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Published in 3×3 Illustration Annual

After submitting for the past 4 years, my work is finally good enough to land on the pages of the 3×3 Illustration Annual. I’m beyond excited about this and hope to get lucky again next year. Over 6,000 submissions and only about 450 get into the book, it’s pretty wild. If you pick up your copy, find me on page 122. Share → Tweet

Award Winning Proud FM Advertisements

I’m super thrilled my ads for Proud FM have been pretty popular this year. I worked on this series during last summer, but only recently have they been released. It’s really been, what I think, is my best work to date. Thanks to a wonderful team of people I got to work with including, Instil Productions’ Philip Rostron, Saatchi & Saatchi’s Joel Arbez and Matt Antonello. I can’t wait till the next one :). See my winning artwork featured in Marketing MAgazine 2014 & Applied Arts Photography and Illustration 2014... Read The Rest →

Lone Wolf Magazine Feature

My recent interview for Lone Wolf magazine. What a gorgeous issue, pick up a copy in the book store, there’s so much lovely work. I’m so happy to be featured, thanks Lone Wolf!  Read about my beginnings as a sculpture artist and how I discover my style. Share → Tweet

The Sheepdogs Dolls & The Juno Award

A year ago, I was approached by the very talented photographer /director Matt Barnes from Westside Studio about a very exciting project for The Sheepdog’s new music video “Feeling Good”. I was asked to recreate the band members from The Sheepdogs and their individual likeness as dolls. The goal was to make them as realistic as possible so they can be in their own video in live action through their doppelganger miniatures. Every little detail from skin, to hair and facial hair was carefully crafted and painted by hand. It... Read The Rest →