Objective: To continue to excel in the arts by creating inventive graphics and engaging stories.
- I continue to strive to create stories and art that are compelling to the audience and am looking to expand my experience through my own work and others. I’m doing this through writing and illustrating my own stories, comic strips, illustration, and graphic design.
Highlights/Awards
- Published in Sugar Ninjas Sweet Comic and Illustration Anthology, Volume 2. (2010)
- Published in Savannah College of Art and Design’s “Artemis: A Student Literary Journal 2004” for the short story “Mousie”
- Worked on short animation, “Skoffee”(2003-2004), with a small team. I was responsible for the majority of character designs and animated the “Boss’s Heart Explode Scene”, where I did lead and in-between animation. I also did clean-up work, ink and paint, and compositing on the short. It has been screened at film festivals across the US and can be seen on Youtube.
Festivals Screening List
Port city animation festival Wilmington, NC
AnimEX, Middlesbrough, UK
VisionFest 2005, Indianapolis, IN
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International, Kalamazoo, MI
Siggraph 2005, Los Angeles, CA
- I won 1st place for poster design for the Alamance County Fair in 2005, another piece placed 3rd in an exhibit in 1998, and a poem entitled “My Moon” placed 2nd in 1997.
- North Carolina Scholar 2000
- National Poets Society 2002
- 2000 Alamance Awards for Excellence in Art- Governors Award
Skills
- Excellent eye for anatomy and representing the human form, both realistically and figuratively.
- Solid knowledge of color theory and use of colors.
- Am knowledgeable with many different drawing and painting techniques, such as Chiaroscuro, Hatching, Pointillism, Palette Knife work, etc.
- Developed writing through Fiction Theory work shop where I gained knowledge of character study, plotting, and gearing writing to target specific audiences.
Computer Experience
- Comfortable on both Mac and PC I have worked with the following programs: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX, Protools, Microsoft word.
Work Experience
Personal Projects
-2005-Present - Writing and illustrating “The Thousand Year Dream”(tentative title) for future publication.
-Illustrating a calendar to be released for the upcoming year.
-Selling prints, stickers, buttons and other goods at conventions.
Freelance Work
Art Production 2010
-Developed artwork based on movie still frame, used during end credits
Local Boy Scout Troop 1998-2004
-Developed designs based on client’s objectives
-Followed designs up to the printing stage
-Projects included charts and t-shirt design
Volunteer Art for Vacation Bible School Summer 2004
-Helped design and create art for children’s activities
Carousel Cinemas Burlingtion
-Painted promotional art for the cinemas. Recreating studio characters(Shrek, Spiderman, etc) and original art for temporary display on their glass doors to promote the respective films.
Private Client Commissions
-Developed character art work based on client’s instructions
-Designed Graphics for various personal items.
Employment
Carousel Cinemas Burlingtion (May 2006-to Present)
-Manager
Duties include: managing employees, seeing to the needs of customers, cashing out registers, counting the safe, answering phones, filling out necessary paper work.
-Lead Projectionist
Duties include: Loading movies, starting films on time, making sure movies are running properly, maintenance on projectors, building/breaking down movies, training new projectionist. I have worked with 35mm Strong and Christy Projectors and have now began working with Barco Digital Projectors.
Mr. J’s Silk-Screening (Summer 2002)
-Production Assistant
Duties included: Inspecting printing for flaws or defects, cleaning printing screens, touching up shirts placing them on drier. Also helped in the embroidery room.
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Computer Art 2004
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia
GPA 3.13
High School Diploma 2000
Southern Alamance High School
Graham, North Carolina