| Education 2004-2007 | Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, California Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts Major: Toy Design
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| 1998-2002 | Ringling School of Art and Design Sarasota, Florida Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts Major: Illustration
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| Work Experience
Sept, 2007 - present |
Jakks Pacific Malibu, CA. TV Games Illustrator/Designer responsibilities: Designing controllers for TV games as well as other electronic toys. Working with other designers creating turnarounds, control drawings, color studies, etc.
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| May, 2006 - August, 2006 | Mattel Inc. El Segundo, CA. Fairytopia Internship responsibilities: toy design, brainstorming, logo design, concepts, illustration, character design, after effects
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| May, 2005 - August, 2005 | ByGeorge! Lake Forest, California Internship responsibilities: toy design, brainstorming, concepts, illustration, character design
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| Jan 2003-Sept 2003 |
ReelFX Creative Studios Dallas, Texas Art Director responsibilities: storyboarding, animatic prep, animatics, character design, concept design Various freelance clients worked with: | ||||
| Disney Channel Disney Entertainment Division Hasbro Hasbro UK | Elmore Leonard Nissan William Joyce Epoch Energy Group | ||||
Freelance | ASH | Otis College of Art and Design Hot Buttered Elves A Day At the Fair Greetings from Joon the Adrianne Fortress Teenager in a Box (Brazil) Michigan Winter My Epiphany | |||
| Webpages | www.wonderingart.com www.hotbutteredelves.com www.thechasetheory www.regandunnick.com www.inhousestudio.net | ||||
| Special Skills | |||||
| Computer | Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe Image Ready, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Premier, Adobe After Effects, Rhino, 3D Studio Max, QuarkXPress, HTML, Macromedia
FlashMX..
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| Traditional | Pen/Ink, Acrylic, Model Making, Sewing.
Experience doing storyboarding, character design, backgrounds, animatics,
and layouts
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| Awards and Honors | Graduating with Honors Otis College of Art and Design Spring Semester 2007
President's List
Dean's List Graduating with Honors
President's List | ||||