Design for TV & Theater

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Props & Scenery for Rimba's Island

I created giant props and scenic elements for Rimba's Island for two seasons. As the actors were all in giant animal costumes, everything had to be oversize and given a…

Logos & Branding

I’ve created a lot of logos and packaging over the years, sometimes for real world products and sometimes for fictitious products used on TV shows. Here you can see logos…

Sculpting Projects

I sculpt with both sculpting foam and with Super Sculpy. I've also worked with Styrofoam and various types of clay.

Police Sketches & Portraits

I was the police sketch artist for a popular crime drama for a couple of years. I was even used as the onscreen police sketch artist twice.

Photo Manipulation & Photo Rescue

Graphics

Prop Art

Photo Manipulation and Photo Rescue

It has been a useful skill set to be able to adjust photos as needed for a project. Sometimes it is basic corrective, and other times I have transplanted heads…

Packaging

These are a few examples of packaging that I have developed for onscreen products. These examples mostly used stock images as it is quicker to simply pay for an existing…

Faux Book Covers & Interiors

I have created book covers for many books – many for fictitious editions for TV shows, and quite a few for books in the real world. For many of the…

Faux Documents, Badges, Maps...

I've created oodles of random graphic elements for TV shows. From game boards to packaging to business cards.

Scenic Painting

I was a scenic artist on quite a few television shows, theatrical productions and commercials over the years – mostly in the 80s and 90s. I was the lead scenic on…

Hand Puppets

I've always been a little in love with puppetry. Particularly with creating puppets. Company's production of Everyman when I was just out of college. Strength, Beauty, Discretion, and The Five…

Adventures in Biggleland

I was hired to design Biggleland for Adventures in Biggleland. First I was just hired to create a house for the characters – I ended up taping off my dining…

Painting in Homes

I have done a lot of painting in private homes. From simple scumble textures to murals. In the dome I inset tiny barely visible rhinestones here and there in the…

Children's Theater Sets

Scenery for various children's theater productions. Reynard the Fox for Northside Theater Group, Aladdin and The Three Little Pigs for Deaf West... there have been quite a few children's productions…

String Puppets

String puppets always seemed rather magical when I was young. I occasionally make them as an adult.

Twelfth NIght

I was hired to be the guest set designer for a production of Twelfth Night at West Valley Junior College in San Jose, CA. The skeletal designs were greatly enhanced…

Set Designs for Cabaret

I designed the scenery for the musical Cabaret. It won the regional award for the American Theater Festival in 1985 and was on display at the Kennedy Center when I…

Sets for Opera San Jose

I designed several productions for Opera San Jose. I designed sets for L'Elisir d'Amore, Don Pasquale, Fledermaus, Un Ballo Maschera, and sets and costumes for Cosi Fan Tutte.

Scenery for Sacramento Music Circus

I designed two summer seasons at Sacramento Music Circus. Their stage is in the round and it revolves. My One & Only with Ken Barry, The Wizard of Oz with…

Oedipus Schmedipus: As Long As You Love Your Mother

I designed the scenery for the first production of Rue McClanahan's Oedipus Schmedipus: As Long As You Love Your Mother. The musical is one part Funny Thing Happened On The…

Children's Play Franchise

I was a set designer on this franchise where children could play with their favorite characters. I reworked some existing designs from previous locations and created a new ground plan…

Annie for San Jose Children's Musical Theater

I created sets and costumes for Annie for San Jose Children's Musical Theater. It was a tremendous project. We had about 120 orphans and we were playing at the San…

Ondine at San Jose State

I was pretty excited to design the sets for Ondine in my first year in the SJSU theater department. It was a nice looking production. Costumes were by Betty Poindexter…

Random Sculpting

Just various sculpting projects with porcelain, Super Sculpy, and foam.

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