Makayla Haynes - Visual Development

Tilly & Butler

In a Victorian Era Great Britain, a young girl, Tilly, explores an abandoned treehouse with her imaginary friend: an oversized and uptight millipede butler! Will her Butler be able to keep her out of trouble, or will Tilly's rambunctiousness get her lost in the woods?

Tilly finds a strange treehouse: what could be inside?

Cobwebs and dust are no obstacle to Tilly's curiosity.

Design Exploration + Ideation

Final designs + Color scheme exploration

Early design ideation, deciding on shape language.

Tilly & Butler Props

Tilly never leaves home without her trusty butterfly backpack! Its made of mahogany and wicker and stuffed to the brim with trinkets, so its a bit heavy... fortunately, Tilly's very strong for a five year old.

Color exploration

initial brainstorming

exploration

material exploration

final exploration

butler doll ideation

Shape language ideations

Manor ideations

Composition + Value studies

Layout exploration

Treehouse Explorations - Interior and Exterior

Interior Design - Children's Bedroom

Continuing the bug theme in the modern era! Room designed with an emphasis on conveying personality through decor and rendering light logic from imagination.

Final illustration is pencil on coquille board.

Toy design reference sheet

STARBLAST - Battle of the Bandz

Jack: Lead Vocals, Kay: Bass, Morgan: Keyboard, Cody: Guitar, Val: Drums, and Emily: Unwilling Audience

Meet STARBLAST: your new least favorite high school band! Comprised of 5 talented individuals with wildly incompatible music tastes, STARBLAST is guaranteed to leave a strong impression. Will they win this year's Battle of the Bandz? Definitely not, but dang it, they're going to get up on that stage, hold that audience captive, and make some sounds!

(...that is, if Emily doesn't get her hands on their instruments first.)

Morgan icon

Outfit exploration - watercolor

Val doodle

Cody doodle

Kay Portrait

Emily portrait

Robin Hood - Team Redesign

In a post-apocalyptic flooded world, fuel has become scarce, and the sunken city of Nautica survives under the tyrannical rule of a corrupt oil tycoon known as The Sheriff. Meet Robin Hood and his Maritime Men, marauders who seek to dissolve the oil industry and re-empower the people of Nautica with self-sustaining solar energy!