Illustrator and creative leader with over 20 years of experience in design, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and project management. Brings a versatile visual style to a wide range of projects, mentorship of creative teams, and consistently delivers impactful work for major brands and independent clients. Known for a strong foundation in storytelling and a commitment to creating visually compelling content that engages audiences and leaves a lasting impression. Currently exploring the integration of AI and generative language models into the creative pipeline; leveraging emerging technologies to enhance ideation and efficiency, while maintaining a focus on imagination, narrative, and purposeful design.…

Eric Serviss

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Illustrator and creative leader with over 20 years of experience in design, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and project management. Brings a versatile visual style to a wide range of projects, mentorship of creative teams, and consistently delivers impactful work for major brands and independent clients. Known for a strong foundation in storytelling and a commitment to creating visually compelling content that engages audiences and leaves a lasting impression. Currently exploring the integration of AI and generative language models into the creative pipeline; leveraging emerging technologies to enhance ideation and efficiency, while maintaining a focus on imagination, narrative, and purposeful design.…

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Illustrator and creative leader with over 20 years of experience in design, illustration, animation, storyboarding, and project management. Brings a versatile visual style to a wide range of projects, mentorship of creative teams, and consistently delivers impactful work for major brands and independent clients. Known for a strong foundation in storytelling and a commitment to creating visually compelling content that engages audiences and leaves a lasting impression.

Currently exploring the integration of AI and generative language models into the creative pipeline; leveraging emerging technologies to enhance ideation and efficiency, while maintaining a focus on imagination, narrative, and purposeful design.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Freelance Illustrator at Independent / Freelance
May 30, 1997 - Present
Produced concept and storyboard illustrations for multi-channel campaigns for clients including Hanes, Buffalo Wild Wings, Ritz, Nissan, DoorDash, Goliath Coins, Richmond Public Schools, and Surrey Lane Books. Created animation for Emmy-winning 'The Bear and The Gang' (Boston Bruins). Produced production-ready art for collectible coins and independent games. Wrote and illustrated the award-winning graphic novel Icarus. Developed multiple graphic novel/comic book projects.
Creative Resource Manager/Designer at Tilt Creative & Production
January 1, 2025 - September 14, 2025
Managed workflow for a creative team of 4 designers, 3 art directors and 3 copywriters. Served as dedicated designer for open captions and safety recalls for Walmart branded digital screens. Pitched and developed self-initiated design and animation projects for internal and external clients. Collaborated on a video series for BLK RVA highlighting African American run businesses and historic sites in the Richmond, VA metro area. Executed animation for campaign banners promoting the Wounded Warrior Project. Created storyboards and characters for animation and static assets for Capital One website and user applications.
Creative Director at 8 Hats High Animation
January 1, 2006 - September 14, 2025
Created digital animatics for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming. Produced hand-drawn keyframe animation for Saturday Night Live TV Funhouse projects.
Animator / Digital Compositor at Tapehouse Toons
January 1, 2001 - September 14, 2025
Created traditional hand-drawn 2D animation and background art for NBC, Disney, and Cartoon Network. Scanned hand-drawn art and digitally composited animations for web and broadcast projects.
Sr. Project Manager at The Martin Agency
January 1, 2022 - September 14, 2025
Managed timelines, approvals, and communication for Midas, Hanes, UPS, etc. Mentored and trained new hires, ensuring onboarding success.
Design Resource Manager at The Martin Agency
January 1, 2020 - September 14, 2025
Assigned and managed workflow for a team of 10 designers across print, digital, broadcast, and branding projects. Negotiated freelancer rates and managed budgets.
Sr. Project Manager at TBWA\Chiat\Day
December 31, 2018 - September 13, 2025
Oversaw budgets, resources, and workflows for Nissan, PepsiCo, Michelin, etc. Streamlined multi-agency collaboration during reorganization.

Education

Illustration/Cartooning at School of Visual Arts
January 11, 2030 - September 14, 2025

Qualifications

Silver Award, The Side Show (2021) – Visual Arts category for 'Icarus' graphic novel
January 1, 2021 - September 14, 2025

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Professional Services, Education, Retail, Software & Internet
    uniE621 "DUNGEON RAID" Comic book cover art
    Partnering with Goliath Coins, I created cover art for a comic written by Joe Ward called "Dungeon Raid". This is part of Goliath Coins 2-Page comics initiative designed specifically for fantasy comics collectors.…
    uniE621 Jackrabbit #1 - Comic book cover
    I worked with the writer of this comic to produce a variant cover for his Kickstarter campaign. The Cover ended up being popular and helped successfully launch the project.…
    uniE621 Call of Cthulhu Collectors coins
    Working with Goliath Coins, I created art for this five coin set of collectible coins for "Call of Cthulhu" by Chaosium. Four of the coins feature an elder being on the front and an item or location from the expanded Lovecraft mythos on the reverse side. The final coin features the elder signs of Star and Branch with eldritch writing and a relief sculpture designed by me.…
    uniE621 Fantasy RPG Dice Coins
    Goliath Coins offers an evolution of dice and coins that provide a more immersive gaming experience at the table. These are heavy metal coins with highly detailed artwork. I have worked with Goliath coins for several years, building their library of proprietary coin art while also helping them to develop partnerships with licensed properties. This is an example of one of the collectible dice coins I created for a series of 6 D20 coins.…
    uniE621 "ICARUS" Graphic Novel
    36 page full-color graphic novel BUILDING A HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL LIFE IS LIKE REACHING FOR THE MOON. At least that’s how Adam sees it as he journeys through a surreal landscape where New York City and nightmarish sci-fi landscapes bleed together. He navigates the dangers in search of purpose, drawn by his ever-present, inscrutable muse, the moon. Every challenge seems to leave him frustrated and further from his goals. Can his muse lead him to something that will rocket him into the stratosphere? Or is he destined to fall into a black hole of eternal misery?…
    paper Moonlit Monsters - Series One trading card set
    Created a series of retro wax pack collectible cards featuring North American cryptids in a terrifying blacklight art style. The 9 card set also included a matching wrapper and an exclusive sticker for a Halloween oriented event called Nightmare Weekend.…