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X-Ray Kid was formed to provide high end creative direction, consisting of concept illustration, storytelling and IP/world creation. Oculus, Riot Games, Google, Mattel, etc, have all partnered with X-Ray Kid for it's ability to create new and unique worlds that stand out in the marketplace. Here are some of our clients:OCULUS: Art Director with Oculus Studios on “Dead and Buried”, the #1 multiplayer game on the Oculus Rift. Designed all playable characters, weapons and backgrounds.RIOT GAMES: Concept illustrator to create the champion “Ekko” for League of Legends.MATTEL: Art Director for the franchise development team on “Hot Wheels” and “Battleclaw”. “Battleclaw” launched as the #1 animated show in the China market with on shelf game component.JORDAN MECHNER: Worked closely with “Prince of Persia” creator Jordan Mechner to recreate his classic game “Karateka”. Developed all characters and villains.MICROSOFT: Worked alongside internal Pioneer team to explore and develop a new AR handheld system.DISNEY: Illustrated Graphic novel for Tron prequel in preparation for Tron: Legacy.KABAM: Storyboards to help create new IP.STOOPID MONKEY: Main character designs for stop-motion television show “Titan Maximum”. HASBRO: Brought in to help with character designs for multiple franchise development.

United States

Co-Executive Producing on the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cg show for Netflix. Leading teams in design, animation, lighting and launching directors on episodes.

- Define visuals and communicate story and product message for digital platform and products.

Hired by Google to create visual style and lead global team in art creation and delivery for Google Lively, Google’s first foray into the content space.- Developed the visual style and created relevant guidelines and design considerations to ensure stylecould be carried out by large, globally distributed team.- Led a team of 15+ local artists.- Provided onsite creative direction for three overseas studios (85+ individuals) for 2D and 3D assetcreation.- Developed workflow process for 2D-3D pipeline project.- Illustrated characters, 3-point turns, environments, and animation gesture sheets.- Worked with engineering leads to ensure seamless integration with art assets that are optimized and ready to be used in-game.

Awarded an Emmy award as the Producer and Creative Director hired to create a unique look for “TheBatman” animated series and oversee the creative direction for 52 epsiodes. Also served in same capacity for “The Batman” DTV.- Developed the visual style for television- Led a 30+ team of individuals- Directed all departments (characters, props, background painting, and ink and paint)- Illustrated characters, 5 point turns, mouth charts, and character concept rule sheets for the overseasstudios- Worked closely with Mattel to oversee toy line production- Worked with story editor to approve all story lines for production

Illustrated over 30 cover illustrations for titles such as:- Buffy the Vampire Slayer- Hellboy- Angel

Developed the visual style for "Jackie Chan Adventures" which ran for 95 episodes.- Worked with other department leads to keep coherent art style.- Led two character design teams in order to produce two seasons simultaneously.

Fan favorite cover and interior illustrator on titles such as:- X-Men- Avengers- Wolverine- X-Factor- Generation X