Sundance Channel – Mondays Interstitial – Props
I’m making an interstitial for the Sundance Channel. All of the spots are themed to days of the week, and I was chosen for “Monday.” I’ll be using these props and costume pieces to make a short segment where a grandfather clock character steals peoples’ timepieces. I made most of the items out of scraps [...]
Read more »True Stories of Life With Monsters
I started drawing true stories for a new comic book. The first six will be published in the new Fakeheads Anthology (with greyscales!) You can learn more about the project over here: www.fakeheads.com
Read more »Sesame Street – Dollar Bill
I designed this dollar bill for a Sesame Street episode about finance. It needed to be easy for children to find the numeral "1" in the design, and look familiar as a banknote, but not so close to the design of the US dollar bill to get us into legal trouble. The original drawing of [...]
Read more »Posters for The Michael Showalter Showalter
I made these posters to appear in Michael Showalter's pilot for a new television series. They needed to appear to be designed at different times, and by different people - and the photos cleared for use were mostly pictures of animals, and photos of someone's vacation. I had fun thinking up names for non-existent programs, [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Indian Burn Machine
Designing and building this machine was one of my biggest challenges on Silent Library. Figuring out a way for the hands to rotate around a point where I could place no pivots was tricky - so I made a semicircular track for a set of rollerskate wheels, and attached a pair of silicone hands to [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Egg Gatling Gun
My task on this project was creating an automatic mechanism that would fire a dozen eggs at contestants on Silent Library. I experimented with a tennis-ball-style launcher first, but settled on a gatling gun setup, powered by a disassembled t-shirt gun. The revolver chamber is made out of sections of PVC tubing ringed with UVA [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Wrecking Ball Crane
This seven-foot-tall crane was made to strike game show contestants in the groin with a sand-filled plastic wrecking ball. The frame is made from steel, with plywood panels, heater vents, lawnmower wheels, and some video arcade switches. Courtland Premo helped with the electrical system, and I managed to hit the poor contestant in the groin [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Phony Ostrich Eggs
This was a fun challenge! The writers for Silent Library wanted to hit the contestants with ostrich eggs... but since ostrich eggs are expensive and are so hard that they need to be opened with a hammer, I needed to create some fake ostrich eggs that would make a mess and not kill anyone. I [...]
Read more »Silent Library – Wheel of Rulers
I cast my hand a whole bunch of times on the third season of Silent Library - in this case, six times to make a machine to slap contestants with rulers. The vinyl rulers are sewn to the hands with fishing line so that they don't go flying off in dangerous directions, and the wheel [...]
Read more »FakeHeads Anthology is all printed up and ready to go!
The FakeHeads Anthology has been published, and it includes a few comics I drew. ...more true stories. If you would like to read a copy and can't wait until the MOCCA Festival, you can go over here: http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/fakeheads-anthology-vol1/7991756 The FakeHeads are a loose-knit unit of animators and illustrators who live and draw in New York [...]
Read more »Godzilla-like puppet Must Destroy Healthcare!
I made this puppet for a health-care advocacy group. In a short video, the puppet will wreck hospitals, clinics, and maybe even get to eat some ambulances and doctors. I'll be doing the puppeteering today, so I'll post a link as soon as it is available. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that fire will be [...]
Read more »- UI/UX/Product Design
- Museum/Exhibit Design
- Propmaking
- Sesame Street
- Silent Library
- PBS – Hooper Interstitials
- Blue's Room
- Cube Fabulous
- Inside Amy Schumer
- Whitest Kids U'Know
- Storyforia
- Rob Thomas – "Someday"
- Hamish and Andy
- Godzilla puppet
- J. Viewz – Come Back Down
- Snow Cat
- Paul Taylor Dance Company
- Miscellaneous Props
- Family Circus
- Project Accessory
- The Heart She Holler
- Furniture Design
- Illustration
- Comics
- Animation