Pat Bradley is an award winning animator and illustrator with a unique, playful style and a knack for storytelling. His work can be seen in national advertising campaigns and in some of the nation’s top museums including the Field Museum and Art Institute of Chicago.
He helps businesses and museums connect with their audiences by creating highly visual and memorable educational experiences. There is no project too large or small. View his reel or contact him to discuss your artistic needs.
NEWS:
Pat Bradley’s animation featured in the Field Museum’s exhibition Mammoths and Mastodons.
Now available: A short video documenting the Animated Cave Art interactive from Mammoths and Mastodons exhibition for the Field Museum of Natural History. Go behind the scenes and see concept art for the exhibition.
See a random sampling of illustrations
Custom animation and illustration
Lookio Children’s Book:
Pat illustrated a new book available from Lookio Books. Lookio is a new company started by Shawn and Christine Curry that publishes customizable children’s books. There site opens this August . See some examples.
Pat collaborated with game designer Derek Bolt to create a new video game for UIC’s marketing department.
Free Downloads of the game Sparky's Hoops of Fire are available from UIC website, the Apple App store and the Android Market.
Pat was the lead illustrator for the Kleinman Family Cove at the Chicago Botanic Garden. This aquatic classroom will provide opportunities for children and adults to study the plants and animals that inhabit our wetland ecosystems. It is scheduled to open this fall.
Field Museum palentologist Pete Makovicky (or an animated likeness of him) stars in The Changing View of T-Rex. This short film combines animation and live action to showcase new scientific insights into the world’s most popular dinosaur. The film is part of the new renovation of the Searle Lounge which will be completed in November.
The Digital short video series for Restoring Earth produced by Pat Bradley, Chris Bradley (soundtrack) and the Field Museum won the prestigious MUSE award from the American Association of Museums. Previous MUSE Awards were given for Pat's animations in Evolving Planet and Mammoths and Mastodons.
Works in ProgresS:
A RECent “daily”:
Take a sneak peak at some of the concept art.
Pat was lead illustrator for The Miami Science Museum’s Moving Things exhibition which has just opened. See some of the illustrations here.
Two newly completed animations projects; a modern day scientist and one of histories most famous authors, telling two very different stories in very different styles.
See them here.
