So, I really like the idea of unique and/or one-off clothing. One of the easiest ways to do that is to paint a design on a shirt. I don’t really have steady hands, so actually hand drawing something tends to be a problem for me, so I much prefer to create something on […]

I had the opportunity to work with the fine folks at Design Week Portland in order to create a few videos promoting their 2014 event. The first is a Timelapse of domes that were built as the Headquarters. During the Design Week event, illustrators drew tweets from anyone that used their hashtag. They were drawn […]

This motion graphic was created for the Portland State of Mind event. The designs were created by Brett Forman and Katie LaRosa. I put the designs into motion in After Effects.

I was asked to film this project for the Knight Foundation. It involved a round table discussion with many movers and shakers in the Portland, OR area from the 60s and 70s. The discussion was about how Portland has become the way it has.

Starting in 2014, Portland State rolled out a new marketing initiative around the idea of “Fearless”. Fearlessly pursing one’s hopes and dreams. This main Brand video takes the direct point of view of one of PSU’s students. This video was created for the soft launch of the campaign. It utilized the archived footage and b-roll […]

In June, Portland State, Oregon State, and the Oregon Health and Sciences University opened a new building together dedicated to learning the sciences. Done in the style of a traditional action trailer, this video was created as a teaser invite for folks to come to the grand opening. Created with Kenny Katz and Brett Forman

Portland State’s school of Art + Design wanted to create a series of videos featuring students and faculty talking about specific aspects of creating art. The four topics were Process, Inspiration, Community, and Opportunity. I worked with 3 students in the graphic design program to create the videos below.

ESPN Stop Motion Animation :: BCS Bowls from Peter Simon (Petey Boy) on Vimeo. I was approached by ESPN to create 5 videos for Vine… one for each of the 5 BCS Bowls. This is all five put together. Client: ESPN Director: Peter Simon Co-Director: Kenny Katz Art Direction: Abby Simon Check out the Behind […]

Well, Tom and I decided that it was time to make another beard and haircut video. It was sort of last minute again. He was visiting after just finished up a sailing trip. He had his signature long adventure hair and beard. We talked about how fun it was to make the original reverse beard […]

Video I edited together using footage from various activities around Portland State University. The video welcomes newly admitted students.