About It

I’m Chris and McD Workshop LLC is the company that I formed to manage my commercial art projects. I create the work on your project from start to finish, and work directly with you.

McD Workshop is located in Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., and works with people and businesses everywhere.

Email me with inquiries.

The energy that powers the McD Workshop LLC design studio is 100% renewable electricity provided by the Energy Co-op. Currently it is 3% solar, 10% wind, and 87% low impact hydro.

Clients Include:

    Bakshi Productions, Spümcø International, Island / Def Jam Records, The Magic Store, Virgin Entertainment, Tim and Eric, Cartoon Brew, Rizzoli International Publications / Universe, Frederator, Mark Burnett Productions, Rowan University, Meathaus, Urban Box Office, and G2 / Grey Advertising

Many of the projects that I worked on for Virgin Entertainment were used to promote products for other companies, such as Coca Cola, Apple, Buick, CBS, Rhino Records, Warner Brothers, Microsoft, Sprint and more. I was entrusted to work within each brand’s corporate and visual identities on projects ranging from concept illustrations for presentations to production artwork for major in-store displays in Virgin Megastores.

Television work includes:

    • Animation for Tim and Eric segment of “Funny Or Die” on HBO
    • Animation for “Yo Gabba Gabba” on Nick Jr. and Noggin
    • Writing and storyboards for “Ape Escape” on Nicktoons Network
    • Animation, compositing and editing for “Tom Goes to the Mayor” on Adult Swim / Cartoon Network
    • Animation for “Steven and Stephen” on Atom Films / Comedy Central
    • Production drawings for “Extreme Marksmen” on The History Channel
    • Opening credit sequence storyboards for “The Contender” on NBC

Music video work includes:

    • Animation on “Overdue” by The Get Up Kids, Designed by Travis Millard, Co-produced by Kounterattack Design
    • Animation and Direction on “Darth Vader / Weirdo” by The Left Rights
    • Animation on “Love Throw a Line” by Patty Griffin, Directed by Traci Goudie

Publishing work includes:

    • Book design and co-author of “Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi” by Jon M. Gibson and Chris McDonnell, published by Rizzoli / Universe
    • Book design of “Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror” by Michael Mallory, published by Rizzoli / Universe
    • Book design of “Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon” by Bob Greenberger, published by Rizzoli / Universe

Education:

    2001 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
    BFA, Animation
    Awarded the Silas H. Rhodes Scholarship

Exhibitions:

    2004 Meltdown Gallery, “Meathaus Meltdown” group show, Los Angeles, CA
    2004 MoCCA Gallery, Meathaus group show, New York, NY
    Chris McD / James Jean collaborative poster in XFUNS group show, Taiwan
    2005 XFUNS group show, Taiwan
    2006 Nickelodeon Studios, “Real Life Wizardz” group show, Los Angeles, CA
    2008 World of Wonder Gallery, “I am 8-Bit” group show, Los Angeles, CA

Press:

    2003 XFUNS Creative & Design Magazine No. 8, feature on “Chris McDonnell” and animation included
    on CD-ROM
    2005 XFUNS Creative & Design Magazine No. 19, feature on “Meathaus Team”
    2006 BBC Collective interview on Meathaus, “DIY Comic Genius”
    2008 Outline, Illustrators Australia Newsletter interview, “Meathaus SOS: Chris McD Talks”
    2008 Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi covered in Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, Arthur, Tokion, Playboy, Juxtapoz, BlackBook, the Soho Journal, Vanity Fair, New York magazine and more

Books:

    Meathaus, issues 1 – 7, published by Meathaus Enterprises, New York, NY
    Meathaus 8: Headgames, published by Alternative Comics, Gainesville, FL
    Go For The Gold: A Meathaus Sketchbook, published by Meathaus Enterprises, New York, NY
    Meathaus S.O.S., published by Nerdcore, Los Angeles, CA
    Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, published by Universe, New York, NY
    Shape Friends, published by McD Workshop LLC, Philadelphia, PA

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