Summary

Illustrator & Concept Artist | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Illustration & Design for the Publishing, Gaming, and Film Industries | Instructor

• Book Cover Design: Designed and illustrated 44 book covers across diverse genres including science fiction, literary fantasy, travel, and medicine (2021–Present).
• Game & RPG Illustration: Illustrated character and environment assets for One-Eyed Werebear Gaming’s Mothership online RPG and its accompanying rule manual (2025).
• Environment Concept Art: Conceptualized sci-fi and fantasy environments for Zenoc Hernandez's Fhathora graphic novel (2021) and ReBlink’s ARBO World video game (2022).
• Character Design & Marketing: Developed post-apocalyptic character concepts for Bragi Press marketing campaign for the Forgive Us book release (2021).
• Cinematic Storyboarding: Created dynamic storyboards for Zenith Edge Studios' Zenrai video game trailer (2018) and Toby Christian's animated short One Way Wagon (2020).
• Keyframe & Poster Art: Produced keyframe illustrations for the short film Reflect and promotional poster art for the short film Mama by Sailing Pig Productions (2016, 2018).
• Promotional Concept Art: Designed an interior environment selected and prominently featured as "Train Car #500" on the TNT Cable Network website for the Snowpiercer Customized Train Car Challenge (2020).

INSTRUCTOR

New York Academy of Art Continuing Studies
2022 to present
Instructor of Visual Composition and Introduction/ Advanced Photoshop for Artists online courses

Odessa College
2026 to present
Instructor of Art Appreciation online courses

Art Institute of Pittsburgh
2014 through 2016
Instructor of Perspective, Drawing, and Digital Color Theory online courses

EDUCATION

2019 Concept Art for Film with Jama Jurabaev
Masters of Digital Painting (mdp-courses.com)

2004 Master of Fine Arts; Painting
New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art

2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts; Painting
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Artkard: https://artkard.co/rdwstudio

Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

Blender

Unreal Engine

Reel