OBJECTIVE:
Writer seeking freelance or staff position in creative storytelling, script writing and/or concept work for video games, film and comic book productions.
SUMMARY:
Experienced in storytelling and script writing for comics and film. Specialties include writing for science-fiction, fantasy/horror, and super-hero genres as well as the adaptation of previously published works.
Prior illustration experience includes character design and interior artwork for print as well as layout for posters and books. First-hand knowledge of Corel Painter IX and Photoshop
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2007-2008: Worked as a full-time Writer for TimeGate Studios in Sugar Land, TX. Responsibilities included: the production of test documents to be used in focus group research, the creation of all written concepts ranging from bullet point story outlines to final game scripts, the perpetual update of in-depth story and character biographies, the compilation of cinematic and in-game dialogue scripts for voice recording and the selection and placement of recorded takes in-game.
2007: Independent contractor for TomMarcoux.com, Inc. writing the science-fiction comic series TimePulse. Responsibilities include the adaptation, and expansion, of the original audio novel into comic format as well as the writing of finished production scripts.
2007: Named as a Top Ten Semi-finalists in Platinum Studio's Comic Book Challenge 2007 for the comic book The Strange and Many Eyes of Dr. LeFaux
1997-99: Worked free-lance with Pulsar Games Inc. as an interior artist for The Blood of Heroes RPG and The Blood of Heroes: Sidekick Sourcebook.
1997-98: Worked free-lance with Pulsar Games Inc. as a character designer and interior artist for The Blood of Heroes RPG.
EDUCATION:
2003-2007: Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
M.F.A., Illustration
2001: Ball State University, Muncie, IN
B.F.A., Fine Art Studio – Specialization in drawing
1987-90: Hanna Barbera animation workshop taught by Lynn Arnsperger.
1984-86: Fine art classes taught by Linda Fisher. Miami University: Hamilton, OH
AWARDS:
2001: Ball State Department of Art Award given to Elephanto Majora in Minnetrista Art Show – Muncie, IN.
MEMBERSHIPS:
1987: Ohio Valley Association for the Gifted and Talented.
ART EXHIBITIONS:
2003: Mixed Media Drawing: Robot-Town featured in, Robot Artwork exhibition in Chicago, Illinois.
2002: Mixed Media Drawing: Elephanto Majora exhibited in The 2002 National Drawing Exhibition at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
2002: Mixed Media Drawing: The Escape of Doll-Boy exhibited in Ball State Department of Art Annual Student Show.
2001: Senior Thesis Solo Exhibition: The King of Indiana. Elliott Hall, Ball State University.
2001: Ink and Watercolor Drawing: Saki the Hero Monkey and Mixed Media Painting: Kindergarten Lesson exhibited at Ball State Department of Art Senior Exhibition.
2001: Mixed Media Painting: Kindergarten Lesson exhibited in the Twelfth Annual Humpback Barn Festival.
2001: Mixed Media Drawing: Elephanto Majora exhibited in Ball State Department of Art Drawing Exhibition.
2001: Clayboard Drawing: Mr. Snazzy Bones’ Night on the Town, and Mixed Media Drawing Elephanto Majora exhibited in Ball State Department of Art Annual Student Show.
2001: Mixed Media Drawing: Elephanto Majora and Ink and Watercolor painting: Peter Pan and Captain Hook exhibited in Annual Minnestrista Cultural Center Art Show, Muncie, IN.
2000: Ink and Watercolor paining: Love: the Kiss exhibited in the Eleventh Annual Humpback Barn Festival, based on poem by Susan Fraser.
2000: Ink and Watercolor painting: Peter Pan and Captain Hook on display in Braken Library Student Exhibition, Muncie, IN.
2000: Ink and Brush drawing: The Big Jungle Adventure exhibited in Ball State Department of Art Annual Student Show.
1999: Pen and Ink drawing: Fertility exhibited as a part of In Good Company, Student Exhibition.
1999: Pen and Ink drawings: Birth of Bad Language and Fertility exhibited in
The Annual Minnetrista Cultural Center Art Show.
1999: Artwork on display at the 1999 Gencon Game Fair Annual Art Show.
1999: Pen and Ink drawing: Frankenstein exhibited in the Ball State
Department of Art Annual Student Show.