Over 15 years experience using creative illustration, design, and photography talents. Experience includes workings as an Illustrator, Studio Artist, Fine Art Painter, Designer, Photographer, Graphic Designer, and Digital Artist. Very versatile in the visual arts working from fine art painting to very graphic digital design to photography; from free sketch and thumbnails to the technical side of pre-press printing. Deep knowledge and experience in most mediums of fine art as well as computer programs for design.

Illustration

• Paint or draw subject material to produce original artwork or illustrations, using watercolors, oils, acrylics, tempera, or other paint mediums.
• Highly developed drawing and illustrative abilities in the media of Macintosh, oil, acrylic, watercolor, graphite and chalk pastels.

Design

• Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
• Macintosh design work in QuarkXPress, Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe streamline and Adobe PageMaker. Smaller programs include Adobe Separator, Ofoto and Fotolook for scanning purposes, Stuffit Deluxe, Printbar for UPC placement, Norton Utilities and Color Calibration Software (C.C.S.) for film image setting. Color correction in Photoshop and Digital file burning to CD using Toast.
• PC experience includes Aldus Freehand, Corel Draw and Adobe PageMaker.
• Output work through basic black & white and color printers, QMS Colorscript, Tektronix, Rainbow System & Agfa film image setters (AGFA AccuSet 800 & AGFA ProSet 9400).
• Extensive experience in printing industry from design to Cyrel plate for 1-8 color printing presses.
• Experience in publishing industry from sketch to finish product including pre-press work and image retouching.

Photography

• Photograph subjects or events, using SLR and digital still cameras, color or black-and-white film and variety of photographic accessories.
• Extensive experience in black & white processing and print developing
• Creatively manipulate photos using Photoshop to achieve different visual outcomes.

Art Direction

• Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches, and direct workers engaged in art work, layout design, and copy writing for visual communications media.

Studio Artist

• Generated several new looks for Sunrise card lines. Created greeting cards with various mediums, following trends. Effectively interacted and collaborated with Editorialists and Art Directors. Presented created cards to peers and management for critique then followed through with any needed changes. Prepared digital files (after scanning if applicable) including layout and color correction based on proofs.
• Maintained constructive relationships with high level of communication, h3 presentation skills, and flexibility with receiving criticism and input.
• Demonstrated a high standard of leadership through a positive attitude and h3 work ethic.
• Produced considerably above and beyond assignments.
• Set standards for the Creative Department using innovation with new and existing processes.
• Improved communication with designers in production by using detailed organization of digital files and providing mock-ups.
• Improved quality and quantity of cards during hand-made work shops.
• Accepted additional assignments during release of cards.
• Recognized as “Marketing Employee of the Year, 2002” 
• Recipient of “Award for Innovation” for Annual Creative Department Awards

Designer / Pre-press Technician

• Designing, Illustrating, Pre-press preparation and plate making for labels.
• Designed labels, logos, and special dies.

Pre-Press Technician

• Pre-press loading of files into layout program Quark XPress making sure all images were linked.
• Saved files (high memory), database entry, photo retouching and color correcting.

Supervisor / Dark Room Technician / Photographer

• Took photos of visitors to area attractions, developed as slides, and put into view finder key chains.
• Began working as Photographer and promoted to Supervisor.

Bachelor of Arts Graduate with Distinction

• "Best of Show – Professional Fine Arts Division", Indiana State Fair, 2002
• Judges Award in Watercolor Society of Indiana Annual Exhibit
• Active in church with various community outreach activities.