Bot Roda is a freelance illustrator and storyboard artist in Lancaster, PA. Bot has created cartoon illustrations, storyboards, caricatures, cartoon maps, and much more for hundreds of clients including major corporations, ad agencies, design studios, web designers, book and magazine publishers, theme parks, major league sports teams, and many more.

He offers a wide variety of illustration styles and techniques across a broad range of industries and subject matter.

After serving in the US Navy and graduating from art school he started work at a Baltimore package design studio, where he worked for a year before taking a position at Godfrey Advertising in Lancaster, PA. As an art director and illustrator for Godfrey Advertising, Bot created original and stylized humorous illustrations for their clients' ads and marketing materials.

Over his 15 year career at Godfrey Advertising he polished his skills and developed the many styles he's since become known for. Some of Bot's work went on to garner industry recognition through a national Cleo award nomination and several ADDY awards from the Central PA Association of Advertising Agencies. He was also a finalist in the New York Society of Illustrators’ national juried humor show.

In pursuing his dream of becoming a freelance illustrator he left Godfrey Advertising and set out with his portfolio to New York City where he started landing editorial assignments from the Times Mirror Group of consumer magazines and then advertising assignments from New York ad agencies. He has enjoyed the freelance life to the fullest, staying busy working on a wide range of projects for Fortune 500 companies, ad agencies, design studios, and independent designers that allow him to express his passion and artistic abilities for a diversified client list.

When Bot's not at his drawing table or working on his Mac computer and Wacom Cintiq (which isn't that often), his hobbies include reading, watching movies, camping, and playing ice hockey as a goaltender. His former hobby as a Civil War re-enactor led Bot to work as a storyboard artist in 1992 with director Ron Maxwell, on the Turner Pictures feature film "Gettysburg." In 2001, Maxwell utilized his talents again as a storyboard artist for his prequel "Gods & Generals," which was released in February 2003.