Professional Work

Ned & Samantha

This is Ned & Samantha, a comic series I made for the Church History Library in Utah. My supervisor wanted me to create a series to serve as an internal training project and to give the employees a better sense of office policy, thus this comic was born! The series began life in January 2014 and it stars two bumbling coworkers as they show you the ropes in the library workforce while providing some hilarious examples of what NOT to do! I not only created the characters, but I wrote, penciled, inked, colored, and edited the comic myself. Come read about the adventures of Ned & Samantha so that you too may learn how to work for the library!

Atomic Blonde

This project was part of a collaboration I’ve done with AC Comics. AC Comics is best known for their Femforce book, the first and longest running all-female superhero team. In January 2016 I applied as an inker and sure enough they hired me to ink one of their stories! Titled “Atomic Blonde: Enter the AquaNazis,” this particular comic tells the story of Atomic Blonde, the world’s “first living atomic weapon” as she battles Aqua Nazis in World War II! The character was created by Joseph A. Michael, who wrote the script, and Dan Gorman, the artist who penciled the story. The comic was published in Femforce # 174 on April 2016 and it featured Atomic Blonde’s debut in the world of printed comics! Take a gander of some inks I did for Atomic Blonde! Artwork copyright AC Comics, Joseph A Michael and Dan Gorman. Atomic Blonde is trademark (TM) Joseph A. Michael and Dan Gorman.

Dinosaur Girl

This project was part of another collaboration I’ve done with AC Comics. In September 2016 I was hired to ink a story for Femforce # 176 and it involved Dinosaur Girl, a super heroine renown for her incredible strength and the ability to grow to gargantuan size. The story is titled “Red Heat” and it involved Dinosaur Girl rushing to rescue a fighter pilot in the midst of heavy wildfire! Along the way she meets up with some old allies, but one of them plans a betrayal! Here is the splash page of the said story, written and penciled by creator Rock Baker. Check out some sample pages of Dinosaur Girl: “Red Heat” as it includes Rock Baker’s pencils with my inks. The story was published on November 2016. Artwork Copyright AC Comics Rock Baker and Dinosaur Girl is TM Rock Baker

MyJennyBook

This illustration was created for the book My Robot from MyJennyBook. MyJennyBook is a company that specializes in creating multimedia stories where children place themselves in the role of the protagonist as they go on adventures and learn valuable life lessons. I have illustrated four books for them and they include My Big Move and First Day at a New School, Me and My Robot, The MyJenny ABC Book, and Hello, World! I Am A New Baby! You can view my illustrations for MyJennyBook here. The stories were all written by Jennifer Betit Yen, the CEO of MyJennyBook. Learn more about MyJennyBook by going to their website!

Church History Department Ads

Back in March of 2013 I was hired to work as an office assistant and a graphic designer for the Church History Library in Utah. Aside from delivering documents and making copies, they also had me illustrate and copywrite some ads to market the Church History Department’s resources. This ad in particular was displayed in August 2013 and its purpose was to raise awareness of the department’s intranet page so employees will know where to get their information. This image is owned by the Church History Library and you can view more ads in the gallery.

The Journal

For a brief period I worked for a short-lived monthly publication known as The Journal. It was designed to promote the Family and Church History Headquarters Mission in Salt Lake City. This mission was sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and it involved volunteer work from people willing to assist others in discovering their genealogies. Salt Lake City is home to several genealogy centers such as the Family History Library and the FamilySearch Center. This mission also had people volunteering to assist in researching the history of the church in the Church History Library. Aside from that, there were a bunch of other volunteer activities the members of Salt Lake City got involved in and they were documented here. I served as a design editor from 2013 to 2014, arranging the text and photos in a way to make it look appealing to its core audience. Aside from that I also touched up the photos in Photoshop and took a few of them myself. Read a sample of The Journal here!