Oh, hi!

It’s me Christopher. I’m a director, designer, and visual artist. 

I have worked as a pizza delivery driver, graphic designer, animator, video editor, art director, creative director, bagel baker, executive creative director, studio owner, and window washer (not in that order).

I am one half of the Gardeners, and I’m a Founding Friend of the secretive Original Genuine Friends Club®.

My top five most influential artists are Jenny Holzer, John Baldessari, Mike Mills, David O’Reilly, and Agnes Varda.

 

A Little Bit More About Me, Professionally

I like to make things, and I have been doing it for as long as I can remember. My first experience with editing was two VCRs and VHS tapes, and my first animations were MS Paint drawings “brought to life” in Power Point. Eventually, I began working as a self-taught graphic designer and amateur filmmaker. One day, I saw a competition on YouTube for a scholarship to Vancouver Film School. I made a video, submitted it, and won. 

I moved to Seattle shortly after I graduated and have been professionally making things from the Pacific Northwest ever since. I worked for a number of years at a Seattle creative agency called World Famous starting as a motion designer and ending as a creative director. After I left World Famous, I was invited to become an owning partner at Electric Sheep, a commercial production and design studio. After a few years with ES, I decided to try something new and became the executive creative director at All is Well another Seattle creative production studio. In 2024, All is Well transitioned their business model and I moved on.

Now, I’m a freelance creator with a decade of experience working with both agencies and directly with clients on projects of all scales making a wide range of different types of media. 

 
 
 

But, What can you hire me for?

Here’s is a clearer breakdown of my skills and capabilities, but essentially you can hire me to help with a part of a creative project or to take care of the whole thing. It could be a poster design or a broadcast commercial. A docu-style promotional video or an animated infographic. I like to make lots of different types of things!

For larger scale projects, I am connected to quite a network of friends and Original Genuine Friends that can assemble as an experienced team to fit whatever particular needs a project might bring.

 
 

    • Creative Concepting

    • Content Strategy

    • Copywriting

    • Screenwriting

    • Voice Over Scripting

    • AI Prompt Writing

    • Creative

    • Strategy

    • Writing

    • Deck / Presentation Design

    • Live-action Direction (Film / Commercial / Documentary )

    • Creative Direction ( Video / Design )

    • Art Direction ( Digital Design / Physical Design)

    • Video Shooter (C300 MkII, VHS, MiniDV)

    • Drone OP (DJI Mini Pro)

    • Video Editing (Premiere)

    • Low Key Color Correction (Premiere / After Effects)

    • Brand / Identity

    • Infographic

    • Typography

    • Poster Design

    • Album Art

    • Layout

    • AI Image Generation

    • Adobe Suite Proficient

    • Stop Motion (Dragonframe)

    • 2D Animation (After Effects)

    • 3D Animation (Cinema4D w/ Redshift)

    • Title Design & Animation (Adobe Suite)

    • Compositing, Tracking, and Rotoscope (AE w/ Mocha)

    • Video Glitches (Analog Circuit Bending / Datamoshing)

    • 3D Printing (PLA / Resin)

    • Letterpress Printing (Linocut / lead type)

    • Live Visuals

    • Sculpture / Mold Making

 
 

Behind the Scenes Photography by Genevieve Pierson.

 
 
 

Just one more thing…

Here’s a beautiful piece written by David O’Reilly that I am continually inspired by. I wear it around my neck and aim to bring this philosophy to all my work. 

 

The Process

Examine yourself and the world carefully and sensitively.

Focus on whatever seems interesting and important.

Find what needs you to be expressed.

Pursue ideas that require their form.

Isolate, amplify, organize and share the patterns you see.

Translate private and unusual thoughts and feelings.

Make the unknown familiar and disorganized ordered.

Show people the world they live in and change how they see it.

Make them believe in the impossible.

Acquire whatever skills are necessary, and ask for help when you need it.

Trust your own judgement.

Create whatever is impossible for you, your culture, species and era.

Keep going.

 
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