Garth Beams is a freelance animator, illustrator, writer and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, NY.  He worked at the Late Show with David Letterman for 9 years, first as a designer and later as the head of the graphics department. His client list includes: IBM, Cisco Sytems, Kodak, Barnes and Noble, Ketchum, Decameron International Resorts and hotels and others. Currently, he is working on several writing and animating original web animations for IBM's "Smarter Planet" campaign, as well as developing and animating a new TV ad campaign for Decameron Hotels.