Graphic Artist / Illustrator

EXPERIENCE

LIZ STEPHANOFF ILLUSTRATION (Remote) - Freelance Artist Jan 2011 – Present

• Illustration, concept development, graphic design, photo retouching and traditional media commission work

THE HEARD GALLERY (Galveston, TX) - Artist in Residence Sept 2015 – Present

• Graphic design, digital illustration, and traditional media paintings for gallery

• Assisted gallery artists with photo mockups, sketching, and underpaintings

THE COLOR COTTAGE (Texas City, TX) - Art Instructor & Sales Associate Sept 2014 – June 2015

• Led painting workshops for all ages

• Educated clients on various artist mediums and techniques

INCIPIO TECHNOLOGIES (Irvine, CA) - Graphic Artist / Photo Retoucher May 2009 – Aug 2014

• Photo retouching and color rendering of eCommerce and print assets, including product and lifestyle images

• Developed conceptual graphics including: packaging, instructional drawings and product development

• Designed advertisements for display, print and web

• Created design assets for mobile applications, including the Focal™ interactive case application inCAMERA™

STEAM GOLEM PRODUCTIONS (Remote) - Contract Concept Artist Nov 2008 – Nov 2009

• Character, creature and environment designs for independent 3D fantasy genre film: A Hero’s Legend, including turnarounds and cinematic concepts

WALT DISNEY IMAGINEERING (Burbank, CA) - Summer Intern June 2008 – Sept 2008

• Conceived and visually developed concepts of theme park attractions, restaurants and resorts for Blue Sky Division

NEST EGG STUDIOS (Remote) - Contract Spectrum Artist Jan 2008 – April 2009

• Character, creature and environment designs, as well as, cinematic concepts and promotional graphic novel pages for Heavenly Bodies: Riffed Galaxy MMORPG

SOFTWARE

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Corel Painter

Adobe InDesign

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Adobe Dreamweaver

Microsoft Excel

EDUCATION

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FULLERTON Aug 2005 - Jan 2008

• Degree: Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Illustration

• Summa Cum Laude

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH Aug 2001 - May 2005

• Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Drawing and Painting

• Cum Laude

DISTINCTIONS / FREELANCE

• 2016 - Website Rebranding via GoDaddy Templates for: The Heard Gallery

• 2016 - Cover Art for: G.D. Silkstone, When I Was a Little Wolf Cub and You Were a Brownie

• 2016 - Logo Design for: The Heard Gallery

• 2016 - Cover Art for: G.D. Silkstone, The Windmills of my Mind

• 2016 - Whimsical Acrylic Paintings for: The Heard Gallery

• 2016 - Whimsical Color Block Illustrations for: The Heard Gallery

• 2016 - Church Sanctuary Banners for: Pacific Church

• 2015 - Board Game Illustrations for: GMT Games, LLC., Last Hundred Yards (WW2 Game in pre-development)

• 2015 - Photo Paintings for: Westmount Photography

• 2015 - Galveston Landmarks digital painting series for: The Heard Gallery

• 2015 - Board Game Illustrations for: Cobblestone Games. Builders of Blankenburg

• 2015 - Logo Design for: Cyber Psych

• 2015 - Church directory signs for: Pacific Church

• 2015 - Wedding Program for: Drew & Jen Wilkinson

• 2015 - Web Graphics for: Jireh Infosystems & K-12 Online

• 2014 - Packaging Designs for: RevoCharge

• 2014 - Logo Design for: Jireh Infosystems

• 2014 - eBook Cover Art for: Gary Kurylo. The 7th Simian

• 2014 - eBook illustration for: Cheryl L. Map of Perduran

• 2014 - Icon Designs for: RevoCharge

• 2014 - Comissioned Oil Painting for: Cris Rasco. Chapman Brown Lumber

• 2014 - Logo Designs for: Pacific Church

• 2014 - Logo Design for: Tantrum Technologies

• 2014 - Logo Design for: Reel Machine Guns

• 2014 - Cover Art and Booklet for: Pacific Church. Dark Night of the Soul

• 2013 - Booklet for: Cal Gun Lawyers. California Best Business Practices for Firearm Dealers

• 2011 - Cover Art for: Carol Posner. All Trial By Fire

• 2008 - Walt Disney ImagiNations Finalist

• 2008 - Corel ADAPT Art Expo, Montreal

• 2007 - Legends and Fables: one person gallery show

• 2007 - ImagineFX Magazine, Issue 21 FXposé Interactive

• 2007 - Corel ADAPT Art Expo, Montreal

• 2007 - New York Society of Illustrators, Student Competition

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