About McD Workshop

I’m Chris McD 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, USA, and works with people and businesses everywhere.

Clients and Collaborators Include:

    Tim and Eric LLC, Bakshi Productions, Spümcø International, The Magic Store, Virgin Entertainment, I Am 8-Bit Productions, Cartoon Brew, Rizzoli International Publications/Universe, Frederator, Mark Burnett Productions, The University of the Arts, Rowan University, Meathaus, Island/Def Jam Records, Uppity Cracker Records, Urban Box Office, and G2/Grey Advertising

Television work includes:

    • Animation for “Eagleheart” on Adult Swim/Cartoon Network
    • Animation for a HBO presentation
    • Animation for “Portlandia” on IFC
    • Animation for “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job” on Adult Swim/Cartoon Network
    • Animation for Tim and Eric segment of “Funny Or Die Presents” on HBO
    • Animation for “Yo Gabba Gabba” on Nick Jr.
    • Writing and storyboards for “Ape Escape” on Nickelodeon
    • 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, 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

Published work includes:

    • Art direction and design of Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi by Jon M. Gibson and Chris McDonnell, published by Universe
    • Design of Universal Studios Monsters: A Legacy of Horror by Michael Mallory, published by Universe
    • Art direction and design of Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon by Bob Greenberger, published by Universe
    • Hand-lettering and redesign of English language translation of Tunes: A Comic Book History of Rock and Roll edited by Vincent Brunner, published by Universe (French title: Rock Strips)
    • Art direction and design of Independently Animated: Bill Plympton by Bill Plympton with David B. Levy, published by Universe
    • Design of Constructing Green Lantern: From Page to Screen by Ozzy Inguanzo, published by Universe
    • Illustration and design of Sasquatch’s Big Hairy Drawing Book by Chris McDonnell, published by Chronicle Books

Education:

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

Exhibitions:

    2004 Meltdown Gallery, “Meathaus Meltdown” group show, Los Angeles, CA
    2004 MoCCA Gallery, Meathaus group show, New York, NY
    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
    2010 Brave New Worlds, “Domo Arigato” group show, Philadelphia, PA
    2011 Brave New Worlds, “Drawn to Letters” group show, Philadelphia, PA

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, issues 2-4 published by Meathaus/McD Workshop LLC, Philadelphia
    Meathaus S.O.S., published by Nerdcore, Los Angeles, CA
    Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, published by Universe, New York, NY
    Sasquatch’s Big Hairy Drawing Book, published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA

Speaking:

    2008 NY Comic-con panel featuring Ralph Bakshi
    2008 Discussion with Ralph Bakshi at The School of Visual Arts
    2010 Animation Studio in a Box workshop presentation at the West Chester Film Festival

Teaching:

    2008 Package Design, Rowan University
    2009 Senior Portfolio, Rowan University
    2010-2011 Sequential Format Illustration, The University of the Arts
    2010-2011 Intro to Computer Animation, The University of the Arts
    2011-present Digital Image Creation and Editing, The University of the Arts

Email me with inquiries.

The energy that powers McD Workshop LLC is renewable electricity provided by the Energy Co-op.

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