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Artist/Illustrator

Artist/illustrator with over 8 years experience, bringing stories to life, building excitement, and enhancing audience appeal. Extensive use of multimedia expands and enriches story lines or text, leading to versatile, multi-use delivery of unique art, graphics, and illustrations. Works with limited direction to translate and expand author/producer vision into finished product. Combines fine art and interactive media skills to create interest,intrigue, and sizzle.

Illustrator/Artist
Web and Graphic Designer
Desktop Publishier/Layout Designer
Animatior

Centro Latino

http://www.centrolatino-ser.org

Update and adapt existing logo for use on envelopes, thank you cards, and remittance envelopes. Create new website.

Software: Illustrator, Flash, PageMaker, Dreamweaver

Special Technology Access Resource, STAR of Seattle Computer Center

http://www.scn.org/star/

This site is for the STAR Center, a place for the physically and visually handicapped to learn and use the Internet and software technology. It was my job to develop a site that was visually attractive as well as easily accessible to the visually handicapped and the blind.

Select font that is easy to read (Arial)
Select colors that were highly contrasting
Research site requirement for the visually handicapped

Software: Dreamweaver, PhotoShop

Center for Wooden Boats

Create package for fund raising drive, including envelopes, response cards, and letter using established logo and fonts.. Also created package of material for celebration and annual auction including save the date card, invitation, program, envelope, and name cards.

Fund raisers
Celebration and Annual Auction

Software: Illustrator, PhotoShop, PageMaker

Edmark/Riverdeep.net

Provide illustration and animations as needed. Research and preliminary sketches. Work closely with producers, art directors, and other artists to maintain quality of illustrations and animations.

Create illustrations and animations for CD’s
Illustrate and animate for Internet
Lip-synch characters face to letter sounds

Software: PhotoShop, Flash, FreeHand, Painter, Filepro,

Deck of Cards


My overall goal in this project was to create 54 separate designs for a deck of cards. A two of hearts will not look like a two of spades nor will a king of clubs look like a king of diamonds. My goal was to create diverse images that belonged to a whole-something with a "story " feel to it.

Software: Illustrator, PhotoShop

Watercolor Artist


Create realistic and intense watercolor paintings of children, flowers, foliage, birds, and conservatories.

Frye Art Museum,
Pacific Northwest Watercolor Show
Tacoma First Night Show

Children’s Stories

Identify, and expand the author’s intent. Research and develop ideas. Collaborate with the author to create an illustrative style that compliments the story line.

Desktop Publishing

Washington Geographic Alliance (5 years), Eliot Institute (1 year), Thorsett Landscape and Nursery (2 years), and East Shore Adult Programs Newsletter (1 year)

Page layout
Create and import text, logos, and images into newsletter
Editing

Software: PageMaker, PhotoShop, Freehand

Education

Interactive Media, Highline Community College, Des Moines, Washington
Multimedia Certificate, Green River College, Auburn, Washington
BA in Education, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington

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