I’m Todd, the ‘All-Purpose Designer’ - Welcome to my portfolio…
Over the years I’ve had many opportunities to showcase my talents in a variety of creative ways from award winning product & UI innovations, corporate marketing & branding, eye catching graphic & packaging design, entertaining & informative animation, engaging environmental concepts, & creative illustration in a multitude of styles.
My range of skills combined with out of the box thinking has touched every aspect of art & design over the course of my career. I hope you have fun exploring my work & consider me as your ‘all-purpose designer’ for your organization.
All industries that serve the public are vital keeping our lives intact, protected, & running at a seamless pace. Whether it be the military, construction, mining, chemical processing, energy & utility companies, public works, agriculture, or first responders, they can only keep us safe if we keep them safe.
My experience in the safety products industry has allowed me the opportunity to design products that help users remain unharmed & to prevent possible fatalities on the worksite.
Collaborating on many teams that include mechanical engineers, software developers, material scientists, chemists, & customers who use these devices on a daily basis has allowed me to create award winning safety devices that have not only been used by customers in these fields, but also have protected family & friends making this one of the most fulfilling aspects of my career.
My first love has always been illustration. As a kid I would spend hours upon hours getting lost in worlds with characters of my own creation as we went on endless adventures together.
As the years passed my passion for drawing grew & has served me in both personal & professional pursuits as a freelance artist & in a full-time corporate setting. My skills have been utilized for branding, technical instruction, & promotional work.
It continues to be a pastime that I love to engage in not only in my profession, but as a way to stretch my ‘artistic muscles’ for the fun & enjoyment of creating.
With an immense love for illustration, branding, & any opportunity be creative it only made sense to pursue my first degree in field of Graphic Design.
Merging my communication skills with my artistic talents was a no-brainer that allowed me to bring a practicality to my work that could easily be translated into corporate identity, packaging design, point of purchase displays, logo creation, icon development, & marketing to name a few.
The desire for ways to visually captivate an audience is something I crave & lends itself to a universal need to create a voice, identity, & a vision for those who need it most. This has given me a chance to work with global teams that have added new ideas, perspective, & diversity that inspires my work.
Breathing ‘life’ into my creations was like a dream come true for me. The difference between a static image vs. one that moves, emotes, & can captivate an audience is like nothing I’ve ever experienced before in my work. Once I created my first motion graphic I was completely hooked.
Being a lover of animation & cinema, I rushed at the chance to learn all that I could about creating practical, digital, & audio effects, along with story boarding & editing to achieve my goals. Self-taught & incredibly motivated to expand my capabilities, I’m constantly learning how to improve my process for an artform that excites me while entertaining & informing my viewers.