About Me

I'm Robert Roach, a concept illustrator, 'board artist & comic creator--working manually & digitally. I also have an extensive production/managerial background in the entertainment industry.

Here's a brief overview of my background:
--decades as a storyboard artist (features--live action & animation, commercials, TV animation, etc.).
--decades in the comics industry.
--2D & 3D production experience. Work on computer generated video games (2D character design/colors/textures & storyboards). Storyboard artist on a CG animated commercials (Mattel Toys/Sweet Spot Media) & features, "Something Fishy" (http://www.mfi-vfx.com/#begin)

Links to IMDb & InBaseLine credits (incomplete listings):
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503993/
http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?person_id=3372739
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441076/
http://www.hometownprods.net/
As a Continuing Education instructor, here's a link to my info at Otis' website:
http://www.otis.edu/ce,faculty.php?fac=57&sem=28
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Notable storyboard/illustration clients include:

Mattel Toys/Sweet Spot Media
---"Spirit Riding Free" commercial tie-ins
Lion of Judah LLC
---concept & comics artwork
Darren Bousman/Hy•Drau•Lx Entertainment/Radical Studios
---“Abattoir” feature film storyboards
Disney XD Channel/Roger
---“Chicken Dare”, summer 2013 a series of extended bumpers, tying Disney XD programs to recurring, silly challenges with an addled chicken
---“The Sno-Bots”, holiday 2012 bumpers & short commercials
Burger King/Roger
---commercial
H&R Block/Red Creek Entertainment
---NYC & LA commercials (Spanish language)
Hewlett Packard/Image Work Communications (via The Creative Group)
Warner Bros. (via Mob Scene)
---“Green Lantern” feature—theatrical trailer's presentation/CGI production 'boards
Media Factory Inc. (Los Angeles, CA/Mumbai, India)
---“Something Fishy” CG animated feature—storyboard artist for the film's final one-third
20th Century Fox/Toho & Towa Studios (via Mob Scene)
---“Jumper” feature—theatrical & online movie trailer tags
New Line Cinema, October Films
---“Thick As Thieves” feature film
Universal Studios
---“Movie Monster Magic Lab” short
Ford Trucks--Zubi Agency/The Artist Company-A & R Group
---Ford F-150 commercial
JetBlue Airlines--U-Direct Agency
---numerous commercials
DIC Entertainment
---“Street Sharks” episodic TV/animation

Other noteworthy work includes:

• N3V/Broken Switch Studios
---character avatars for "Turbo Trainz" CGI video game
• Warner Bros./"Sucker Punch"
---translation, Japanese/English for director & concept artist
• History In Action (HIA) Toys
---action figure turnarounds

Proficient with brush, pen & ink, pencil, markers, water colors, permanent pigments, PhotoShop & Illustrator

E-addresses: www.HometownProds.net GokiBuriMan@gmail.com HometownProds@gmail.com

I have been in the industry since 1994.