Interior Kitchen Lighting
Responsible for Lighting, Composition. Unreal Engine (2026).
Interior Character Lighting: Alien Vacation
Scene and Character lighting designed to match the cartoony spaceship Environment in Alien Vacation. (2026)
Lighting and Compositing
Light Design for Realistic Environments
Wings Composite: A VFX shot I made for my friend's music video.
Aired at Drexel's table at SIGGRAPH 2024.
Wings Composite: VFX/Lighting Project Breakdown.
I am responsible for recording footage and shooting an HDRI, 3D tracking (Syntheyes), texturing (Substance Painter), lighting (Maya), and final compositing (Nuke). The wings model was a downloaded asset, but I modeled the strap on the back. (2024)
Lighting and Compositing for Alien Vacation. Many shots take place outside, with characters composited over a live-action backplate. To achieve realistic lighting and accurate reflections, I used custom HDRIs taken around Philadelphia. (2026)
Exterior Tropical Lighting
Responsible for Lighting, Composition. Unreal Engine (2026).
Color Studies and Keys
Figure and Color Studies, 18 x 24 acrylic on paper. I was interested in exploring how light impacts mood. (2025)
Color Keys for Alien Vacation, Digital (2025)