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Located in Orlando Florida and established in 1999, Rhubarb Productions has been providing cutting edge graphic design and web design to businesses.

Located in Winter Park Florida, Rhubarb Games is a specialty gaming store and provides a friendly and comfortable gaming atmosphere which fosters a thriving miniatures gaming community.

Located in Orlando, War Cast Studios provides plastic cast miniatures bases and accessories.

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Design Philosophy

All things manmade, whether physical objects or two dimensional images, had a designer involved at some point. My mind has always been drawn to merging form and function. It uses both sides of the brain. On one hand you have to use logic to work out and solve issues defined by certain constraints or criteria. On the other hand, you need to be creative in the way you present the design to the world to evoke emtotion or prokove response.

One thing that I have always been fascinated with since I was a kid was maps. Old antique maps were particularly facinating, because they had a sense of adventure and spirit of exploration. New maps are computer generated or imaged by satellites which makes them pure function, as the should be. Old maps were designed by an artist/cartographer that brought those far away lands to life through careful attention to scale and topography, all the while adding a personal style and creativity to them.

As a kid, playing Dungeons & Dragons was always about the cool dungeon and world maps. I would borrow grid paper from my father's architecture firm and create maps of my own. Castles, dungeons, cities, worlds; all were exciting to create for an adventure party.

Creating these maps led me to understand that my brain was geared to design things, especially in the 2D world. I eventually went on to graduate with a BA in Graphic Design, work for numerous great companies doing what I loved, and then opened up my own company where I get to design everyday.

History

2009 - Present

Owner - War Cast Studios
Manufacturing of miniature bases and other accessories for table top gaming

2003 - Present

Owner/Vice President - Rhubarb Games
Manufactured table top gaming terrain from 2003 - 2005
Opened up a game store in 2005 selling all types of table top based games
Webmaster for the Rhubarb Games web site and forums
In charge of PR and Marketing

1999 - Present

Owner/President - Rhubarb Productions
Graphic Design
Logo and corporate identity design
Web site design
Light programming and markup
Account Manager
Accounting

1997 - 1999

Animator/Graphic Artist - BrightHaus (a visual entertainment company)
Provided 3D animation and modeling for video
Character Animation
Created graphic elements for TV commercials
Multimedia desgin for corporation presentations and advertisements
Touchscreen kiosk design development

1996 - 1997

Graphic Artist - ISG Productions/DigiQuest Multimedia
CDROM interface design for educational and reference titles
2D & 3D illustration and animation
Web site design
Sound design for CDROMs

1996 - 1998

Freelance Graphic Artist
Graphic design
Web design
2D animation
Digital Illustration

1995

Graphic Artist - Miami Museum of Science: Education Dept.
Web site design
Graphic Design
Development of web-based teacher resources for science learning

1992 - 1994

Exhibit Technician - Miami Museum of Science: Exhibits Dept.
Designed, built, assembled, and maintained science exhibits
Designed in-house floor plans and brochures for the museum

1989 - 1991

Editor & Data Entry - Game Systems Inc. (a play-by-mail company)
Entered in gaming data from mail-in game turns
Play Tester for new games
Editor and layout designer for in-house monthly publication