layout, cover design pencil sketch to final color illustrations. Writer and illustrator of my own intellectual properties. StoryboardsUtilized storytelling skills to develop color, as well as black and white, storyboard frames from both script and art direction. Conferred with director to create and polish visual concepts. Produced art work from thumbnails to final presentation using a variety of mediums in the fields of animation, advertising, film and television, for such clients as Scholastic Animation, Curious Pictures, MTV Studios, J. Walter Thomson Advertising, and Saatchi & Saatchi.Licensing Art and Toy DevelopmentCreated line and color illustrations for packaging, toy concepts, style guides, and other children’s products including The Itsy Bitsy Entertainment Company, Ken Viselman Presents. Created line art for coloring books published by Modern Publishing.Comic Book IllustrationCreated pencils, inks, and color art for a variety of publishers. Clients include Marvel Comics, D.C. Comics, Warp Graphics, and Defiant Publishing.Proficient in Photoshop CS3, Illustrator CS5, Painter 9, and Mac OS X. Manual skills include penciling, inking, coloring, paste-up, storyboards, thumbnail sketches, layouts, and marker comps.Full client list and references available upon request.