Team Leader San Francisco

Daniel Johnson digital matte artist

e-mail * abql0z@r.postjobfree.com

website 8 www.danjohnsonimagery.com/portfolio

blog www.photoshop-illustration.blogspot.com

phone 707-***-****

address - 509 Teton Ct. Petaluma, CA 94954

about mE As an artist, I love recreating the world around me by fusing art and technology. My goal is to keep creating

that sense of wonder through matte paintings on professional projects. I am drawn to adventure, whether

in film, games, literature, or traveling the world in search of dramatic images. Although most of my work

is digital, I am trained in traditional media. I also teach computer graphics and am Adobe Certified.

ExpErtisE Matte Painter

I have always had a fascination with matte painting and was accepted as a junior artist on the Digital

Matte team as soon as I joined Pixel Corps. Working under Alex Lindsay on digimatte projects in

a professional pipeline, I quickly sharpened my skills in photo-realistic painting, 3D environments,

hard surface textures, matchmoving, camera projections, background removal, and compositing.

Soon, I worked my way up to team leader and directed artists around the world, scheduling and

overseeing effects shots for trailers and short films. I especially enjoyed working on John Knoll's

Apollo 11 animation. My recent projects include matte paintings for Ana's Playground and an

independent zombie film. I've also been painting backgrounds for a potential new animated series.

Digital Illustrator and Designer

I excel in creating realistic, dramatic artwork. My subject matter has a wide range, from architectural

to technical to portraiture. Photoshop is my primary illustration tool, but I also create and implement

3D geometry. In addition to illustration for print, exhibits, and web, I have built and maintained HTML

websites and use Flash for animation and interactive content. My skills include photo editing, logo

design, web design, ad layout, proofreading, and multi-page document production. Currently, I am

a freelance artist.

Instructor

Sharing my experience is a love of mine and I began over ten years ago as an adjunct instructor

at Santa Rosa Junior College. Now I teach for various training centers, including New York-based

Netcom and the Bay Area Video Coalition in San Francisco. I have taught Photoshop imaging classes

for the Academy of Art University, and most recently at the College of Marin. I enjoy sharing my skills

in presentations to art classes and groups like the North Bay Adobe Users Group and I post illustration

tutorials based on my artwork on my blog. I also love writing and have written articles and tutorials

for digital art websites. One of my greatest accomplishments was researching, co-authoring, and

designing An LDS Guide to Mesoamerica, a book about exploring Mayan ruins.

softwarE Adobe Photoshop Extended Adobe Illustrator

Cinema 4D Adobe Flash Professional

3DS Max Adobe InDesign

Adobe AfterEffects Adobe DreamWeaver

Nuke Corel Painter

Boujou Sound Forge

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carEEr Instructor - Multimedia Studies

College of Marin, Novato CA, SeP 2011 - present

Taught beginning and intermediate classes in Illustrator and Photoshop

Instructor - Web and New Media Department

Academy of Art University, San Francisco CA, SeP 2010 - DeC 2011

Taught undergraduate Photoshop digital imaging classes

Instructor - Computer Studies Department

Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa CA, SeP 2001 - present

Taught Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and other graphics classes

Assisted students with class projects in computer labs

Senior Art Director

Ninetimes Ad Agency, Santa Rosa CA, may 1998 - SeP 2009 (now freelance)

Created digital illustrations for print and web

Designed, created, and maintained HTML and Flash websites and animations

Prepared art and documents for four-color printing and press-checked final work

Designed and produced corporate logos and graphics

Worked with the creative team to develop advertising concepts

Interviewed and hired artists and designers

Translated copy for print and online material into Spanish

Lead Digital Artist and Animator

Interactive Magic (GSe erudite) Provo UT, NoV 1992 - JAN 1998

Designed overall look of game interface and animations for The Great Battles series

Worked closely with programmers on art/code issues and gameplay improvements

Interviewed, hired, and art directed other artists on the project

Shot, edited, and rotoscoped video

Edited game audio

EDucation Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration

Brigham Young University, 1996

Adobe Certified Instructor and Expert

Photoshop CS5

Illustrator CS5

Flash Professional CS5

inDustry Designer Spotlight

Layers Magazine, May/June 2008

Guru Award Winner in Illustration

Photoshop World, 2007, National Association of Photoshop Professionals

Team Leader

Digital Matte team, Pixel Corps, San Francisco

LanguagEs Espa ol

Deutsch

Ruski

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