At
age 19, I
traveled across Southern California and spent most of the
next eight years in Hollywood, Los Angeles. I
photographed actors and designed flyers for clubs, raves and parties. I
was given office space at renowned
studio, A&A Graphics (now APC),
which was
California’s hub
for club, rave and concert promotions. They produced
the now famous Coachella visual identity and are now one
of the largest direct marketing studios in America.
Album for Sony/Columbia, Los
Angeles. Photography
and design by MST, 1998
I picked up
some of my own clients along the way, including Sony
Music/Columbia Records, and Atlas Productions, producer of the cult
movie, Baraka, and of television commercials for McDonalds, Budweiser,
Molson and Washington Mutual.
Variety print ad in “60’s movie style” for
Atlas, Santa Monica. Design by MST, 1998
In 2001 I
started working as a freelance artist at the studio of 23D
Films
in Hollywood. 23D was founded, and is operated by, award
winning
former character animators for South Park, The
Simpsons, Futurama and King
of the Hill, and creators of animations for Tool, Tupac and
Eminem music forums. I worked as a
consultant to 23D Films, refining
character artwork and testing alternative computer based methods for
the 'ink and paint' process, which circumvented the need for
outsourcing
to Laser
Pacific (Ink and Paint producers for Simpsons and Futurama),
who
had
previously been employed by 23D to render its broadcast quality
animations
at considerable expense. I successfully proved the technique
with an interstitial
for New Line Cinema’s feature film, Run
Ronnie Run.
Editorial about MST in Juxtapoz’s
Erotica Magazine, San Francisco, 2000
In my spare
time, I used to photograph my close friends and
family. In 2000,
Juxtapoz published its Erotica Magazine
which featured an eight page editorial on my personal portrait
photography and polaroid
photography.
Book
for Cleopatra
Publishing, Hollywood. Editing and design credit, MST, 2001
In 2004,
Cleopatra Records, in Hollywood, published Hollywood
Rocks, a
hardback book about Hollywood Rock Bands of the 80’s
including Guns & Roses, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Motley Crue.
I
assisted
as editor and designed 110 of its 210 pages.
Graduation Program for University
College London. Design by MST, 2000
I was asked
to art direct and design the University
College London graduation ceremony program, for
the graduating year 2000. I was given complete artistic freedom and
told
only to consider that, “People will have worked extremely
hard to
be
able to receive one of these.” UCL is one of the
world’s top ranking
universities.