Pete Moraites began drawing
pictures at the very early age of 0.9 years
old, initially favoring the medium of crayon (Crayola
64-pack with built-in sharpener). Showing some promise
in this area, he expanded his repertoire to include
pencils (both colored and non-), pens (ball-point, felt-tip,
you name it), and even Mr. Sketch scented magic markers
(Peter was easily identified at the time by his perennial
polychrome mustache). It was around this time that he
began to write stories as well.
Peter went to Fair Lawn High School and then to Rutgers
University where he continued to write and draw things.
Somewhere between the two, people began to pay him for
it. Past creative endeavors include:
• Active participation in the Tomato
ten-day workshops
in Tokyo (2000), and the five-day workshop
in New York City (2001).
• Photography for online entertainment magazine
PubDistrict.com.
• Developing motion graphics and writing/directing
entertainment segments for liins, John Gray, Richard
Jeni, Norman Schwarzkopf, and Larry King
• Writing, directing and editing promotional,
documentary and music videos for Ecko Clothing
• Designing motion interstitials for Nickelodeon™
and writing/illustrating a serialised comic book for
Nick Online™
• Developing opening titles and interstitial designs
for PBS’s “New York Adventures”
DAY FOR NIGHT : ARTISTS
Pete Moraites
Peter’s cartoon work has also been featured in
Backyard Monsters, a touring museum exhibit for children.
During 2001, Peter (a.k.a. Sean Annigans, a.k.a. "The
White Knight of Roppongi") migrated to the Left
Coast where he continues to grow as a creator/developer
of ideas, imagery, and story, frequently combining his
skill and passion for conceptualization, writing, design,
direction, editing, and animation. Recently, he has
begun making noise as well, with increasingly occasional
musical result. His collaboration with Eric
Scott, under the moniker Salvador
Dalek, remains one of the many unsolved
mysteries of this and the past century.
