Chris Olaes Portfolio

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The Disney Afternoon & Funko

"There's so much to do, get it ready just for you, everybody's busy bringing you a Disney afternoon!"

The Disney Afternoon & Funko

"There's so much to do, get it ready just for you, everybody's busy bringing you a Disney afternoon!"

The Disney Afternoon & Funko

"There's so much to do, get it ready just for you, everybody's busy bringing you a Disney afternoon!"

ODM Anime Licenses

"It's over 9,000!"

ODM Anime Licenses

"It's over 9,000!"

ODM Anime Licenses

"It's over 9,000!"

DALLAS MAVERICKS FILIPINO CELEBRATION NIGHT

Go Mavs!

DALLAS MAVERICKS FILIPINO CELEBRATION NIGHT

Go Mavs!

DALLAS MAVERICKS FILIPINO CELEBRATION NIGHT

Go Mavs!

ODM Graphic Tees

T-shirt designs that express your personality

ODM Graphic Tees

T-shirt designs that express your personality

ODM Graphic Tees

T-shirt designs that express your personality

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Services

Art Direction

I provide creative leadership to ensure your brand’s visuals, photography, and campaigns align beautifully with your identity, guiding every detail for a cohesive, polished result.

Art Direction

I provide creative leadership to ensure your brand’s visuals, photography, and campaigns align beautifully with your identity, guiding every detail for a cohesive, polished result.

Art Direction

I provide creative leadership to ensure your brand’s visuals, photography, and campaigns align beautifully with your identity, guiding every detail for a cohesive, polished result.

Brand Strategy

I help uncover your brand’s unique position in the market, define your audience, craft a clear message, and lay the foundation for a compelling visual identity.

Brand Strategy

I help uncover your brand’s unique position in the market, define your audience, craft a clear message, and lay the foundation for a compelling visual identity.

Brand Strategy

I help uncover your brand’s unique position in the market, define your audience, craft a clear message, and lay the foundation for a compelling visual identity.

Digital

I provide visual direction and custom designs for your website or online store, ensuring your digital presence feels seamless, engaging, and on-brand.

Digital

I provide visual direction and custom designs for your website or online store, ensuring your digital presence feels seamless, engaging, and on-brand.

Digital

I provide visual direction and custom designs for your website or online store, ensuring your digital presence feels seamless, engaging, and on-brand.

Marketing Materials

I design all the materials you need to communicate with your audience, from sleek business cards and brochures to social media graphics and marketing assets.

Marketing Materials

I design all the materials you need to communicate with your audience, from sleek business cards and brochures to social media graphics and marketing assets.

Marketing Materials

I design all the materials you need to communicate with your audience, from sleek business cards and brochures to social media graphics and marketing assets.

Packaging

I create thoughtful, eye-catching packaging that not only protects your product but tells a story, making sure every unboxing moment feels memorable.

Packaging

I create thoughtful, eye-catching packaging that not only protects your product but tells a story, making sure every unboxing moment feels memorable.

Packaging

I create thoughtful, eye-catching packaging that not only protects your product but tells a story, making sure every unboxing moment feels memorable.

Visual Identity

From logos and typography to colors and brand systems, I design distinctive visual identities that bring your brand’s personality to life across every touchpoint.

Visual Identity

From logos and typography to colors and brand systems, I design distinctive visual identities that bring your brand’s personality to life across every touchpoint.

Visual Identity

From logos and typography to colors and brand systems, I design distinctive visual identities that bring your brand’s personality to life across every touchpoint.

Info

WHat I do

Creative and detail-oriented T-shirt and apparel designer with 20+ years of experience developing bold, retail-ready graphics for globally recognized brands. Expert in Photoshop, Illustrator, and apparel production workflows, with a deep understanding of screen printing, color separations, and on-brand commercial artwork. Proven success delivering high-impact designs for vinyl toys, NFTs, and apparel graphics for brands like Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and more. Equally comfortable leading a design team or executing freelance projects with fast turnarounds and consistently high quality.

My background

Led cross-functional teams of 3D sculptors, 3D animators, 3D renderers, utilities artists, and graphic designers to successfully deliver 40+ Funko NFT drops on time and within budget. Increased production output by 35% through strategic sprint planning, improved workflow management, and proactive stakeholder communication.

Managed in-house and freelance graphic artists and color separators, ensuring consistent print quality across 10+ domestic and international screen printing vendors. Produced original T-shirt designs for national retail partners including Walmart, Hot Topic, Kohl’s, and many other retail chains.

My approach

I believe good design starts with empathy. I ask questions, listen closely, and research to build brands that feel as good as they look, honest, beautiful, and built to last.

Career

(2023 - 2025) Funko - Creative Production Manager

(2011-2022) ODM - Graphic Designer, Quality Control Manager

(2009 – 2011) FSAS - Color Separator

(1995 – 2006) ODM - Graphic Designer, Color Seps Manager