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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY A powerful freehand illustrator with solid technical
knowledge, excellent interpersonal skills and a strong sense of professionalism. Specializing in the human figure with focus
on portraiture and caricature, but including a vast range of methods, including: Mural painting, computer graphics, layout
and design, logos, architectural drawing, cartooning and more. (MEDIUMS/SUBJECTS)
SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS / EXPERIENCE - 20+ years of freelance graphic
art experience.
- 250+ company contractors including such major corporations as: Dell Computer, McDonalds Corporation,
State Farm Insurance, and Time Warner Cable.
(CLIENT LIST)
- 12+ years experience as a staff artist/designer.
- Wide variety of design format experience, including: brochures/mailers,
newspaper advertisements, product packaging, signage, decorations/kiosk displays, business cards, invitations, mastheads/letterheads,
software icons, event programs, menus, playing cards and art exhibits.
- Efficient deadline management such as same day
event fulfillment, weekly printing schedules and late-notice contracts.
- Strong communication skills with clients, management,
printers, sales personnel, creative directors, and event planners.
- Thorough knowledge of graphics software including
Photoshop, Corel Painter, Freehand, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Quark XPress, GifBuilder, Typestyler and html.
(SOFTWARE/TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE)
- Strong knowledge of pre-press, 2-color and 4-color processing, and electronic file transference.
(NOTEABLE PROJECTS)
PUBLICATIONS / MEMBERSHIPS
- Art Direction of Metro Atlanta's Welcome Book tourist phone directory -2006.
- Cover art for Brainy Baby™ ParentSmart™ book series -2006.
- Illustrator of “Dog Ears”, monthly cartoon in Austin Pet Directory 2004-present. Featured vendor interview,
September 2004.
- Display advertisement for Super Suppers in Entrepreneur Magazine -2005.
- Display advertisement design work published weekly in American Classifieds of Austin from 1995 to 2005.
- Complete Graphic Design of Anderson Trojan Baseball Program, 2002-2005.
- Ebony Deities, fiction novel, illustrations and cover art -2004.
- Display advertisements for @ Home in Austin published in The Lonestar Directory and G&L Rainbow pages- 2002-2004.
- Creator, writer and illustrator of Steel Rain, graphic novel. Reviewed favorably in The Austin Chronicle
-1999.
- Instructor and cover designer for LBJ High School Comic-Book Creation Class project book (No. 1) -1997.
- Member of SouthWest Comic Art! Society. for over 4 years. Staff artist for society newsletter.
- Member of National Caricaturist Network for over 4 years.
- Comic-Art Show exhibitor and exhibit designer at The Laff Stop (now Capitol City Comedy Club) 1994-1995.(SAMPLE DOWNLOADS)
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