2025
Master Key
An illustrated book set in the Master Key universe, blending hand-drawn illustration, graphic novel pacing, and mixed-media experimentation for a Marvel-like multiverse feel—each chapter shifts style, medium, and composition as the story crosses worlds.
Graphic Novel
Illustration
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I partnered with Christopher Davis, creator of the Master Key universe and former EA Sports writer, to build the visual identity of his debut book: 14 key illustrations, logo, and a full cover system that channel a Marvel‑style multiverse energy. Each chapter deliberately shifts style, medium, and composition—mixing digital painting, comic panels, and mixed‑media collage—to mirror the book’s intergalactic stakes and character‑driven storytelling.®
My Role inside the Master Key Universe
I served as the primary visual collaborator on Master Key, Christopher Davis’s intergalactic saga where Earth becomes the battleground for colossal Jahtorians and royal bloodlines fighting over a reality‑shaping artifact. My role spanned early concept sketches, chapter keyframes, and visual worldbuilding through to final illustration, logo design, and a complete front–back–spine cover system. Every visual decision was aligned with Chris’s goal: a high‑energy, anime‑ and Marvel‑inspired universe where Black and Brown youth see themselves at the center of the story. To reflect the book’s multiverse scale, I treated each chapter like its own universe—changing line quality, rendering style, and page composition as the characters cross worlds and perspectives. The result is a mixed‑media language that feels big and cinematic, but still cohesive enough to grow across future books, trailers, and adaptations in the Master Key universe.
The Challenge
Master Key weaves intergalactic war, royal politics, and intimate, coming‑of‑age choices into a single story, which can easily overwhelm readers if everything looks the same from page to page. Chris wanted something that hits like a Marvel or anime multiverse—huge scale, bold stakes—but still reads clearly and gives young Black and Brown readers heroes they instantly recognize themselves in. The challenge was building a visual system that could jump between worlds, cultures, and tones without ever feeling disjointed or confusing.
If every scene in Master Key shared one flat style, the book would lose the sense of crossing between dimensions and timelines that sits at the heart of the story. At the same time, constant stylistic shifts risk breaking immersion or making the reading experience feel random. My challenge was to give each chapter its own visual identity—its own “universe”—while anchoring the reader with consistent symbols, silhouettes, and color cues, so the multiverse feels intentional instead of chaotic.
Solution
solution was to design the visuals as a deliberate multiverse: each chapter gets its own art language, from sketchy, kinetic linework to polished painterly spreads and bold, poster‑like compositions. By mixing digital painting, manga‑inspired panels, motion‑comic framing, and collage textures, the book lets readers feel when the story shifts dimensions or perspectives, even beforMye they read the text on the page.
Across 14 key illustrations, I treated style, medium, and composition as storytelling tools, dialing them up or down to match each moment’s stakes. High‑impact scenes use dramatic foreshortening, luminous color, and layered effects, while quieter character beats lean on negative space, restrained palettes, and intimate framing. For the identity, I created a custom logo and emblem that tie back to the Master Key itself, then extended that system across the front cover, back cover, and spine. This consistent backbone keeps the book feeling like one unified object, even as the art inside bends and shifts like a multiverse.
Concept
The core concept behind the visuals is simple: when the universe bends, the art bends with it. Style, medium, and layout all respond to the world, the character, and the chapter’s emotional weight, turning the multiverse idea into something you can literally see on the page.
Master Key is built on themes of legacy, power, and the cost of choice, and the art direction mirrors that by constantly shifting, evolving, and recombining influences. I pulled from anime, Western comics, and game cinematics, but filtered those references through a focused design system—recurring motifs, shared shapes, and a controlled color language—so the book feels like its own universe, not a collage of references. The concept is designed to scale beyond the page: the same visual rules that drive the book can extend into motion, social promos, and future entries in the Master Key saga, giving Chris a flexible, recognizable foundation for a growing multiverse.
More Works
(GQ® — 02)
©2026
FAQ
01
What kind of work do you take on?
02
How does your pricing work?
03
Do you only do web design, or other creative
04
What does the process look like from start to finish?
05
How do you measure whether a project was successful?
06
What do I need to bring to get started?
07
Do I need to be technical to work with you?
08
Can you work with an existing brand or do you start from scratch?
2025
Master Key
An illustrated book set in the Master Key universe, blending hand-drawn illustration, graphic novel pacing, and mixed-media experimentation for a Marvel-like multiverse feel—each chapter shifts style, medium, and composition as the story crosses worlds.
Graphic Novel
Illustration
Know More
I partnered with Christopher Davis, creator of the Master Key universe and former EA Sports writer, to build the visual identity of his debut book: 14 key illustrations, logo, and a full cover system that channel a Marvel‑style multiverse energy. Each chapter deliberately shifts style, medium, and composition—mixing digital painting, comic panels, and mixed‑media collage—to mirror the book’s intergalactic stakes and character‑driven storytelling.®
My Role inside the Master Key Universe
I served as the primary visual collaborator on Master Key, Christopher Davis’s intergalactic saga where Earth becomes the battleground for colossal Jahtorians and royal bloodlines fighting over a reality‑shaping artifact. My role spanned early concept sketches, chapter keyframes, and visual worldbuilding through to final illustration, logo design, and a complete front–back–spine cover system. Every visual decision was aligned with Chris’s goal: a high‑energy, anime‑ and Marvel‑inspired universe where Black and Brown youth see themselves at the center of the story. To reflect the book’s multiverse scale, I treated each chapter like its own universe—changing line quality, rendering style, and page composition as the characters cross worlds and perspectives. The result is a mixed‑media language that feels big and cinematic, but still cohesive enough to grow across future books, trailers, and adaptations in the Master Key universe.
The Challenge
Master Key weaves intergalactic war, royal politics, and intimate, coming‑of‑age choices into a single story, which can easily overwhelm readers if everything looks the same from page to page. Chris wanted something that hits like a Marvel or anime multiverse—huge scale, bold stakes—but still reads clearly and gives young Black and Brown readers heroes they instantly recognize themselves in. The challenge was building a visual system that could jump between worlds, cultures, and tones without ever feeling disjointed or confusing.
If every scene in Master Key shared one flat style, the book would lose the sense of crossing between dimensions and timelines that sits at the heart of the story. At the same time, constant stylistic shifts risk breaking immersion or making the reading experience feel random. My challenge was to give each chapter its own visual identity—its own “universe”—while anchoring the reader with consistent symbols, silhouettes, and color cues, so the multiverse feels intentional instead of chaotic.
Solution
solution was to design the visuals as a deliberate multiverse: each chapter gets its own art language, from sketchy, kinetic linework to polished painterly spreads and bold, poster‑like compositions. By mixing digital painting, manga‑inspired panels, motion‑comic framing, and collage textures, the book lets readers feel when the story shifts dimensions or perspectives, even beforMye they read the text on the page.
Across 14 key illustrations, I treated style, medium, and composition as storytelling tools, dialing them up or down to match each moment’s stakes. High‑impact scenes use dramatic foreshortening, luminous color, and layered effects, while quieter character beats lean on negative space, restrained palettes, and intimate framing. For the identity, I created a custom logo and emblem that tie back to the Master Key itself, then extended that system across the front cover, back cover, and spine. This consistent backbone keeps the book feeling like one unified object, even as the art inside bends and shifts like a multiverse.
Concept
The core concept behind the visuals is simple: when the universe bends, the art bends with it. Style, medium, and layout all respond to the world, the character, and the chapter’s emotional weight, turning the multiverse idea into something you can literally see on the page.
Master Key is built on themes of legacy, power, and the cost of choice, and the art direction mirrors that by constantly shifting, evolving, and recombining influences. I pulled from anime, Western comics, and game cinematics, but filtered those references through a focused design system—recurring motifs, shared shapes, and a controlled color language—so the book feels like its own universe, not a collage of references. The concept is designed to scale beyond the page: the same visual rules that drive the book can extend into motion, social promos, and future entries in the Master Key saga, giving Chris a flexible, recognizable foundation for a growing multiverse.
More Works
(GQ® — 02)
©2026
FAQ
01
What kind of work do you take on?
02
How does your pricing work?
03
Do you only do web design, or other creative
04
What does the process look like from start to finish?
05
How do you measure whether a project was successful?
06
What do I need to bring to get started?
07
Do I need to be technical to work with you?
08
Can you work with an existing brand or do you start from scratch?
2025
Master Key
An illustrated book set in the Master Key universe, blending hand-drawn illustration, graphic novel pacing, and mixed-media experimentation for a Marvel-like multiverse feel—each chapter shifts style, medium, and composition as the story crosses worlds.
Graphic Novel
Illustration
Know More
I partnered with Christopher Davis, creator of the Master Key universe and former EA Sports writer, to build the visual identity of his debut book: 14 key illustrations, logo, and a full cover system that channel a Marvel‑style multiverse energy. Each chapter deliberately shifts style, medium, and composition—mixing digital painting, comic panels, and mixed‑media collage—to mirror the book’s intergalactic stakes and character‑driven storytelling.®
My Role inside the Master Key Universe
I served as the primary visual collaborator on Master Key, Christopher Davis’s intergalactic saga where Earth becomes the battleground for colossal Jahtorians and royal bloodlines fighting over a reality‑shaping artifact. My role spanned early concept sketches, chapter keyframes, and visual worldbuilding through to final illustration, logo design, and a complete front–back–spine cover system. Every visual decision was aligned with Chris’s goal: a high‑energy, anime‑ and Marvel‑inspired universe where Black and Brown youth see themselves at the center of the story. To reflect the book’s multiverse scale, I treated each chapter like its own universe—changing line quality, rendering style, and page composition as the characters cross worlds and perspectives. The result is a mixed‑media language that feels big and cinematic, but still cohesive enough to grow across future books, trailers, and adaptations in the Master Key universe.
The Challenge
Master Key weaves intergalactic war, royal politics, and intimate, coming‑of‑age choices into a single story, which can easily overwhelm readers if everything looks the same from page to page. Chris wanted something that hits like a Marvel or anime multiverse—huge scale, bold stakes—but still reads clearly and gives young Black and Brown readers heroes they instantly recognize themselves in. The challenge was building a visual system that could jump between worlds, cultures, and tones without ever feeling disjointed or confusing.
If every scene in Master Key shared one flat style, the book would lose the sense of crossing between dimensions and timelines that sits at the heart of the story. At the same time, constant stylistic shifts risk breaking immersion or making the reading experience feel random. My challenge was to give each chapter its own visual identity—its own “universe”—while anchoring the reader with consistent symbols, silhouettes, and color cues, so the multiverse feels intentional instead of chaotic.
Solution
solution was to design the visuals as a deliberate multiverse: each chapter gets its own art language, from sketchy, kinetic linework to polished painterly spreads and bold, poster‑like compositions. By mixing digital painting, manga‑inspired panels, motion‑comic framing, and collage textures, the book lets readers feel when the story shifts dimensions or perspectives, even beforMye they read the text on the page.
Across 14 key illustrations, I treated style, medium, and composition as storytelling tools, dialing them up or down to match each moment’s stakes. High‑impact scenes use dramatic foreshortening, luminous color, and layered effects, while quieter character beats lean on negative space, restrained palettes, and intimate framing. For the identity, I created a custom logo and emblem that tie back to the Master Key itself, then extended that system across the front cover, back cover, and spine. This consistent backbone keeps the book feeling like one unified object, even as the art inside bends and shifts like a multiverse.
Concept
The core concept behind the visuals is simple: when the universe bends, the art bends with it. Style, medium, and layout all respond to the world, the character, and the chapter’s emotional weight, turning the multiverse idea into something you can literally see on the page.
Master Key is built on themes of legacy, power, and the cost of choice, and the art direction mirrors that by constantly shifting, evolving, and recombining influences. I pulled from anime, Western comics, and game cinematics, but filtered those references through a focused design system—recurring motifs, shared shapes, and a controlled color language—so the book feels like its own universe, not a collage of references. The concept is designed to scale beyond the page: the same visual rules that drive the book can extend into motion, social promos, and future entries in the Master Key saga, giving Chris a flexible, recognizable foundation for a growing multiverse.
More Works
©2026
FAQ
What kind of work do you take on?
How does your pricing work?
Do you only do web design, or other creative
What does the process look like from start to finish?
How do you measure whether a project was successful?
What do I need to bring to get started?
Do I need to be technical to work with you?
Can you work with an existing brand or do you start from scratch?