Art Director for SpeakeasyFX
September 20th, 2008
Friend has joined SpeakeasyFX, a primarily CG animation company based in New Jersey. Working on various commercial projects, Friend’s main concentration will be designing and art directing a new children’s television show to air Fall of 2009.
St Mary Medical Center
February 20th, 2008
Working again with FlickerLab in New York, Friend art directs a 30 second spot for St Mary Medical Center. Using a digital hand painted animation technique (Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter), the spot depicts a number of heart procedures the medical center specializes in.
St Joseph Commercial
January 19th, 2008
Creating the look and style, as well as the characters, Friend has just completed art directing a new spot for St. Joseph Cancer Institute in Maryland with animation house, FlickerLab. A fully hand painted animation, the commercial was first animated traditionally, then painted digitally with Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter to achieve a stop-motion painted look.
The commercial, nationally show, will depict the hospital’s unique way of treating cancer patients.
