wonderingart

Education
2004-2007
  Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, California
Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts
Major: Toy Design

1998-2002   Ringling School of Art and Design
Sarasota, Florida
Bachelor Degree of Fine Arts
Major: Illustration

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.

May, 2006 - August, 2006  Mattel Inc.
El Segundo, CA.
Fairytopia
Internship
responsibilities: toy design, brainstorming, logo design, concepts, illustration, character design, after effects

May, 2005 - August, 2005   ByGeorge!
Lake Forest, California
Internship
responsibilities: toy design, brainstorming, concepts, illustration, character design

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
Teen People Magazine
Wash Magazine
In Paradise Magazine
Inhouse Studio
Regan Dunnick

OneCandlePower
the Chase Theory

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..

Traditional Pen/Ink, Acrylic, Model Making, Sewing. Experience doing storyboarding, character design, backgrounds, animatics, and layouts

Awards and Honors Graduating with Honors
Otis College of Art and Design
Spring Semester 2007

President's List
Fall Semester 2005 - Spring Semester 2007
Otis College of Art and Design

Dean's List
Otis College of Art and Design
Fall Semester 2005

Graduating with Honors
Ringling School of Art and Design
Spring Semester 2001

President's List
Ringling School of Art and Design
Fall Semester 2001

Portfolio and references available upon request.