Video Game Creative Services
I head up the Creative Services group for Maximum Games / Modus, a video game publisher based in the Bay Area. I came onboard when they were a small, junior team, and helped to mentor and guide the Designers and Editors, growing the team and increased our capacity but also the quality of our output. I’ve got a fantastic team and the lowest turnover of any department in the company.
Except for a few examples where I’ve sketched out compositions myself, my team does all the heavy lifting - I spend my time giving feedback on designs and providing inspiration or alternate ideas when they get stuck, managing their workloads so they are kept busy but don’t burnout, and mentoring/guiding them to become independent art producers who can work with clients and manage communication and timelines well.
Override 2 Ultraman Edition - Key Art - Worked with agency and artist to produce.
Override 2 Ultraman Ed. - Pre-Order unit created by my Graphic Designers.
Rustler - Key Art - Final art on PS4 packshot.
Rustler - Key Art - Early Sketches I did for the title.
Rustler - Key Art - A later Round of Sketching I did.
Corporate Branding - Maximum Entertainment. Worked with my Lead Designer from Research phase through sketching, exploration, refinement and finish-details.
Corporate Branding - Modus (Video Game Publishing label). Worked with my Lead Designer from Research and Sketch through finish.
Among Us Collector’s Ed. - Lenticular insert with ‘animated’ motion inside die-cut slip case.
Ninjin - Nintendo Switch Packaging Coversheet file.
Them’s Fightin’ Herds - Nintendo Switch Packaging Coversheet.
God of Rock - Key Art - Research & Sketching done internally, finish art produced with agency.
Dead Alliance - Xbox Packshot of Key Art. Produced with artist and agency.
Corporate Branding - Modus (Video Game Publishing Label). Excerpt from Branding Guide.
Corporate Branding - Modus animated logo. Worked with my Lead Video Producer to refine a ‘glitch’ animation of the logo treatment.
Among Us Limited Collector’s Ed - Worked with my Designers and cross-functional teams to conceive and produce the multi-component special edition packaging.
Five Nights at Freddy’s Collector’s Edition.
Maximum Football - Key Art - Worked with agency to produce final art.
Override - Key Art - Worked internally on Research and Sketching, worked with agency to produce final art.
In Sound Mind - Key Art - Worked with agency and artist to produce art.
Rustler - Key Art used to create various Digital Storefront ‘metadata’ assets.
Stela Comics
A comics App on iPhone and Android, serving up original episodic comics created specifically for the vertical-scrolling of phones. In my role as Creative Director and Editor in Chief at the start-up, I built an Editorial Team and signed/recruited a whole slate of comics creators (a mix of bigger, more established creators and newer talent), then worked with them as an Editor and Producer to get comics finished on time and at quality standards. Much of the work centered around the unique form of vertical comics and how it impacted normal comic storytelling techniques, making sure creators understood the leap from flipping pages to an endless vertical scroll.
This is a selection of titles and samples from the lineup.
