ABOUT:
Tom holds a BFA in Illustration from Ringling College of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl. He spent the first decade of his career at Walt Disney Animation Studios where he learned about storytelling. He loathes writing in third person so he’ll keep this short.
Tom combines his illustration and animation skills to tell stories from the rat race of life. His new product GLIMPSE is launching in January 2025. Keep an eye out for an offer that can't be refused.
FILM/TV CREDS: (select)
2024 - TBA Disney + production
2021 - Ron's Gone Wrong
2020 - Ivandoe
2020 - Minion shorts
2018 - Our Cartoon President
2017 - Ferdinand the Bull
2013 - Epic
2012 - Ice Age
2011 - Rio
2003 - Brother Bear
1995 - Pocahontas
1994 - Lion King
1991 - Beauty & the Beast
AROUND THE WEB:
+ Advanced story tips for animation - 60 second Youtube series
+ Art direction draw overs - critiques for concept artists. Youtube
+ Caffeinated Creatures - blockchain project
+ Sitting is Killing You - specific advice for artists/ Youtube
+ 25+ years in the motion picture industry
CLIENTS:
Illumination/RTFKT/Locksmith Animation London/Universal Studios/Disney/Cartoon Network/Sun Creature Studios Denmark/SPIKE/DNEG/Hasbro/House of Cool/Reddit
Pub:
SCHOLASTIC / HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT / LARK/WALL STREET JOURNAL /ENSLOW / IDW / JONAS PUBLISHING / WORTHWHILE BOOKS / DISNEY / PEARSON / WILEY / SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL / ZONDERVAN / MAC WORLD
MORE:
Style description for the vision impaired:
Loose, electric, humorous, charming, raw, gritty, experimental, natural, explosive.
Contemporary heroes:
James Baxter, Mark Henn, Aaron Blaise
Classic heroes:
R.O. Blechman, Patrick Oliphant, Hayao Miyazaki, Ollie Johnson
Fave authors:
Chuck Palahniuk, Stephen King, Melissa Gilbert, Bobby Farrelly,
David Levien, James Frey, Anne Lamott, Nami Mun
More Inspo:
+ Stanislav Szukalski + John Singer Sargent + Norman Rockwell
+ Frida Kahlo + Hieronymus Bosch + Salvador Dali + Heinrich Kley
+ Charles Dana Gibson + Winslow Homer + Andy Warhol
+ Andrew Wyeth + N.C. Wyeth + Mary Blair + Edward Hopper