Creative Directing + Writing
I am foremost a storyteller.
At the heart of everything I do is the ability to create the words and visuals to capture your message. I cross mediums and platforms to find your audience in the places they like to go. I help clarify your story and create content that illuminates the strategy I shape for your brand.
VIDEO AUDIO
GRAPHIC DESIGN COMIC BOOKS
PHOTOGRAPHY MOTION GRPAPHICS
MUSIC LIVE STREAMING
RETROGRADE NOVA- Creator, Designer, Photography
PHOTOGRAPHY- Erika took nearly 1000 photos of the truly amazing Natalia Roberts as reference material for the Retrograde Nova webcomic.
Erika worked with an amazing artist to create the first image of TITAN, the hero of Retrograde Nova.
Erika has spent years putting together the Transmedia story of Retrograde Nova. One of the hardest elements is to find the right platform and medium for each of the story elements. Certain things that work well in video do not translate to comic books, and other things that are easy to photograph don't work well as an audio drama. Her focus has been on creating an exciting, exhilarating story that best uses each medium's strength.
Erika is working with two artists from Brooklyn, Trew2Art and Jermaine Hall for designs and characters.
Erika is a voice actor for the Ultra Solar Tales which is the audio book version of the story. She created logos for the audio book and the soon-to-be-released web comic, Alternate Trajectory.
The audiobook can be found here on SoundCloud and on our sister website Imagine Alley Digital.
Once the Web Comic is released it will be found here on this website and on Tumblr and Tapastic.
AALIANETWORK - Broadcast Floor Manager, Photographer, Cinematographer
Here is Erika on stage before a CAPSOC Live TV and Streaming Broadcast with the amazing lead of the AaliaNetwork, Karim Ali. She planned full scale Local TV broadcasts and controlled all technical aspects of the broadcast for the maximum experience for live audience members and the online community.
She also wrote numerous articles for the CAPSOC site on education and the importance of art in our communities.
Here are a couple of the many amazing projects Erika has worked on for the AaliaNetwork behind the camera and/or in the editing room.
LIFE ON ECHO - Creator, Writer, Web Series Direction, VFX + Graphic Design
Erika's Green Screen mockups and VFX
Logo Design
"Live On Echo" is the prequel to the story told in Retrograde Nova. As RN is going to take years to get onto a comic book page Erika decided to start shooting a few videos of what happens to Titan and her crew before the disaster that leaves her stranded in another galaxy.
Her "fun little idea" got out of hand and now LIFE ON ECHO has turned into a 32 episode web series which will soon be on YouTube. Our first major showing will be our own special panel at the Comic Book Convention, BlerDCon, in Arlington VA.
Erika directed the creation of multiple show bumpers and video intros.
Erika has been hand creating background space plates for compositing into videos and the webcomic. Our intrepid heroes will see incredible sights- amazing and terrible - throughout our galaxy.
TAKE POINT NOW - Media Director, Brand Manager, Photographer, Videographer
Erika and team leader, PK Ewing, are seen here in ProRider Magazine.
Erika’s logo design for a podcast she is producing to inspire wounded veterans.
Below are 2 of the 50+ videos Erika has created for Take Point Now over the years.
The team of Marines have given some amazing heartwarming interviews as well some utterly ridiculous activities on and off the jet skis.