Motion Graphics
The Catcher in the Rye
Client: Focus Features
Role: Conceptor, Designer, Illustrator, & Animator.
Video Footage by Will Styer
An opening title sequence for the fictional film,
"The Catcher in the Rye,” a story of a teenager
who is trapped in between the innocence of
childhood and the insecurities of adulthood.
The goal was to capture the timeless essence
& messages of teenage angest, isolation, and
fear of change through self-created imagery
that is reminenscent of the original novel.
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Motion Graphics
A Wonderlust King
Client: None
Role: Conceptor, Designer, Illustrator, & Animator
An exploration in dynamic typography, I want to tell a story of a person going on a journey through life. My goal was to was to capture the energy, movement, and freedom of old-world traveling through rich textures, fast-paced animation, and dramatic tension. This project allowed me to strengthen not only my type skills, but simple character animations as well.
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Flash Game
BrainSurge
Brain Training
Client: Nickelodeon
Role: Concept, Design, Illustration, Animation in conjunction with Workinman Interactive for Game Shell and all games, excluding seagull mini-game.
The first in a three game series that promoted the premiere of the new children’s game show. The mini-games, like the show, test the player’s memory & concentration skills. The game allowed me to, not only work with a team, but also the exciting opportunity to develop unique characters and gameplay scenarios.
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Flash Game
Spongebob squarepants
Deep sea surgeon
Client: Nickelodeon
Role: Concept, Design, Illustration, Animation in conjunction with Workinman Interactive.
Interactive Flash game for the children's TV show, "SpongeBob Squarepants." The user plays doctor and must remove objects from Spongebob’s porous maze.The game has over 6 million plays and is one of the most played games on the SpongeBob Squarepants website.
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Flash Game
Spongebob squarepants
Sand Wars
Client: Nickelodeon
Role: Concept, Design, Illustration, Animation in conjunction with Workinman Interactive.
Interactive Flash game for the children's TV show, "SpongeBob Squarepants." The user plays as SpongeBob and must protect his sand fort from his friend Patrick. The game has over 7 million plays and is one of the most played games on the SpongeBob Squarepants website.
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Flash Game
Danny Phantom
Of Girls and Ghouls
Client: Nickelodeon
Role: Concept, Design, Illustration, Animation in conjunction with Workinman Interactive.
Highly addictive interactive Flash game for the children's TV show, "Danny Phantom." Danny, who is half boy and half ghost, is going on a date and must get rid of the ghosts in the restaurant before his date looks up from her menu. If she catches Danny in ghost mode, the game will end. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled before the game could launch on nick.com.
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RIT ART HOUSE
Client: Art House
Role: [everything]
An informational site for current & prospective members of Art House, a RIT Special Interest Floor. The website challenged me to not only create an easy to update website that members could interact with and have a role in creating, but also to develop an accompanying typeface for their current identity and a new aesthetic that represented their community.
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Flash Minisite
The Identity Spectrum
Client: None
Role: [everything]
An educational site for design students, instructors, and professionals. It is used as a learning tool to understand how brands are related to color and the visual and emotional consequences. The site challenged me to create an identity that stood out from other strong identities as well as a chance to focus on information architecture and unique interface and navigation design.
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Branding
Niagra Erie Regional Coalition Identity
Client: Niagra Erie Regional Coalition
Role: [everything]
The Regional Coalition is a non-profit group working for the betterment of Niagara and Erie counties in Western New York. For the new identity, I combined the two bodies of water that symbolize the counties as well as a bridge to show how they bridge the gap. Together, the symbols formed a giant "C" for coaliton. The client picked my identity package in their top four choices out of 25 other competiting students.
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Buffalo Carshare Enviromental Graphics
Client: Buffalo CarShare
Role: [everything]
Buffalo CarShare was a new service-based company in Buffalo, New York that allowed members to rent cars while simultaneously providing environmental, financial, and social benefits. The project allowed me to focus on creating a visible and consistent signage and wayfinding system as well as a new identity to strengthen the brand.
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Rochester Children's theatre rebrand
Client: Rochester Children's Theatre
Role: [everything], photographs courtesy of
Rochester Children's Theatre
An indepth identity & system rebrand for a non-profit theatrical organization that produces professional, literature-based performances. My new identity & system allowed me to create an entire range of collateral from business communications & promotional print advertising to informational interface design & social media.
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