10/84-9/86 Graduated with Honors; Tampa Technical Institute, NEC, Tampa, Florida.
Received an Associates of Science Degree in Commercial Art.
Graphic design, corporate identity development, mechanical and production art, printing procedures,
layout, marker rendering, outdoor advertising and much more.
All Macintosh desktop applications we're self-taught and/or learned along the way.
I'm pretty good that way.
10/86-PRESENT
Freelance graphic designer, art director & cartoon illustrator.
Most recently and extensively I've contracted with the following agencies:
Marlena Synder Designs, Miami, Florida
Axiss Advertising, Coral Gables, Florida
The Blue Fish, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Fowler Group, Arlington, Texas
Aquent (Formerly MacTemps), Miami Lakes, Florida
Aquent assignments include:
Crispin Porter & Bogusky
Disney Consumer Products Latin America
The Ad Team
Royal Caribbean
Marketing Magic
Ogilvy & Mather Advertising
HMS Partners
Additional advertising, marketing , PR and design firms contracted with include:
Gotham Incorporated, New York, NY
Anthony Baradat Advertising, Coral Gables, Florida
Young & Rubicam, Miami, Florida
Kreps & Associates, Inc., Miami, Florida
Sunbelt Advertising, Arlington, Texas
The Todd Company, Arlington, Texas
The Art Squad, Dallas, Texas
CreAgency, Dallas, Texas
International Artist Network, Garland, Texas
Access Creative, Fort Worth, Texas
Creative Exchange, Fort Worth, Texas
Pegasus Promotions, Inc., Miami, Florida
McKinneyAdvisors, Inc., Tampa, Florida
Additional Companies contracted with include:
Miami Duck Tours, Miami, Florida
Mels Antique Jewelry, Miami Beach, Florida
Danny Sullivan's Playtoys Custom Rides, Pembroke Pines, Florida
Diva Duck Amphibious Tours, West Palm Beach, Florida
The Aravot Company, LLC, Merritt Island, Florida
Celebrity Cruises, Inc., Miami, Florida
New World Symphony, Miami Beach, Florida
Best Fares.Com Travel Magazine, Arlington, Texas
United Distillers & Vintners (UDV) North America, Miami, Florida
Creative Allience, Southport, CT
The Education Channel, Tampa, Florida
Ademco International, Miami, Florida
National Caricaturist Network, Houston, Texas
Kaufman Rossin & Co., Miami, Florida
Little Atlas, Miami, Florida
AMI Franchising, Inc./Alta Mere Tinting & Auto Alarms
Shades Window Tinting Auto Alarm & Car Audio, Fort Worth, Texas
Big Pictures, Evergreen, Colorado
Allied Pilot Association, Arlington, Texas
Dalworth Car Electronics, Dallas, Texas
E.M.R. Services, Arlington, Texas
M.P. Caviasca Collection, Dallas, Texas
Projects Include: Logos & corporate ID; newsletters; magazine & newspaper ads; flyers; sales kits; display designs; greeting cards; T-shirt designs; invitations; brochures; catalogs; direct mail; menus; video & CD covers; slide presentations; drum & flatbed scanning and photo manipulation; storefront windows; storyboards; cartoon illustration; caricatures; comic strips and other stuff that doesn't quite come to mind at this time.
Most efficient with QuarkXpress 6.0; Adobe Photoshop CS & Adobe Illustrator 10
Also handy with Adobe Dimensions 2.0; Adobe Streamline 3.1; Microsoft Word; Adobe GoLive5 & Dreamweaver.
Apple Macintosh PowerMac 867MHz/G4
with 60 GB hard drive, 4 GB hard drive and Superdrive CD/DVD reader &
writer along with a iBook 933MHz/G4 laptop to work on the road; Lexmark
E322 Laser Printer; Lexmark Z35 Inkjet Printer; UMAX Astra 2200 flatbed
color scanner; Que! USB CD-RW drive; Zip drive; 2 GB Jaz drive, Cable Internet;
Brother MFC 7300c color fax, printer & copier; and a 44MG SyQuest Drive,
but who still uses those thing?
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