Meet Richard Turley's right-hand man at MTV, Erik Carter!

You’re 25 years old and Richard Turley calls you up out of the blue and says; “Hey, I’ve just got this sweet job at MTV and I’d like you to come on board as my senior designer, are you interested?” Of course you’re interested! You’d be a fool not to be interested, even if it means leaving your current (also awesome) job as an art director at The New York Times. Sounds nice right? Well this isn’t some fictional story I’ve just concocted in my head, this is the soon-to-be legendary tale of Erik Carter, a Virginia native turned New York City creative powerhouse who’s filling our (music) televisions with choice tidbits of witty animation and humorous asides from the world of the web.

We’ve already picked his boss’ brains over here and here about the mammoth task they’ve undertaken over at MTV, so here’a quick look at some new pieces Erik’s created and a flashback to some beautiful older work that shows this guy’s impressive range as a designer.