Art directionthat makes youlook twice.
Nineteen years in games and film. Feature-film environments at DNEG in London, now art directing cinematics across Blizzard's biggest franchises. I set the direction, lead the team, and take the hardest shots myself.
Projects I Art Directed
2.5D Animation Reel
Real shots from my time at Blizzard. Each one starts as a flat 2D illustration, then I take it all the way through the animation, modeling, layout, cameras, rigging, FX and compositing myself. Maya · Nuke · Photoshop.
Film VFX Reel
3D generalist, matte painting and environment work at DNEG (Double Negative) for feature film, including Rush, Total Recall, John Carter, PAUL, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Prince of Persia, Fast & Furious and Hellboy II.
Worlds for the screen
Environment, lighting and 3D work for feature film at DNEG (Double Negative), London.
Set the look. Lead the team. Nail the frame.
I'm a British art director living in California. Nineteen years ago I started out at DNEG in London as a matte painter and environment artist, working up to sequence lead on feature films like Thor, Rush, Total Recall and more. These days I art direct cinematics across Blizzard's biggest franchises.
The job was never just to make it pretty. It's deciding what a shot is for, holding a room of artists and outside vendors to one idea and taking on the hardest environments myself. The way I was brought up through the pipeline shaped how I lead. Mentoring is a big part of how I work.
The short version.
Art director, 19 years across games, film and television. I lead internal teams and outside vendors to make 2D and 3D cinematics for some of Blizzard's biggest titles, and I've run illustration and animation outsourcing for years. I still matte-paint the hardest environments myself.
Art Director · Blizzard Entertainment
- Art director for 2.5D and pre-render cinematic content across Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch, World of Warcraft and Diablo Immortal.
- Manage and art-direct the artists on each project across modeling, animation, illustration and FX, plus the coaching and feedback that keeps them growing.
- Direct multiple external illustration and animation vendors at once, owning the relationships and holding the quality bar across every delivery.
- Matte-paint skies, mountains and environments into cinematics myself, several of which have shipped publicly.
Principal / Senior Cinematics Artist · Blizzard Entertainment
- Lead artist on more than 30 Hearthstone cinematics.
- One of the first Principal artists in Blizzard Animation, often handling the most complex shots.
- Worked alongside external art vendors to keep delivered artwork at Blizzard's quality bar.
Freelance 3D Artist · Encore VFX
- Matte painting and environment work for television, including Hawaii Five-0, Extant, Star-Crossed, The Flash and more.
Matte Painter / Environment Artist / Sequence Lead · Double Negative (DNEG)
- Matte painter, environment artist and sequence lead on feature films including Thor: The Dark World, Rush and Total Recall, working closely with VFX supervisors and creative leads.
- Started in match-move and worked up to Environment Sequence Lead, running a team of artists across sequences. Mentoring shaped how I lead now.
- Art Director for 2.5D & pre-render cinematics across Diablo, Hearthstone, Overwatch, World of Warcraft and Diablo Immortal.
- Lead artist on 30+ Hearthstone cinematics; one of Blizzard Animation's first Principal artists.
- Feature-film VFX at DNEG across 10 releases, including Rush, Total Recall, John Carter, Prince of Persia and more.
- Television VFX across 13 series at Encore Hollywood, including Hawaii Five-0, The Flash, 24, Extant and more.
- Team management
- Vendor & outsource management
- Mentoring
- Style guides
- Look development
- Visual storytelling
- Photoshop
- Matte painting
- Paintovers
- Illustrator
- Maya
- Nuke
- Unreal Engine
- Mari
- ZBrush
- 3D Coat
- Compositing
- FX
- Layout
- Overwatch 1 & 2
- Diablo III / IV / Immortal
- Hearthstone
- World of Warcraft
- StarCraft II
- Heroes of the Storm
- Thor: The Dark World
- Rush
- Total Recall
- John Carter
- Prince of Persia
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Quantum of Solace
- Hellboy II
- Fast & Furious
- Paul
- Hawaii Five-0
- The Flash
- 24
- Extant
- Houdini
- Star-Crossed
- Looking
- Killer Women
- Liv and Maddie
- The Middle
- The Thundermans
BA, 3D Computer Animation
Always happy to talk craft, collaboration and the occasional consult.