Shortly after arriving in Canada, Richard loses his gold, attempts to get it back, and finds his kung fu doesn't compare to that of Sonicboom, which is also secretly a martial arts school.       Copyright © 2008 Ephemeraldreams.com. All rights reserved.	Role: Art Direction, Design, Illustration & Animation ART DIRECTED and REDESIGNED the community website ‘Civic Nation’ for Honda. Liaised with clients to conceptualize, present and discuss creative concepts for an engaging community portal. Produced main designs and coordinated with the design and development team to produce all other templates. Designed and illustrated the Civic Nation backdrop with winter and summer seasonality. Led a team consisting of a 3D modeler, interactive developer and designer with interactive partners, Crash Media, to produce the Civic Nation’s Suzuka Challenge racing game allowing community users to take part in monthly competitions and win prizes. RESULT: An innovative and engaging community website encouraging user participation and communication of ‘love’ for their Honda Civics with over 22,000 database registrants.	Role: Art Direction, Design & Illustration ART DIRECTED and PRODUCED an isometric racing game for ‘Civic Nation’s Suzuka Challenge’ for Honda Canada. Directed the 3D modeling of the vehicles that appear in the game and led a creative team to design and produce the interface design, all in-game graphics, artwork and illustrations. Liaised and provided artistic direction to interactive partners Crash Media, Toronto, in the development of the racing game mechanics. Play tested and quality assured prototypes throughout the development cycle and assisted in design and artwork. RESULT: A simple yet addictive racing game that appealed to everyone from driving enthusiasts to Soccer Moms. Awarded Merit at the ADCC 2005 Awards and published in Taschen's ICONS Web Design: Flash® Sites.	We wanted to push the envelope on the feeling the game had with panning and zooming and motion, which was influenced by the method in which racing is televised. It provoked good feelings and a small victory at the ADCC 2005 Awards.	Role: Art Direction, Design, Illustration & Animation ART DIRECTED and PRODUCED Sonicboom’s Ice Fishing Christmas eCard Game. Brainstormed and developed ideas with the creative team. Art directed the music, audio and game mechanics, including a prototype. Coordinated and Art Directed the design team to photograph and illustrate all staff members for the game. Created all final animations, interface design and directed the final photo finish illustrations. RESULT: An inventive and fun greeting card playing on the NHL lockout of 2005 and reinvigorating the sport as the ‘National Ice Fishing League’.	Role: Art Direction, Design, Illustration & Animation ART DIRECTED and REDESIGNED the website for a re-branded direct marketing company ‘The Helicopter Group’. Liaised with clients and their branding partner to develop their online identity, presented and discussed design concepts, storyboards and final designs. Directed and produced animations for the intro sequence and the website. Directed the 3D animations and illustrated all artwork – the client liked them so much they were later commissioned for use on vehicle liveries. RESULT: A website exceeding all client expectations facilitating a positive transition of the company’s re-brand with their existing client base. Visit The Helicopter Group website.	Getting your work featured in a Taschen publication felt great. Yet again, a testament to the hard work from everyone involved.	Role: Art Direction, Branding, Design & Animation ART DIRECTED and DESIGNED the 'Digital Arts & Technology Training Institute' website for CD-ED. Liaised with clients to present and discuss concepts, new brand identity and final designs. Art directed the rebranding of the new logo and led the design team in creating concepts for the school. Worked closely with the information architect, interaction design and development team to create sleek and futuristic design templates that were easy to update. Designed the website and created all animated components. RESULT: An inspiring and futuristic website that is sleek and appealed to a young target audience interested in educating themselves in the aspects of Game Design and production. Visit the DArTT Institute website.	Role: Art Direction, Design & Illustration ART DIRECTED and REDESIGNED the employee extranet and content management system for ‘Honda Canada Manufacturing’. Liaised with clients to discuss creative concepts and final designs and worked closely with the Information Architect and Development team to deliver robust templates that were easy for the client to manage. Created the ‘Honda Wave’ to symbolize the diversity of the Honda Alliston workforce and illustrated all the iconography on the website. Brainstormed and led a design team to design and create a promotional contest around the launch of the new Extranet. RESULT: A new and improved usable design that helped employees find the right information and helped dramatically reduce traffic to Human Resources.	Role: Art Direction, Design & Animation ART DIRECTED and DESIGNED the website for the opening of ‘Cleveland Clinic Canada’. Liaised with clients to present and discuss creative concepts, storyboards and final designs. Worked closely with the Interactive Developer to create rich and unique transition effects from page to page. RESULT: A sleek and professional user experience that communicates the complete confidence image of the Cleveland Clinic Canada brand.