GHOST STORY GAMES

In collaboration with fellow designer Zoë Brookes, I helped create the brand icon mark and style guide for rebranding Irrational Games to Ghost Story Games. Working closely with the client we crafted a versatile mark that evoked the nostalgia of gathering around a campfire,  and the studio's immersive, story-driven game projects. Our work, combined with the studio’s addition of the Ghost Story Games logotype, created the cohesive final logo and aesthetic of their exciting, new brand.   

Irrational Games, client
Ken Levine, creative direction

SANSHEE

Pitch book for marketing to new clients.

Designed the 36-page book layout from the ground up for dual purpose print and PDF use, along with all internal illustrations, icons, and info-graphics to effectively represent the company's approach, capabilities, and product portfolio.

Sanshee, creative direction

RIOT GAMES

Omega Squad Teemo hoodie and patch illustration for League of Legends store.

League of Legends, property
Riot Games, creative direction

SANSHEE

Created a variety of materials for the Sanshee merchandise booth at gaming conventions.

Designed the system and layout of booth product panels, making them scalable to suit all existing and future IP assets, include variants, and copyright, and created an icon-based menu pricing guide. 

Planned and assembled monthly pamphlets as booth takeaways to advertise new merchandise and coupon codes. 

Crafted branded vinyl signage, pipe-and-drape walls, banners, and custom tablecloths for the booth, special events, and VIP signings.

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Stylized illustrations of iconic BioShock characters and items for use as stickers. 

BioShock, property
Irrational Games, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Licensed and original enamel pin designs. Also featured are their respective packaging cards that were created to accommodate all licensed brands, as well as delineate Sanshee Original designs.  

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Shirt badge illustration and typography for the Bull’s Chargers mercenaries. 

Dragon Age: Inquisition, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Concepted, designed, and engineered a line of detailed collector's plush for fans. Defined visual style that was scalable to many video game and entertainment characters for plush creation. 

Packaging was key to the product as it was a collector's item and needed to reinforce the high-quality of the plush. I created a unique hang tag along with a series of collector's cards, both providing an engaging experience for the customer, and also maximizing shipping capability to conventions.

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Stylized schematic design of battle vehicle, Sophia-III, featuring in-game heraldry and detailed turnarounds. Silkscreened onto high-quality 100 lb paper. 

Blaster Master Zero, property
Inti Creates, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Created marketing asset kits for promotions like product launches and seasonal sales.

This included social media graphics for Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and coordinating banners, buttons, collection headers, and backgrounds for the company website. 

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Shirt badge illustration and typography.

Dragon Age, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Collection of graphic badge illustrations created for several Star Wars characters: Yoda, a Stormtrooper, and Boba Feet. These were used to create type lockups for licensing on t-shirts, etc.

Star Wars, property
Disney, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

SANSHEE

Created original pattern to be used on branded poly mailers for shipping products. Wanted to represent our merchandise and also help reinforce our brand personality and lifestyle. The pattern also became useful for many website and social media applications.

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Schematic blueprint illustration of in-game Matter Manipulator tool.

Starbound, property
Chucklefish Games, client
Sanshee, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of infographic illustrations I created for front-of-box callouts on the rebranded Transformers toy line. Since these new products demonstrated sophisticated mechanisms for one-step transformations, it was essential to communicate each toy's function to the consumer and just how exciting it was. 
 
I worked closely with the creative director to establish a look for these infographics to suit the packaging they were being developed alongside. The challenge was to communicate the function of these wonderfully complex toys in a manner that had emotional/visual appeal without occupying much box real estate. This required a thorough understanding of how each worked and how best to translate that in a fun, high-action, easily-digested graphic.
 
The project required the illustration of 22 Transformers products, and with 3 views each that resulted in 66 finished infographics. 
 
Transformers, property
Hasbro, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

RIOT GAMES

Draven shirt illustration for League of Legends store.

League of Legends, property
Riot Games, creative direction

SANSHEE

Standard and deluxe business card designs.

Deluxe cards were modeled after Sanshee plush Collector's Cards. Created stylized portrait illustration for each employee's personal "collector's" business card, complete with a short bio, likes, and dislikes.  These portraits also served as company digital avatars. 

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

T-shirt heraldry illustration.

Dragon Age II, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of Transformers schematic illustrations I created for packaging and brand manual art applications. Staying on model is essential for these graphics as the Transformers' robot and car modes are core to the brand and consumer.

This liner art was built on an established box design, and the goal was to create schematic blueprints that were both visually complex and easy to repurpose for each character. By simply rescaling front/profile views of the Robot and Car modes, you were able to create custom liner in a short amount of time.
 
Transformers, property
Hasbro, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction
Chris Ford, Camaro front/profile schematic

RIOT GAMES

Corki hoodie illustration for League of Legends store.

League of Legends, property
Riot Games, creative direction

SANSHEE

Designed variety of licensed jewelry merchandise and accompanying branded packaging box. 

Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Grey Warden heraldry illustration for t-shirt.

Dragon Age, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Original sticker designs created to translate well on enamel pins and other merchandise.

Sanshee, creative direction
 

SANSHEE

T-shirt heraldry illustration with accompanying sleeve detail.

Dragon Age: Inquisition, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction
 

SANSHEE

Art deco illustration of the underwater city of Rapture for t-shirts and hoodies.

BioShock, property
Irrational Games, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Design and typographic treatment for Yasogami High School shirt.

Persona 4, property
Atlus, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Collection of Dota 2 merchandise items designed for a client pitch. This includes an enormous illustrated map from in-game, a signet ring design, and two illustrations I concepted and art directed freelancers to create for application on shirts, aprons, and tote bags.

Dota 2, property
Valve, client
Sanshee, creative direction

RIOT GAMES

Official Heimerdinger shirt illustration for League of Legends store.

League of Legends, property
Riot Games, creative direction

SANSHEE

Badge lockup illustration and typography for use on t-shirts. Later adapted to create deluxe metal pins.

Sid Meier’s Civilization, property
Take-Two Interactive, client
Sanshee, creative direction

SANSHEE

Pattern design inspired by Grey Warden and Inquisition faction iconography. Adapted for use on crew socks, knee socks, infinity scarves, and knit scarves.

Dragon Age, property
BioWare, client
Sanshee, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of licensing illustrations for the Angry Birds brand, including Angry Birds Classic, Space, Star Wars, Toons and Angry Birds Go!

Angry Birds, property
Rovio, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of licensing pattern work for the Angry Birds brand, including Angry Birds Classic, Space, Star Wars, Toons and Angry Birds Go!
 
Angry Birds, property
Rovio, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of original illustrations for the Bad Piggies brand licensing manual.

Bad Piggies, property
Rovio, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

PILOT STUDIO

Selection of licensing illustrations and pattern work for the Bad Piggies brand.

Bad Piggies, property
Rovio, client
Pilot Studio, creative direction

PERSONAL

A graphic tribute to Johnny Cash.
 

PERSONAL

Inspired by the daily Boston cycling commute and designed for a Chrome sponsored t-shirt challenge, this graphic was eventually selected and printed by Threadless.