Objective:

To take my skills in character design and animation to new levels incorporating the use of 3D graphics and animation in a creative team environment.


Qualifications and Skills:


• Expressive and intuitive imagination and ability to capture movement at its very essence.

• Strong illustration and mixed media ability.

• Communication skills and team experience.

• Comfortable with print and interactive production environments.

• Intermediate experience in Adobe Photoshop, LiveMotion, Macromedia Flash


Employment and Professional Experience:


1997-current: Learning Center, Mount Olive, NJ. Assistant teacher and art instructor for middle school after school program.

1990-1996: Unicorn Publishing, Morris Plains, NJ. Staff Artist.

• Illustrating various children's books based on nursery rimes and traditional fairy tales, incl. Old MacDonald's Farm, I'm a little Teapot and the Story of the Easter Bunny.

• Also provided additional adaptation of these books for a line of trading cards from Fleer as well as sticker albums for Panini International.

1989: Internship for Character Animation with Milt Neil Studios, Wayne, NJ.

1986-1990: Prudential Insurance Corp., Claims Associate.


Freelance Work:


2000-current: Co-founder of Tusk Entertainment LLC and participant in many of the company's projects.

• Cover art and interior sequential art for the Tusk World Tour Book of "The Wallas".

• Creation of "Mokeytoe.net", a children's destination site for the internet as well as development of "The Wallas" for an animated series.

• Character and Flash animation for the trailer to regular "The Wallas" webisodes and character animation for co-founder David Boller's urban fantasy anime "Kaos Moon".

1997: Comic book cover and interior art for Caliber Comics "Tapestry Anthology No.1" featuring creator-owned characters "The Wallas".

1997: Winnie the Pooh merchandise designs for Tailored Editions.

1996: Rugrats apparel designs for Happy Kids in NYC.


Education:


The Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Illustration Inc., Dover, NJ

Graduate of West Orange High, NJ