Generation Wild Colorado – Wilder

Every once in a blue moon I get to work on a job that helps make the world a better place. A while back I had a chance to help design “Wilder” for Generation Wild – Colorado, an organization in Colorado encouraging people to re-discover the magic of the great outdoors.

“Remember how much fun you used to have playing outside? Where puddles became oceans, sticks became boats, and trees loomed over it all like enchanted castles? You might not have known it, but Wilder was with you then. And now he’s back to show a whole new generation the magic of this great big, wonderfully wild world.”

 

Check out the short film, and then and get outside!

Surf @Water 2019

Surfrider Foundation Milwaukee Chapter’s 7th annual Surf @Water was a big success. With record numbers on the beach and the bluff, fun waves, and plenty of sunshine, it was Surfrider MKE’s best fundraiser yet. Once again I had the chance to design the event poster and the t-shirts. It has been a blast helping this event evolve over the years.

 

The Adventures of Dr Pepper – Cooler From The Future

Here’s the “Cooler from the Future” robot I designed for the new Dr Pepper commercial series. This guy was pretty fun to work on. It definitely couldn’t be too sleek, so I gave it a touch of steam punk to make it feel more vintage.

Here’s the final design, as well as some preliminary passes.

 

And here’ s the spot:

 

2.0 film character designs

A few years back I was asked to help design Pakshi, the villain in the film 2.0 directed by S. Shankar, starring Rajinikanth. Since the film’s release it has been heralded as the sixth highest grossing Indian film worldwide, and “the most technically advanced 3D film ever made in the history of Indian Cinema”.

Here are some of the preliminary designs I came up with for Pakshi:

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween character designs

I had an opportunity to help design some characters for Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, based not he R.L. Stein books. This was a super fun project to be involved in, as we got to develop some classic Halloween characters. It was a challenge making sure they weren’t too scary for the kids!

In the film the Halloween masks come to life, so below are the mask designs next to the character they turn into, as well as some pumpkins that come to life.

Marvel’s Runaways Old Lace Raptor

Last year, I had the great privilege to work on the Marvel series, Runaways. Legacy Effects was tasked out to build the raptor, Old Lace, so they contacted me to help out on the design and sculpt of the creature. The Marvel team came up with a great 2D design, so I digitally sculpted the dino, and created 3D renderings for the production team to visualize Old Lace in 3D space.

Legacy Effects took my 3D sculpt and had it milled out of foam. They then built a full scale raptor puppet that you see in the show.

It was a blast to work with the same crew that created the animatronic dinos for the original Jurassic Park films.

Here are the designs:

Check out some clips of Old Lace in show:

Sprint Evelyn Super Bowl Commercial

I had the opportunity to help design Evelyn and a few other robots for the Sprint Super Bowl 2018 commercial: Evelyn. We went through a few rounds of Evelyn’s features. She needed to have an indifferent expression, with a subtle air of superiority, yet she couldn’t look mean.

I actually had the most fun designing the little robot who says, “You got a dumb face!”

Here are some of the designs:

Here’s the commercial:

 

Farmers Red Hot Mascot

Here’s a funny Farmers Ins. commercial I worked on a while ago. I designed the flaming mascot. I found this ad concept so flippin’ hilarious. The cocky mascot doing his mascot-thing in the car with his silly-ass fireball head, meanwhile the car is on fire… Hahahaha. Anyways, I had fun with this one.Farmers Ins. Red Hot Mascot

Here’s the spot:

 

Xfinity Home The Neighborhood Horror Short

XFINITY Home came out with a horror short, The Neighborhood, this past Halloween. Its a fun, spooky concept, and I had a chance to help design the mysterious hood, as well as the “ghouls” that flash in some of the scenes.

Timed with Halloween, “THE NEIGHBORHOOD,” is set in an ordinary neighborhood where extraordinary things are happening. The XFINITY Home system and cameras play a pivotal role in linking the story together, creating an edge-of-your-seat product demo like nothing seen before.

Here are some of the designs:

 

Check out the short film… if you dare!

 

Geico- Fleas Playing Badminton

I had a chance to design the cheesy flea costumes for the Geico- Fleas Playing Badminton commercial. They were intentionally low-tech for comedic effect.

Here’s the final design:

Geico- Fleas Playing Badminton final designGeico- Fleas Playing Badminton final design

Initially I was asked to explore a more realistic flea costume design, but then they were determined to be too scary. I don’t disagree, and this just isn’t as funny:

Geico- Fleas Playing Badminton preliminary design deemed too scary ;)

Here’s the spot:

 

 

Trip Advisor Owl

I helped design Little Wiser, the owl in the latest Trip Advisor ad campaign. He’s kind-of a mashup of a burrowing owl with horns. The Legacy Effects team did a fine job with the puppet.

Trip Advisor- Little Wiser owl design

Here’s the spot:

 

Snapple- Carp Diem Commercial

This is a fish I designed for the Snapple- Carp Diem commercial that aired a while back. I explored a couple types of fish, but the director and agency decided on a wide-eyed, bewildered looking fish, which was definitely funnier. I digitally sculpted this fish, so Legacy Effects 3D printed my design and turned it into the puppet for the spot.

Here are a few of the designs:

Snapple- Carp Diem fish design

USA Colony Series RAP design

A while back I had the chance to help design the “RAPs” or “Hosts” from the USA tv series, Colony I was never clued into what these things are, so I cranked out some various designs; some were more organic, some more “space suit” based. This design resonated with the production team, and they went for it. I was surprised how quickly the design process went, and before I know it, Legacy Effects was requesting the 3D files for print.

Here’s the final design:

Colony Final RAP design

The show is pretty cool. Check it out HERE!