Resume

Objective:

An artistic position where I can pursue a career in illustration and animation, in order to cultivate my skills and make lasting contributions. I want to put my creative skills to work for you!

Education:

  • Major: Radford University
  • Diploma: Bachelor of Science
  • Major: Art
  • Minor: Cinematography
  • Concentrations: Animation, Graphic Design
  • Final GPA: 3.45
  • Art GPA: 3.53

Skills:

  • Illustration - Well-versed in traditional and digital illustration, in many different styles. Excels at collaberation and thrives with team-oriented work. Specialties lie primarily in character portraits, sequential art style, and digital illustration.
  • Animation - Award-winning and trained animator. Well-versed in stop motion, paper-cel, and 3d CGI animaton, with experience in clear-cel and paper cutout stop-motion. Looking to cultivate and develop existing animation skills.
  • Graphic Design - Very experienced, published, and trained graphic designer. Design work has been used as examples for instructor's teaching portfolio. Specialties lie primarily in digital design, magazine layout, logos, and online ads.
  • Computer Skills - Proficient with many programs: Daily experience with Adobe CS programs, and proficient with Office Suite, Final Cut, Cinema 4d, Flash, and many others.

Work Experience:

  • Post Mortem Studios; March 2009 - May 2009

    Sequential Art Colorist

    Colored an 8-page horror mini-series for Post Mortem Studios' anthology "Grave Conditions." The comic, "Maiden Voyage," was colored digitally under a deadline.

  • University Bookstore of Virginia Tech; February 2009

    Online Graphic Consultant

    In addition to regular duties, served as a consultant for the general layout and appearance of the University Bookstore's new website storefront.

  • Alderac Entertainment Group; August 2008

    Graphic Designer

    Designed the layout for the Imperial Herald, an annual fanzine. Made improvements to the original design and constructed a new, 24-page template and layout under a deadline. Also edited and proofread text into the magazine layout and helped oversee the printing process.

  • Alex DeGruchy and Robin Simon; October 2007

    Sequential Art Colorist

    Coloring an ongoing mini-series "Nicodemus Flynn." The comic is colored digitally.

  • BigLickU.com; Feburary 2007 - November 2007

    Graphic Designer

    Designed logos, webpage graphics, web and print ads, and flash animated ads for the website biglicku.com. Was responsible for creating ads from both provided and self-researched material in a timely and effective manner. Was required to produce effective ads with a quick turn-around and worked with customers to ensure a successful and satisfactory ad. Also responsible for editing and resizing photographs for web content.

  • Speaking To The Dead Studios; June 2006 - September 2006

    Animator

    Story-boarded, drew, and animated a 1.5 minute film intro for Speaking To The Dead Studios, without assistance.

  • Art On A Mission; June 2006

    Graphic Designer

    Designed logo and page layout for an ad campaign for Mission Ministries' art storefront.

  • Fried Squid Productions; September 2005 - October 2005

    Animator

    Story-boarded, modeled, and animated the 3-minute opening sequence for the feature film "River of Dread."

Awards and Recognition

  • AEG Legend Of The Five Rings Video Contest 2007

    Won first place with a stop-motion animated film.

  • Blue Ridge Vision Film Festival 2005

    Won "Best Animated Student Film 3D" in 2005 for animated short film "Danse Macabre."

    • Hire Me!

    References and contact info available by request.