I’m a detail-oriented artist, illustrator, game designer, writer and editor. I live in San Francisco with my family and our dog.
Skills: visual development, storyboarding, worldbuilding, manga, comics, webcomics, video games, tabletop roleplaying games, boardgames, gameplay design, narrative design, dialogue writing, world design, character design, dialogue writing, digital media, screenwriting, copywriting, copyediting, illustration, traditional drawing skills, concept art
Story Development & Concept Artist
Worked as Story Artist for Illumination Entertainment ("The Super Mario Bros. Movie" and "Minions: The Rise of Gru") and Synchronicity Society (unreleased animated TV series).
Worked with directors, producers, storyboard artists and animators to create key moments, beat boards, concept art, gags, characters, and environments for fast weekly delivery.
RPG Illustration & Writing
Freelance artist and adventure writer for Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons line, as well as Swordfish Islands, Yoon-Suin, Magical Kitties, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Call of Cthulhu & other roleplaying games. Won a Silver ENnie Award for “Best Cartography” for A New Map of Hot Springs Island.
Game Designer
Created, playtested and managed freelance writers for the roleplaying game “Dreamland” (as yet unpublished).
With Jumana Al Hashal, designed the tabletop games "Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics" and "Cartooner," both published by Japanime Games.
Author
Wrote the Eisner-nominated "Manga: The Complete Guide", the only English encyclopedia of Japanese comics, published by Random House.
Wrote “King of RPGs,” a two-volume graphic novel series with art by Victor Hao.
Graphic Novel Artist & Illustrator
Drew and Kickstarted graphic novel adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories.”
Drew numerous other book & poster illustrations, including maps for Annalee Newitz’s “Four Lost Cities” (named a Best Book of the Year by NPR), The Map of Zombies, The Map of Alien Invaders, “Team Murder Hobo Assemble,” and numerous other book, magazine and game illustrations.
Managing Editor
Launched two national magazines for VIZ: Shonen Jump (www.shonenjump.com) and Game On! USA. Managed production staff, copy editors, freelance writers, translators and artists to ensure timely delivery of five to ten manuscripts a month of 200 page graphic novels.
Worked as Manga Editor for Otaku USA magazine from 2007-2017, writing and managing reviewers. I still write reviews for the magazine.
Dialogue & Localization Editor
10+ years of experience as a manga editor for VIZ and Random House. Wrote final English dialogue, promotional copy and back-cover text and edited the English-language edition of over 30 manga including One Piece, Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Fullmetal Alchemist, Shaman King, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Hana-Kimi, Uzumaki, Street Fighter and others.