ABOUT ME

Hey, I'm Dave. I live in the Bay Area in California, and work as a Senior Experience Designer Lead for the Character Animator team at Adobe.

In the past, I made a student portfolio called Okaydave, a video game called Atmosphir, and a few videos like Extraneous Lyrics. Some of my work has been lucky enough to get featured by Wired, The Verge, Gawker, Entertainment Weekly, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, TechCrunch, Kotaku, Sesame Street, College Humor, VH1’s Best Week Ever, and HOW Design Magazine.

I love doing just about anything creative, and have particularly enjoyed working on games, websites, apps, motion graphics, illustrations, songs, and videos.

Thanks for visiting!
dave@okaysamurai.com
@okaysamurai

SPEAKING

Coming from a background that includes teaching middle school and playing in a pop/rock band, I feel pretty comfortable talking (or singing) on a stage. Here are a few of the places I've presented at in the past; feel free to contact me if you think I'd be a good fit for an upcoming event.

  • "Seven Stories"
    Portfolio Center, Atlanta
  • "Video 2026"
    SXSW 2016, Austin
    AAF Biloxi, Montgomery & Mobile
    Adobe MAX 2016
  • "HD Imagination: Storytelling with Video"
    AAF D7 Conference, Knoxville
    Portfolio Center, Atlanta
    Adobe MAX 2015, Los Angeles
  • Making Social Media Videos Pop
    SXSW 2015, Austin
    Adobe MAX 2015
  • "Pwning Modern Game Design"
    Skillshare Tech Semester, San Francisco
  • "Everything I Know I Learned From Video Games"
    HOW Design Conference, Austin
  • "10 Things I Learned from Okaydave"
    AIGA Think Tank, Nashville
  • "Self-Promotion and Portfolios in the Digital Age"
    HOW Design Conference, Atlanta
  • "Life/Work After Portfolio Center"
    Portfolio Center, Atlanta
  • Gamesbeat - "Who's Got Game?"
    Game Developers Conference, San Francisco
  • AIGA Oklahoma & The University of Central Oklahoma
  • NABJ Conference at AP Headquarters, New York

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