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The Beginning: My graphic design training began in high school in the 90's - when Adobe software was young and so was I. At 16, as a budding illustrator, my first job was for a locally managed national hotel chain.
Formal Education: I earned a Bachelor's Degree in the Art Institute of Colorado's inaugural Media Arts and Animation program. Connecting with that network of artists mastering a variety of skillsets and interests illuminated the power and pleasure of collaboration, spurring me to pursue and procure our first animation client in 2001: Red Rocks Film on the Rocks for the City of Denver.
The rest is history - leading to a future of evolving alongside advances in digital technology, the dawn and dominance of social platforms, the rise of video-capable internet - and the unwavering, if not fortified, virtue of storytelling.
- I'm a family man who works out of his home studio in Lakewood, CO
- After hopping the Midwest, Colorado has been my home for about 35 years
- I may not HAVE to walk my kids to and from school each day, but I love that I GET to
- I'm a positive, friendly, smiling, easygoing kind of guy
- I tend to enjoy talking to people
- Beyond the surface level, their driving passions intrigue me
- I'm a lover, not a fighter
- An imperfect Christian slinging love, not judgement
- Musically, a Drummer
- Ninja Skills: 20% graybelt (faded from a 2nd degree black belt)
- I had a Bentley rental service for 5 years
- I'm not Marty Byrde, but do have a house at the Lake of the Ozarks
- I've binged Ozark, Squid Game, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Handmaid's Tale, etc.
- I'd binge ice cream, too, if even 1 out of 5 doctors recommended it
- I have 800+ comic strips with my Ham & Cheez characters
- Stories for page and screen drift through my resting mind
- I love thunderstorms, and petrichor is one great scent
- Never should have watched Arachniphobia
Testimonials
Decades of Clients Becoming Friends
I feel that a great measure of my success over the years is how many client relationships have grown into friendships. There’s a testimony in earning repeat and referral business for twenty-five years. Then, with those same folks, enjoying Colorado’s concerts, mountains, breweries, BBQs, life and family milestones, and more fun with human connections.
There’s usually room for more creative work, and always room for more friendships along the way*.
*Non-contracted interpersonal fun not required