Summary

I am a designer and illustrator who combines clean computer-aided design with loose, sketchy pen-and-ink illustrations. I specialize in creating commissioned artwork quickly and efficiently, drawing from a variety of visual and textual sources to build an effective design. My background in prose writing allows me to easily integrate visual and textual information into a unified end product.

• Hand-creating illustrations and drawings in a variety of media, including but not limited to pen and ink, colored pencil, pastels, charcoal, oil and acrylic paints.
• Proficient with the Adobe line of graphics creation and manipulation software, including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and ImageReady; ready and able to transfer these skills to other graphics software.
• Able to code HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with ease and proficiency, either by hand or with the aid of a WYSIWYG editor.
• Proficient at prose writing and proofreading.

May 2005–present; Freelance Designer
• Designed the menu system for a proposed DVD of the short film Flight of the Gossamer Condor.
• Developed a promotional website intended to sell a house in Wallace, Idaho.
• Designed a poster used as set dressing for a local production of Steel Magnolias.
• Designed digital slides used as set dressing for a local production of Gypsy!.
• In progress: Editing and proofreading a manuscript on the Corps of Discovery's interactions with the Indian tribes of the Inland and Pacific Northwest.

Triad News Publishing, Inc., Lewiston, ID; March 2004–October 2006; Columnist
• Researched and wrote a weekly 300-word article, with accompanying illustration, on the subject of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Triad News Publishing, Inc., Lewiston, ID; June–August 2002; Summer Intern
• Produced more than 100 finished pen-and-ink illustrative drawings over a three-month period, averaging five to ten completed drawings per workday, for the book Mulligan Stew.
• Compiled and organized content for LC Today, a website intended to provide information on events and businesses in the Lewis-Clark valley.

Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID; June–August 2001, April–August 1999; Lab Assistant
• Entered student profiles in a computerized database for archival purposes.
• Installed, configured, and supported software on Apple Macintosh computers.
• Took inventory of laboratory equipment.
• Performed miscellaneous tasks for LCSC staff members.

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID; BA in English / BFA in Studio Art, 2005

• Lewiston Civic Theater stage crew:
  • The Music Man, 2006
  • Steel Magnolias, 2007
  • Pippin, 2007
• Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts and History, 2006–2007
• Culdesac School Reflections Program, 2005
• Culdesac Sausage Feed, 1994–1999, 2004–2005, 2009
• UI Kibbie Dome concessions, 2002–2004
• Moscow Community Garden, Spring 2001
• Children’s Studio Workshop (summer theater group), 1994–1999

• Outstanding Student Thesis Award, UI Department of Art and Design, 2005
• Member of Phi Beta Kappa since 2004
• Dean’s List:
  • College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, Fall 2003
  • College of Art and Architecture, Spring 2001–Fall 2002
  • College of Letters and Sciences, Spring 2001–Fall 2002
• Member of Eta Chi chapter of Sigma Tau Delta (English honor society) since 2002
  • Presented papers at the 2003 and 2004 National Conferences
• Semifinalist, Undergraduate Juried Art Show, Ridenbaugh Gallery, January 2002
• William C. Banks Award (English merit award), Fall 2000–Spring 2001

Philip A. Shinn - client / employer
Triad News Publishing
626 Thain Road
Lewiston, ID 83501
208.746.0483
pshinn@modiepark.org

Joan P. Burrow, D.C. - Civic Theater volunteer
427 Park Avenue
Lewiston, ID 83501
208.798.8228

Steve Evans - freelance client
268340 White Road
Lapwai, ID 83540
208.883.5008

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