education:
Ai Miami University of Art and Design
Miami, Florida
1999 -2002, Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Design

computer knowledge:
PC and MAC operating systems, Quark XPress, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Corel Draw with some understanding of Dreamwaver and Freehand MX.

illustration &
design skills:
water color, gouache, dry pastel, acrylics pencil, and ink
concept development, layout, typography, marker comps, branding, and T-shirt design

work experience:
2007 discountmugs.com(Bel inc.)
Production Designer
Cleaning and recreating logos and images for customers using photoshop and illustrator.

2003-2006 Coastal Systems International Inc.
Media Assistant
Creating presentation boards and editing power point presentations for meetings along side lead designer. Following through with designs for printed material used in meetings, client relations, promotional materials and ads. Updating and maintaining content for corporate intranet and Internet. Creating, editing and adding functionality to PDF documents using adobe acrobat.

2002
Cotton Images Inc.
Assistant T-shirt Designer
Assisting the lead T-shirt artist as well as customizing designs for individual clients.

freelance:
• Eye-Dye Designs: creating t-shirt designs for customers including restaurants and sporting events
• Rimless Connection: logo design and branding solutions
• Tango Dance Instruction by Barbara Magnorsky: logo design and branding system
• Channels Fashion and Entertainment Magazine: spot illustrations of the Chinese zodiac
• Envirowear Apparel Company: T-shirt illustration and graphic design
• Paradigm Concepts: spot illustration for a role playing game

additional
experience:
2005-Present
Guest Speaker/Presenter at Young At Art Children's Museum.
Topics ranging from comic books creation to animation production with a focus on history and the individual artists roles.

2004-Present
Mediator and Co-Founder of the monthly Saturday Heroes Event
at Outland Station Comics Shop.
A forum for aspiring young cartoonists. Providing instructional "How-To" style lessons and creative thinking drawing exercises for young and old alike.

For commisions, further samplesor employment opertunities please e-mail me.