Meet Mike

I am a creative director, art director, illustrator, animator, and artist who loves turning big ideas into beautiful, thoughtful work. With a career spanning agencies, production studios, and my own ventures, I have led teams from concept to launch on major international campaigns, blending strategy and artistry to create meaningful brand experiences. When I’m not working in animation and advertising, I’m always diving into new creative experiments—playing with different mediums, textures, and ideas to see what unexpected forms of art emerge. It’s my space to explore, take risks, and let curiosity lead the way.

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Design / Art Direction

Verdant Creatures Branding

Branding titled 'Verdant Creatures' with tribal-style symbols and an eye in a crown above the title.
A digital graphic with twelve abstract aquatic-themed designs in blue, pink, and teal colors, labeled under 'Aquatic Deep'. The designs incorporate eye shapes, water, and coral motifs, with a color scheme including blue (#5262E5), pink (#FFCACC), teal (#91EDE7), and dark navy background.
A collection of twelve stylized, geometric icons inspired by nature, labeled as 'Grassland Sun'. The icons incorporate green, orange, dark green, and light blue colors, representing shrubs, lions, acacia trees, and larks.
A collection of stylistic desert-themed symbols and icons in earthy colors of dune, red rock, night sky, and snake, with a label reading 'Desert Sun' at the top.
A chart showing various symbols representing Tundra Aurora icons, with a legend indicating color codes: blue for glacier, red for salmon, white for polar, and dark blue for burrow.
A website homepage for Verdant Creatures featuring a dark green background and navigation links for Work, About, Contact, and an Instagram icon. There is a gold
Screenshot of an online gallery page with a green header containing a quote about the effectiveness of illustration in visual communication. Below the header are several colorful digital illustrations, including a landscape with birds and a lake, a girl having a picnic in a park, and a coastal scene with pelicans and mountains.
A collection of stylized tree and nature symbols labeled under 'Forest Understory' with color keys for spruce, pine straw, verdant, and owl.
Color palette chart with color names and hex codes, including Spruce, Pine Straw, Verdant, Owl, River, Coral, Jellyfish, Deep, Shrub, Lion, Acacia, Dune, Red Rock, Night Sky, Lark, Snake, Glacier, Polar, Burrow, Salmon.
Homepage of Verdant Creatures website with a green background, logo of a stylized creature, and menu options 'Work', 'About', 'Contact', a button 'Hire Us!', and a central message about their mission to protect the Earth.

Anchor Point Branding

Set of color and style variations of the Anchor Point logo, featuring a triangle with a circle inside and the words 'ANCHOR POINT' in different colors and fonts.
A website homepage for Anchor Point featuring a large digital artwork titled 'Wonder' with abstract purple and blue spheres and a play icon. The navigation menu includes links to All Work, Directors, and Contact. Additional artwork thumbnails are visible below, including a woman with pink glasses and a purple headpiece, a swan on blue water, a hand opening a box, and a smiling cartoon girl with blonde hair and a crown.
A website homepage for Anchor Point featuring a grid of animated and illustrated images, including characters, space scenes, and objects, with navigation links at the top labeled "All Work," "Directors," and "Contact."
White line drawing of a pediatrician's stethoscope on a pink background.
Pink background with white text and logo for Anchor Point Animation 101.

Top Pot Doughnuts Design & Illustration

Coffee cup, glazed donut on a blue plate, and a postcard advertising Top Pot Doughnuts with a building and palm trees
A white bag of Top Pot Coffee featuring a logo with a vintage-style man holding a fishing rod, reading 'Federale our flagship roast'. The bag indicates a net weight of 12 ounces or 340 grams.
A festive winter scene outside a bakery decorated for Christmas with snow on the ground and building. The bakery has Christmas wreaths and a sign reading 'The Original Hand Forged Doughnuts.' Inside the windows, children and adults are enjoying doughnuts and coffee. Outside, a man is pulling children on a sled, and a dog is sitting nearby.
A white bag of Topp Coffee decaffeinated ground coffee with a round label that features a person pouring water over a coffee cup, and text indicating it is decaffeinated with a mountain water process. The weight is 12 oz (340 grams).
Black bag of coffee labeled 'French Roast' from Top Pot Coffee Roasters, Seattle, WA with gold decorative lines and lettering.
Pink T-shirt with graphic design for the annual Top Pot Doughnut Dash, featuring illustrations of doughnuts, trees, and a camper van.
Sign for Top Pot with a large doughnut graphic and a coffee cup illustration, listing products including doughnuts, ice cream, espresso, and coffee.

Fremont Beer Scene

BECU - Boeing Employees Credit Union Illustrations

Stadium Collector’s Cards Packaging

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