Master of Fine Arts, Illustration, 1995
Graduate Dean’s List University Scholars and Artists
California State University, Long Beach

Bachelor of Fine arts, Illustration, With Great Distinction, 1982
California State University, Long Beach

Faculty, Illustration/Animation Program, CSULB, Professor, 2002 to Present

Illustration/Animation Program Head, 2003 to 2015

 Freelance Illustrator, 1982 to Present

Art Directors Guild, IATSE Local 800

Costume Designers Guild, IATSE Local 892

Professional Recognition:

Distinguished Alumna, California State University Long Beach, 2007

Interviews:

2019 Quest Magazine, “The Drawing Power of Teaching”

2017 Interview for “The Production Posse”, The Atomic Filmmaker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

2010 Art Directors Guild Awards, (February 2011), one of the featured artists for video on the craft of motion picture design shown at the event.

Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section, July 16, 2006

AMC Channel’s online blog for MadMen Series

Director’s World online forum

City TV (Canada), Bravo (USA), 1999

Entertainment Weekly magazine’s “The 100 Most Creative People in Hollywood,” 1998, with companion interview for “E!” Channel

Time Warp, Tokyo Television, 1998

Euro-Cable Television, 1998

Guest Artist Lectures:

Comi-Con (Comic Convention, San Diego, CA), Juror for International Independent Film Festival, 2018

Wonder-Con (Comic Convention, Anaheim, CA), panelist on Illustration for Film panel, 2017

Fullerton College, Artist Lecture, May 20, 2013

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, 2010 (Lecture and Guest Critique of student work)

Comi-Con (Comic Convention, San Diego, CA), panelist on Illustration for Film panel, 2009 - 2011

UCLA, Film Department, Los Angeles, 2009

Wilson High School, Guest Speaker

Panelist and Mentor for Diamonds in the Raw, Youth Camp for Girls, 2010-2011

Women In Illustration seminar, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, 2001

Santa Ana High School Arts Week, featured Guest Artist Speaker, 2000

The Art of Motion Picture Costume Design, 2019, FIDM, Los Angeles Motion Picture Academy of Arts & Sciences,

Academy Awards, Governors’ Ball, 2016
Twenty-three Caricatures commissioned for display at the event

Contemporary Illustration: At Your Service, Exhibition of Illustration, 2013

New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA

The Art of Costume Illustration, FIDM, 2010 Los Angeles, CA

Selected List of Projects

American Beauty

An American Pickle

Aeon Flux (2005)

Cable Guy

Citizen Gangster

Covers

Destroyer (2018)

Eagle Eye

Earth to Echo

Evan Almighty

Fantastic Four (2016)

Flipper (1996)

Home Again (2017)

I Am Number Four

Jack Reacher (2012)

Jennifer’s Body

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Peter Pan (2003)

One Hour Photo

Payback

Paulie, A Parrot’s Tale

Master of Disguise

Mars Attacks!

Rocky and Bullwinkle

Scary Movie 2

Small Soldiers

Smurfs 2

Starship Troopers

The Comebacks

The Circle (2017)

The Hot Chick

The Mighty Ducks 3

Vampire Academy

You Are Here (2013)

Beloved

Big Fish

Buddy

Castaway

Contact

Forrest Gump

If Beale Street Could Talk

IRONMAN

Little Women

Outbreak

Stuart Little

Santa Claus 2                     

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Kid

The Hunger Games

The Hunted

The Polar Express

The PROM

The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Unbreakable

War of the Worlds

 The Last Airbender

Cast Away

Contact

Hangover 3

Viva Rock Vegas

Small Soldiers

The Grinch

What Lies Beneath

INSECURE, HBO, Storyboards, (2021)

YOU, Netflix, Storyboards, (2021)

Archive 81, Netflix, (2020-2021)

HERE, NOW, HBO, Alan Ball project (on screen prop artwork) (2017)

The Romanoffs, Matthew Weiner project, Amazon (storyboards) (2017)

AP Bio, NBC, (storyboards)

Grace & Frankie, Netflix, (storyboards)

Togo, Disney +, (storyboards)

Blackish, ABC, (storyboards)

Black Monday, STARZ, (storyboards)

Future Man, Hulu Series (storyboards)

Singularity, FX Series Pilot (storyboards)

PREACHER, Hulu Series (storyboards)

I Love Dick, Amazon  (on screen prop artwork)

Blunt Talk, STARZ  (storyboards)

G.L.O.W., Netflix (storyboards)

The Last Tycoon, Amazon  (on screen prop artwork)

The Good Place, NBC  (on screen prop artwork)

MadMen, AMC  (storyboards and on screen prop artwork)

Runaways, MARVEL Series, (costume illustration) (2017)

Knight Squad, Nickelodeon, (costume illustration) (2017)

True Blood, HBO  (on screen prop artwork)

Parks & Recreation, NBC  (mural design)

48 Hours Till Monday, Pilot  (production illustration)

Necessary Roughness, USA  (storyboards)

Reign, CW (costume illustration)

Battle Creek, CBS (storyboards)

Wicked City, ABC (storyboards)

Castle, ABC (storyboards)

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX (on screen prop artwork)

My Own Worst Enemy, NBC  (storyboards)

Snow White, Hallmark Hall of Fame  (storyboards)

Target, Long Form Commercial “Falling for You”, Kristen Bell

(Phil Abraham)

Liberty Mutual, “The Road Back”, (six commercials, John Hillcoat)

Shoe Carnival, “Holiday”

Toshiba, “Inside”, (DJ Caruso)

Vertex, (DJ Caruso)

Head & Shoulders, “Olympic Games” for Proctor & Gamble,
MacDonald’s “Batman”,

Duracell, Kellogg’s, 7-Up,
Minute Maid Orange Juice, Eggo’s Waffles,

Mop n’ Glo, Kibble n’ Bits

Anomalie Dresses, Inc. (wedding dress illustration)

James Kob Experience, Music Video and stage concepts, (storyboards and set illustrations)

Mother West Wind Stories, Tree Media (storyboards for digital books)

Overdue, Mady Julian, Color Book Pitch Package (illustrations and layout)

The Costume Designer magazine (Illustrator for “History of Dress” column, regular contributor),

Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, (Art Director and Cover Illustrations, regular contributor)

Modern Maturity, Recorded Books, San Diego Union-Tribune, The Oregonian,

Compass Productions, Creative Teaching Press, Personnel Journal,

Registered Representative, Taco Bell

A Pop-up Book for Christmas, 1994, Houghton-Mifflin

Jane Goodall, 1993, The Rourke Corporation

Roald Dahl, 1993, The Rourke Corporation

Goldilocks & The Three Bears, Age of Learning, 2014 (digital book)

Meet Sally Ride, Age of Learning, 2014 (digital book)

Portraits In Science, Age of Learning, 2015 (digital book)

Innovators in Medicine, Age of Learning, 2015 (digital book)

Henry & Nissa, Age of Learning, 2016 (digital book)

Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration, by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Harper Collins, 2012.

Hollywood Costume, edited by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, V&A Publishing, 2012.

Filmcraft: Costume Design, by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Focal Press, 2012.

Fifty Designers, Fifty Costumes, Concept to Character, by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, University of California Press, 2005.

The Art of the Polar Express, by Mark Cotta Vaz and Steve Starkey, Chronicle Books, 2004.

No Strings Attached: The Inside Story of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop,

by Matt Bacon, Macmillan, 1997.

Mars Attacks! The Art Of The Movie, by Karen R. Jones, Ballantine Books, 1996.