Another great experience working with J-Squared Productions shopping, set dressing, and art directing this music video for "Velvet" by TheARTI$T. It was fun being the live sketch artist for the performance too. So grateful to Victoria Sou and Spacegray Studios for the work and encouragement <3
Director | DP: Jeffery “J-Squared” Jackson
EP: Fame Combs, Ernest Noel, Label: INTRO
1st AC: Chris Watkins, 2nd AC: Sean Thompson
GE: Dogon Lighting & Grip
Audio: Anthony Major
Model: Denise Martinez Nicholson
HMU: Ragin Prunty
Production Design: Spacegray Studios
Art Director | Live Portrait Artist: Christina Mayo
It was great working with J-Squared Productions shopping, set dressing, and overall art directing this live performance of “Deserve Better” by KB Mike for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I was happy to utilize some props from my collection too - the red classic rotary phone and plant along with "Squee" a doll I handmade from fabric scraps. Thanks again to Victoria Sou and Spacegray Studios for thinking of me for this project <3
Director | DP: Jeffery “J-Squared” Jackson
EP: Fame Combs, Ernest Noel
1st AC: Chris Watkins, 2nd AC: Sean Thompson
GE: Dogon Lighting & Grip
Audio: Anthony Major
Actors: Desireé Marie Monetté, Josh Smith
Production Design: Spacegray Studios
Art Director: Christina Mayo
For the fashion film Escalate, I made custom handpainted paper flowers and a cloud tunnel with twinkle lights. I also learned how to set C-stands, drape around escalators, and some SFX hazing techniques. So inspired working with everyone on this set - thank you so much to Production Designer Victoria Sou for welcoming me to the team and my first on screen credit <3
Director/DP: Chris Anthony Hamilton
Production Coordinator: Kenley Duke
Production Designer: Victoria Sou
Set Builders: Sarah Falls, Tamara Turner, Brian Keepers
Set Dressers: Daniel St. John, Christina Mayo
Embark on a dreamlike odyssey in Escalate, a high-concept fashion film in which SCAD alumni designs evoke world-changing social, cultural, and political figures in a lush alternate universe.
Curated by Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter and premiering at her monumental exhibition “Afrofuturism in Costume Design” at SCAD FASH Museum, the film features futuristic fashions evoking history-changing leaders inspired by Carter’s iconic work.
Check out the whole video at https://vimeo.com/593101657.
Find out more at scadfash.org/escalate.
My very first film crew gig was making 100+ origami cranes, flowers, butterflies, birds, etc. forest and sea creatures for the film Three Months. See if you can spot some of the origami around timestamp 1:31:41. It was fun meeting the cast and teaching them how to fold cranes too <3 Thank you so much to Property Master Paul Fox for this opportunity!
Three Months is a coming-of-age comedy-drama movie produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and starring Troye Sivan. The film follows Caleb, a high-school senior in South Florida who is exposed to HIV just as he’s about to begin a new chapter. While he waits three months for his results, he finds love in the most unlikely of places.
Three Months is streaming on Paramount+
Writer / Director: Jared Frieder
Producers: Daniel Dubiecki, Lara Alameddine, The Allegiance Theater, Alex Motlagh, Pop Films
Studio: MTV Studios / Viacom
Cast: Troye Sivan, Brianne Tju, Viveik Kalra, Ellen Burstyn, Louis Gossett Jr.
Production Design: Kathrin Eder
Art Direction: Harrison Paul
Property Master: Paul Fox
Assistant Property Master: Ashley Bedford
Origami Artist | Art Production Assistant: Christina Mayo
Thank you to Art Director Jacob Escobedo for one of my all time favorite jobs - interning with the [adult swim] creative services team <3
Letterhead for Williams Street Productions, created in Adobe Illustrator.
Online Banners for Frisky Dingo Season 2 DVD, created in Adobe Photoshop.
Online Banners for Adult Swim Presents The Williams Street County Fair and Expo, created in Adobe Photoshop.
Mew Shows Added Online Banners, created in Adobe Photoshop.
Various samples of original artwork in mixed media. Unique images available for cleared art needs in the film and television industry as well as events & personal collections. Sales, rentals, & custom order inquiries welcome <3
Emergence, pencil, ink, marker, and crayon on bond paper, 8-1/2" x 11".
Gino, ink, gouache, and watercolors on bristol paper, approx. 6" x 8" - started in person and completed from memory. Custom portrait to capture the time he shaved one of his eyebrows off.
Birfday Gur, ink & marker on cardstock, approx. 6" x 6".
Hey Gur, digital illustration drawn in AutoCAD SketchBook.
flo, ink & acrylic painted on scrap MDF board, approx. 6-1/2″ x 10″.
Dreaming of Yummy Sushi Memories, original acrylic paint pen illustrations on kraft paper bag scanned & patterned in Adobe Photoshop onto blue field for on demand printing. Let the good times roll!
Bunny, felt pen on bond paper, approx. 8-1/2" x 11".
Hey Guys – hey – yo – sup – hey – yo – digital illustration drawn in AutoCAD SketchBook, animated GIF created in Adobe Photoshop.
Recursive Measures, patterned cube & manipulated volumes. Animated GIF created from series of original 2D drawings hand drafted in graphite on vellum, 18″ x 24″.
Seahorse in the dragon playground + Dragon playground in the trees + In the dragon playground, Series of three watercolor & ink on matte photo prints, each approx. 10" x 8".
The Dragon Playground has stood the test of time and is one of the oldest
playgrounds in Singapore. It was conceptualised by Housing & Development
Board (HDB) Interior Designer and watercolor painter Khor Ean Ghee, as part of a series of animal-themed playgrounds built in Singapore's public housing
estates in the 1970s. The dragon's head and tail are orange from mosaic tiles that were used as a practical cladding to avoid having to repaint the playround periodically. It's colorful body of steel rings for children to climb through is well worn from happy running feet. Inside the dragon’s head is blue and slides lead down from either side to the sand pit below where a seahorse awaits excitedly.
In Chinese mythology, dragons are revered as divine mystical creatures that bring wealth and good fortune and this dragon brings happy memories.
Thank you to Zoë ZOVALENCIA Brown for selecting this series for the In Focus: The Playground, group photography exhibition presented by The Bakery Atlanta and hosted by The Supermarket.
samskara (Imaginary Planet), mixed media: acrylic & watercolors on birch & bond paper, digitally enhanced in Adobe Photoshop, transferred to artist-grade canvas with fade-resistant archival inks, solid stretcher bars with sawtooth hanger and beaded wired to hang, approx. 12" x 12" with 1.25" thick image blur gallery wrap.
Thank you to Lay'Na Anderson and everyone at Avondale Arts Alliance for selecting this piece as part of the Small Wonders group exhibit at the Avondale Arts Center.
Portrait of Denise, mixed media on 18" x 24" acid-free cold press paper mounted to light green fiberboard panel, approx. 22 - 5/8" x 29 - 7/8".
Originally a charcoal live sketch from TheARTI$T's Velvet Live Performance... Later it turned into a colorful mix of acrylic, watercolors, and ink inspired by Dionysus of Greek mythology and the soul’s inner journey. It’s infused with symbols of growth, vitality, and the abundance of nature’s bounties. A reminder of our interconnectedness and a celebration of a flourishing life thriving with a hope for the inner self to evolve, embrace joy and transformation.
Thank you to Tiffany Ray of Hapeville Maker Space for inviting me to show this piece at The Art of Black Wealth: Celebrating Legacy, Prosperity, and Power event highlighting innovative approaches to building wealth within creative industries.
ᎢᏣᎩ ᎧᎹᎹ (itsagi kamama)
Excited my first public art installation is to be 1 of 10 artists sponsored by the Hapeville Main Street Board to paint my custom springtime themed butterfly design on a 3′ x 3′ fiberglass sculpture to bring new life into the uniqueness and vibrancy of Hapeville’s Downtown. You can see all of the beautiful public art installations and discover Hapeville through the Main Street butterfly tour.
My design 🌸🌸🌸 ᎢᏣᎩ ᎧᎹᎹ 🌸🌸🌸 is inspired by and dedicated to my ancestors.
Did you know ᎢᏣᎩ (itsagi) is a traditional Cherokee women’s name that also represents the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and ᎧᎹᎹ (kamama) is Cherokee for “butterfly”? I live in Georgia where they are the state butterfly and there’s a family of them that thrive in my momma’s garden every year. Thank you to the Cherokee Nation's Education Services for helping me learn their name <3
Some sneak peeks from my painting process 🦋
🦋 ᎢᏣᎩ ᎧᎹᎹ flew from my painting hands in May 2024
She landed behind the Academy Theatre in Hapeville’s Arts Alley ✨✨✨
