RESUME
My goal is to put my creative side to work and keep it sharp, develop artwork of my finest quality, begin a career that will be both personally and professionally fulfilling, and to reach and surpass clients’ wants and needs in design or any other art-related work.
EDUCATION
- 08/06-05/08 Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL
Art major with emphasis on drawing
- 01/03-08/04 Illinois Central College East Peoria, IL
Graphic Design major
- 08/97-05/01 Pekin Community High School Pekin, IL
High School Diploma
EMPLOYMENT
- 01/11-Present Self-Employed Salem, OR
[Freelance Artist]
I have had 2 paid logo designs, 1 paid redesign after a partner shift, and 1 paid favicon design. Two of these can be found in use at the following websites: www.ruddyking.com and www.tahoecitymarina.com
- 05/10-05/12 Domino’s Pizza Salem, OR
[Delivery Driver]
Job duties included handling money, preparing food for the day/next 3 days, making pizzas in a timely and efficient manner, delivering pizzas in a safe, timely and efficient manner, and customer service.
- 10/04-03/10 GameStop Peoria, IL-Salem, OR
[Senior Game Advisor]
Job duties included opening and closing the store, handling money, processing transactions, reaching and surpassing quotas, preparing and delivering deposits to bank, and above all, customer experience.
RELEVANT WORK
- 06/12 Dungeons & Dragons Character Concept Art
I had a friend approach me about a Dungeons & Dragon campaign he was running and wanted me to illustrate the characters for him. There were 14 in all.
- 04/12 Web Page Banner Design
I am part of a blog site covering entertainment at the website www.adventuresinidealism.com. I designed the existing banners running across the top of the page. There are 7 in all.
- 07/11 Web Site Art Design and Web Comic Creation
I designed the logo and artwork at my web comic site www.mindmeldcomics.com. I also create and publish comics Tuesday and Thursday and a pun day every other Sunday.