Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Sets needed to be made to different 'scales' to match the toys which needed to look different but cohesive. This one, 'rose bush interior small toy' was built to match the following two images. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Sets needed to be made to different 'scales' to match the toys which needed to look different but cohesive. This one, 'rose bush interior large toy' was built to match the previous and following images. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Sets needed to be made to different 'scales' to match the toys which needed to look different but cohesive. This one, 'rose bush exterior' was built to match the previous two images. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - This set needed to match a star shaped locket toy, so I modeled it in blender and then used a plugin to 'unfold' the model into something that could be sent to a cutting plotter. It was then assembled by my team. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Sets needed to be made to different 'scales' to match the toys which needed to look different but cohesive. This one, 'inside the icecream machine' was built to match the following image. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Sets needed to be made to different 'scales' to match the toys which needed to look different but cohesive. This one, 'inside the icecream machine' was built to match the previous image. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - In this image, we see a quick concept sketch for an 'icecream machine' to be approved by Mattel, see next image for the final product. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - In this image, we see the 'icecream machine' as shown built from the quick concept image before. From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - In this episode, we needed to remake the toy shown in the lower left as a larger set, a picture of which follows. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Polly Pocket - Art Director

Polly Pocket - Apartment D - Personally created this 'drone/hovercraft' to match an existing toy of a different scale. - From one of six episodes from a YouTube seires which I acted as Art Director on. Led a team of two other people. Throughout the series, aside from the design of the sets, I also did most of the painting, construction and all of the cricut paper designs.

Hotsprings Hill

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - All sculpting of rocks and ground of foreground piece, as well as application of ground texture/dirt/grass

Hotsprings Hill - Process

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - All sculpting of rocks and ground of foreground piece, as well as application of ground texture/dirt/grass. Process shot during carving.

Jurassic Park

Spielburgers - Carl's Jr. - One of five sets I worked on for this advertising campaign. On this one I assembled most of the parts, adding the wires and all of the plant life. I also constructed the cutter in the background and covered it in plant life as well. I cast and installed the molding on all of these sets.

Flocking - Tiny Chef's House

For the Tiny Chef Show I provided the flocking (grass texture) on both the interior and exterior of the 'tree stump home' both before and after it was 'renovated' (exterior pre-renovation shown)

Flocking - Tiny Chef's House

For the Tiny Chef Show I provided the flocking (grass texture) on both the interior and exterior of the 'tree stump home' both before and after it was 'renovated' (interior, post-renovation shown)

Miniature Bread

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Creation of bread/breadbags/ties. Bread is made from expanding foam in an extremely simple mold which was painted and then sliced.

Miniature Bread

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Creation of bread/breadbags/ties. Bread is made from expanding foam in an extremely simple mold which was painted and then sliced. Ruler for scale.

Albatross Flocking

Provided a fluffy finish to this Albatross puppet on its head and leg nubs for THE FISH by PES

Present

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - created box and bow, the present is hollow and capable of being opened, with a finished interior. Made from cardstock, wrapping and ribbons.

Nutcracker Yak

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Made from MDF and Plastic, designed and created "wooden" yak nutcracker toy. Mouth is fully poseable. Pictured on a 1 inch grid.

Nutcracker Yak

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Made from MDF and Plastic, designed and created "wooden" yak nutcracker toy. Mouth is fully poseable. Pictured on a 1 inch grid. Made multiples.

Happy Holidays Livingroom

Apartment D - Happy Holidays - Was the Art Director for this short film. Created and dressed decorations. (also assisted with puppet building, camerawork and practical VFX).

Canteen

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Creation of canteen including braised on metal strip for a completely poseable strap.

Megaphone

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Carved from 20lb foam with a wire cord. Cord is fully poseable.

Megaphone

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Carved from 20lb foam with a wire cord. Cord is fully poseable.

Gingerbread Cadillac

GINGERBREAD (music video) - Created over the course of three days, did all painting and custom modeling work. Mixed media. Toy car is functional, with working headlights and motor with radio controller. Can move forwards, backwards and the custom candy wheels can turn.

Gingerbread Cadillac Interior

GINGERBREAD (music video) - Created over the course of three days, did all painting and custom modeling work. Mixed media. Toy car is functional, with working headlights and motor with radio controller. Can move forwards, backwards and the custom candy wheels can turn.

Fig's Boat

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Designed boat to specific size requirements of puppet and set, modeled out of wood and plastics.

Fig's Boat

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Designed boat to specific size requirements of puppet and set, modeled out of wood and plastics.

E.T.

Spielburgers - Carl's Jr. - One of five sets I worked on as part of this advertising campaign. Assisted with some of the painting, added plant life, assembled pieces and did all of the dirt/grass work.

Cave Set

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Process shot of a set I was in the middle of sculpting out of styrofoam. Ended up being used on a few different sets.

Miniature Bouquets

Tumble Leaf - Season 4 - Created roughly 20 unique tiny flower bouquets wrapped in paper for a flower shop.

Miniature Bouquets

Tumble Leaf - Season 4 - Created roughly 20 unique tiny flower bouquets wrapped in paper for a flower shop scene. Picture of a few in the flower shop.

Willow Fountain Grass

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - I was pretty regularly in charge of adding grass on Tumble Leaf, this is an example of some tufts I put in on our willow tree set.

Miniature Sliny Snake

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created several "wooden" toys for a scene. These snakes are fully pose-able like a real wooden snake toy. Pictured on a 1 inch grid.

Miniature Slinky Snake

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created several "wooden" toys for a scene. These snakes are fully pose-able like a real wooden snake toy. Pictured with ruler for scale.

Maple's Food Cart

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created breads, sandwiches, condiments, cheeses, tomatoes, onions and lettuce. Dressed onto cart.

Cheese and Tomatoes

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created slices of cheese and tomatoes. Did all painting/tinting on both.

Blue Cheese

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created miniature blue cheese. Ruler for scale.

Crackers

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created and plated miniature crackers. Ruler for scale.

Miniature Salad

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created salad components and bowl. Bowl is made out of wood turned on a lathe. Did all painting/staining.

Club Sandwich

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - One of several varieties of sandwich I created. Created/painted/tinted/assembled all components.

Headlamp

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created headlamp and buckle, and attached with elastic.

Headlamp

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created headlamp and buckle, and attached with elastic. Buckle is pressure fit to be functional for adjusting strap length for the character's head.

Giant's Causeway - Grass

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Another example of my grass flocking on Tumble Leaf. Also added flowers.

Pie Tins

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created/molded/cast pie tins. Original was made on a lathe from 20lb foam.

Pie Tins

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created/molded/cast pie tins. Original was made on a lathe from 20lb foam.

Maple's Lantern

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Lantern for the outside of one of the character's homes. Built with the capability of housing an LED.

Maple's Lantern

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Two of the early process design concepts. The one on the left was chosen and slightly adjusted by the Art Director for the final product I made pictured previously. Lantern for the outside of one of the character's homes. Built with the capability of housing an LED.

Garden Wall Shelves

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - made a pair of matching wall shelves with duplicates for a duplicate set. L-brackets are metal and the shelves themselves are plastic strips.

Garden Wall Shelves

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - made a pair of matching wall shelves with duplicates for a duplicate set. L-brackets are metal and the shelves themselves are plastic strips.

Foxflowers

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Created methodology to easily mass manufacture a flower that matched concept designs (the blue ones pictured). Designed a number of other bushes, including the ones pictured. Dressed set.

Large "Marshrooms"

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Sculpted a number of custom sized "marshrooms" (marshmellow mushrooms) to match in style and texture to existing sizes. Sculpted from foam.

Forest Elements

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - A typical example of the dirt/grass work I frequently did on Tumble Leaf. The bushes are also my creations as well as a few of the rocks pictured.

Miniature Glue Bottles

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created small scale glue bottles from plastic. One is meant to look squeezed for animation purposes. Ruler for scale.

Miniature Glue Bottles

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created small scale glue bottles from plastic. One is meant to look squeezed for animation purposes. Ruler for scale.

Miniature Brownies

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created several plates of brownies for matching sets. Brownies are a soft, self skinning foam that was put in a rudimentary mold. Six inch ruler for scale.

Miniature Brownies

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created several plates of brownies for matching sets. Brownies are a soft, self skinning foam that was put in a rudimentary mold. Six inch ruler for scale.

Miniature pillows

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sewed and stuffed multiple matching pillows for matching sets.

Miniature Pillows

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sewed and stuffed multiple matching pillows for matching sets.

Miniature Fishing Pole

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a bendable, reelable fishing pole for one of the characters to hold.

Clay Rock Pools

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sculpted several "rock pools" that could be moved around a set. Also mixed custom plasticine colors and poured them into the pools for a finished, even look. Sculpted many other rocks.

Dune Grass

Tumble Leaf - Season 4 - Created several techniques and looks for ground cover application. This is an example of some of the tufty, sandy dune grass I did. Applied all sand, dirt and grass.

Kitchen Cart

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a sturdy cart out of metal and plastic for use in a scene. The wheels are functional.

Kitchen Cart

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a sturdy cart out of metal and plastic for use in a scene. The wheels are functional.

Lagoon Sand and Grass

Tumble Leaf - Season 3 - Another sample of some of the ground work I did on Tumble Leaf. Due to the thickness of the sand as it has to be applied, the edges of the water could not be properly taped. This shows the final product of the paint, sand and grass after drying.

Popcorn Bowl

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Lathed bowl from foam block. One of several dishware pieces I made for Tumble Leaf.

Crates

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Was responsible for the design and creation of a variety of crates which I then molded and cast. I made the originals, molds and casts for all the crates shown.

Lettuce

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a few heads of lettuce surrounded by sprawling leaves. Made from cut and scored foil.

Lettuce

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a few heads of lettuce surrounded by sprawling leaves. Made from cut and scored foil.

Music Box

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Designed and created a music box off of rough size specifications. Has several pose-able moving parts including the record, the gears, the hand-crank and the needle.

Music Box

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Designed and created a music box off of rough size specifications. Has several pose-able moving parts including the record, the gears, the hand-crank and the needle.

Miniature Paper Lanterns

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a number of paper lanterns from wire, foil, tissue paper and glue. Pictured unpainted. Originally designed to be capable of having LEDs installed in them.

Wall Shelf with Hooks

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Designed and created a number of different length wall shelves with hooks. The shelves are MDF and basswood and the hooks are metal.

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Designed and created a number of different length wall shelves with hooks. The shelves are MDF and basswood and the hooks are metal.

Rainbow Apples

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sculpted several tiny apples for use in a scene where the character has a rainbow of apples. Pictured after someone painted them.

Rainbow Apples

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sculpted several tiny apples for use in a scene where the character has a rainbow of apples. Pictured before paint on a 1 inch grid.

Snow Covered Tree

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Created a methodology for making snow covered evergreen trees. Created the tree shown in the center of the characters.

Ship Gardens

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a variety of vegetables and bushes, and dressed them into the gardens. Included pumpkins, peppers, blueberries, tomatoes, lettuce and carrots.

Waterfall Set Rock Sculpture

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Laid out and sculpted several layers of rock for waterfalls to "flow" over. Coated with finishing material.

Waterfall Set Rock Sculpture

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Laid out and sculpted several layers of rock for waterfalls to "flow" over. Coated with finishing material. This is an early process shot of the set as I laid out the levels and began to carve them.

Barnacles

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Sculpted a variety of barnacles which were then molded and used throughout all seasons of the show.

Barnacles

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Sculpted a variety of barnacles which were then molded and used throughout all seasons of the show. Above is a shot from the show displaying the painted barnacles.

Stick Table

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a table meant to appear as though it was made out of sticks and grass, as well as a 10th scale version.

Stick Table

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a table meant to appear as though it was made out of sticks and grass, as well as a 10th scale version.

Wedding Cake Stalagmites

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sculpted a number of stalactites and stalagmites based off of the real world formations "wedding cake stalagmites." These included several sizes (including one giant one) and some that were designed to hold lights. Pictured while they were being painted (not by me).

Wedding Cake Stalagmites

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Sculpted a number of stalactites and stalagmites based off of the real world formations "wedding cake stalagmites." These included several sizes (including one giant one) and some that were designed to hold lights. Process shot.

Galaxy Plant

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created and sculpted an animatable plant with several interchangeable attachments. It had both open and closed top states, as well as the ability to be attached to the set, a pot or a root ball.

Galaxy Plant

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created and sculpted an animatable plant with several interchangeable attachments. It had both open and closed top states, as well as the ability to be attached to the set, a pot or a root ball.

Haystack and Hay Bales

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a few hay bales and a haystack. The haystack is designed to be intractable with the characters, and is therefore hollow with several removable parts that cannot be seen until they are taken out and filled with the characters.

Haystack and Hay Bales

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created a few hay bales and a haystack. The haystack is designed to be intractable with the characters, and is therefore hollow with several removable parts that cannot be seen until they are taken out and filled with the characters.

Beetberry Juice Machine

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - Created an animatable juice machine which two of the characters could hop up and down on. Moving parts include the corks on top of the barrels (which have solid springs beneath them) that move up and down, as well as a move-able spicket.

Crate

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Was responsible for the design and creation of a variety of crates which I then molded and cast. This is a close up of one of the molds and its cast.

Crate

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Was responsible for the design and creation of a variety of crates which I then molded and cast. This is a picture of one of the originals before molding.

Crates

Tumble Leaf - Season 2 - Was responsible for the design and creation of a variety of crates which I then molded and cast. This is a picture of the originals before molding.

Rock Lined Stage

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - One of the earlier stages I made on Tumble Leaf, created floor and cut some existing rocks to fit, as well as created some custom rocks.

Rock Lined Stage Floor

Tumble Leaf - Season 1 - The floorboards of the stage I created.