DIMENSION 20

ART DIRECTOR (‘21 - present)

Dimension 20 is a web series featuring comedians playing Dungeons & Dragons using custom props and miniatures.

I have been art directing the show since 2021, on the following seasons:

Shriek Week ‧ A Starstruck Odyssey ‧ Misfits & Magic Holiday Special ‧ Coffin Run ‧ A Court of Fey & Flowers ‧ Neverafter ‧ Ravening War ‧ Mentopolis ‧ Dungeons & Drag Queens ‧ Burrow’s End ‧ FHJY (Consulting) ‧ Cloudward, Ho! (Supervising AD)

Responsibilities include:

  • Overseeing all art production logistics

  • Managing budgets and strategic resource planning

  • Providing design support through research, 3D modeling, creating briefs

  • Prepping assets for 3D printing and laser cutting

  • Leading team staffing, structure, and workflow protocols

  • Coordinating with vendors and contractors

  • Serving as liaison between the production designer and model shop

Selected images from Dimension 20

FEATURED PROJECTS

Fantasy high junior year | ‘astral food court’

  • The Task: A translucent, two story mall food court in 28mm (roughly 1/4”) scale.

  • Created 3D model from production designer’s sketch

  • Generated laser cut files from the model

  • Spearheaded communication between designer, model shop, and other team members to ensure accurate assembly.

A Starstruck Odyssey

This season used Talespire, a digital, video-game like simulator of physical battlesets. During combat episodes, players would move their avatars using their laptops, and footage of the digital world was edited into the show.

We worked with the program’s developers to create custom assets and tailor the program to our production’s needs. I liaised between the show’s production designer, Rick Perry, and a team of ten digital artists to create custom interactive environments for our players, based off the graphic novel ‘Starstruck.’

Digital set we made for the space station ‘Rec 97’

Players at the table using Talespire. We also created the acrylic space-map in the center.

Creating ‘The Wurst’ Airship

The Task: Make a fully explorable 3D airship

  • I worked from the designer’s sketches to flesh out and model the interior

  • Created briefs for Z brush artists to create custom assets, and coordinated with Talespire’s devs to import them into the interface.

  • Supervised the final modeling of the ship in Talespire, ensuring that it expressed the production designer’s vision.

Clip from the episode

Creating the ‘Battle of the Bands’ set

The Task: Create a 3D gaming environment for a gladiator style fight

  • I had the opportunity to do some early concepting on this set, and thought about how to create the highest physical stakes.

    • We suspended the fighting area over an infinite drop, accessible only by thin bridges that would retract once the players landed.

    • We needed VIP seating for rich overlord characters, so I referenced unusual goblet-shaped seating structures I found in the source material, placed to intentionally block other viewers of lower status.

  • Supervised final modeling, coordinated with other departments to incorporate motion graphics, coordinated the creation of custom assets

Burrow’s End | Nuclear Reactor Set

The Task: Create the final battle set of the season, set in a crumbled nuclear reactor.

  • Modeled this in Sketchup from the production designer’s sketches, and used it to create laser cut files for the reactor’s floor details and the I beams.

  • I also coordinated between the production designer, 3d sculptors, 3d printers, and painters to ensure all the character figurines seen here were completed.

Burrow’s End | Puzzle Set

This battle took place vertically in a large drain pipe. I modeled the set and worked with the production designer, carpenter, and model makers to ensure it was complete on time, on budget, and in accordance with the production designer’s vision.