Originally drawn for the Austin Chronicle.
Read to Eat
Start the summer with great food stories and recipes worth a little perspiration
Editorial Illustration
Undone
Senior animator with Minnow Mountain‘s rotoscope team for the sci-if series, Undone. After 28-year-old Alma nearly dies in a car accident, she finds that she…
A Permaculture Podcast
As a volunteer at Festival Beach Food Forest, I discovered the resilience of nature and became aware of abundance around me, in plants I had…
Motion Graphics Reel
This compilation includes motion graphics and visual effects samples by Leah Lovise, created for Bazaarvoice, Chiral Balance, Elephant Productions, Fosforo Films, Moon City Media, Polly Mermaid, Quixote Entertainment, and University of Texas TEx Total Educational Experience. Enjoy!
Rosecomb Bantam Rooster in the Sweet Potato Vine
Raising bantam chickens in central Austin, Texas has altered my perceptions of cultivating one’s own food. Caring for these birds, collecting their eggs, and simply…
Girl. Nerd. Superhero.
In the future, mass devastation has lead humanity to abandon Earth. But, the children of the Far Side are left unaware of the mother planet…
What kind of breakfast taco are you?
Greetings from Austin, TX postcard series.
Collapsus
Collapsus is an interactive cross-media game that combines live action, rotoscope animation, interactive fiction, and documentary film. The story is set in the near future, portraying the affects that the world energy crisis has on international politics and the growing population.
Collapsus is produced and directed by Tommy Pallotta and received an Emmy nomination for Best Digital Fiction, a People’s Choice Award and Interactive Award nominations at SXSW 2011, the Dutch Spin Award, and a World Summit Award.
Weird Beard
This was a collaborative effort between actor David Yeakle, visual effects artist Gary Walker, motion graphic artist Glenn Dill (Graphicon Industries), and motion graphics artist Leah Lovise. It was created for the 2013 Urban Skep BYOBeard Group Art Show.
Untitled
Oil Pastel for local Austin art show, BYOBeard.
Corporate Identity Logos
Logo design for Pixel Spring, a lean development company. The company later changed names and this mark was never used. Creating a balance design, incorporating…
Children’s Tumor Foundation
In 2017, I had the honor of designing the invitation for the Children’s Tumor Foundation New York Gala to raise funding for NF awareness.
EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR
Oil on canvas, part of a solo art show in November 2017 at Vintage Heart Coffee in Austin, Texas.
Invincible Czars’ Nosferatu
Art print for The Invincible Czars’ tour of the silent film with live original score.
The Austin Chronicle
Heritage Tree Ordinance Takes Root Tree lovers stand their ground – and win Keller Keeps Her Robes, for Now Special judge says Keller’s conduct in…
Riddley Walker
Poster design for Riddley Walker, adapted for Trouble Puppet Theater Company by Artistic Director Connor Hopkins, from the award-winning cult-classic novel by Russell Hoban.
Dirty 6th Street
Greetings from Austin, TX postcard series.
COURI VINE KickStarter #2
Books 3 & 4 of the comic book series COURI VINE are complete! This completes the first story arch of the Couri Vine series. We…
Rotoscope for Linklater
In 2005, I moved to Austin, Texas to work as a rotoscope animator for the film A Scanner Darkly. In 2020, another Richard Linklater film…
Couri Vine book 4 Sacrifice
Book 4 Sacrifice ends the first series of Couri Vine. Held hostage in a high-tech labyrinth on the Near Side of the Moon, eleven-year-old Couri…
What the Heart Wants
Healthy eating isn’t always happy eating
Festival Beach Food Forest
These designs where created for the signage at the Festival Beach Food Forest a grassroots pilot project neighboring the Festival Beach Community Garden and RBJ…
Phantom of the Opera
Art print for The Invincible Czars’ tour of the silent film with live original score.
The Red Balloon
In 2008 at Salvage Vanguard Theater, Tongue and Groove Theatre captured the hearts of audiences with a stage performance of the classic French film The Red…
Cruel Circus
This is an illustration for Trouble Puppet Theater Company‘s Cruel Circus. Here’s a review of Cruel Circus by Adam Roberts of The Austin Chronicle. Here…
Doctor Jekyll & Mister Hyde
Art print for The Invincible Czars’ tour of the silent film with live original score.
Association Montessori Internationale – Motion Logo
Association Montessori Internationale approached me with a fun challenge; transform the existing AMI logo into the three growth stages, and represent the fundamentals of Maria…
Polly Mermaid
It’s impossible to leave the swirling wasteland of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch especially if you’re a mutant mermaid who has created a palace of…
Skull with Artichokes and Tulips
Oil on canvas
Craft Beer
Greetings from Austin, TX postcard series.
Infinite Refrigerator
Precious works of artwork are often found in the kitchen! The intricate stories, simple drawings, and daily achievements of our kids are traditionally found displayed…
New Year’s good-luck foods
This is an editorial illustration drawn for the article Beyond Black-Eyed Peas for the Austin Chronicle.
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