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Bruce Quade

Illustrator / Designer at Brand X Studio
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Seasoned graphic designer delivering illustration and design services.
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Location
Overland Park, Kansas, United States, US
Skills
  • Illustration
  • Retouching
  • Logo Design
  • Graphic Design
  • Graphics
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Bruce Quade is a seasoned graphic designer with 30+ years of experience in illustration, graphic design, and related fields. He has worked with various companies, including Brand X Studio, AlliedSignal Aerospace / Bendix King, and Boeing Military Aircraft Company. Bruce holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Wichita State University and has obtained certifications in Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop and Illustrator.

Credentials

  • Photoshop-Illustrator-InDesign Powercombo for Design
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2022
    - Apr, 2026
  • Drawing Vector Graphics
    LinkedIn
    Oct, 2021
    - Apr, 2026
  • Drawing Vector Graphics: Color and Detail
    LinkedIn
    Oct, 2021
    - Apr, 2026
  • Learning Clip Studio Paint
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2021
    - Apr, 2026
  • Learning Fresco
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2021
    - Apr, 2026
  • Photoshop 2021 New Features
    LinkedIn
    Oct, 2020
    - Apr, 2026
  • Graphic Design: Insight and Advice
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2019
    - Apr, 2026
  • Illustration: Compositing Techniques
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2019
    - Apr, 2026
  • Learning Graphic Design: Layouts
    LinkedIn
    Aug, 2019
    - Apr, 2026
  • Photoshop CC 2019 New Features
    LinkedIn
    Oct, 2018
    - Apr, 2026

Experience

  • Brand X Studio
    • Illustrator / Designer
      • Aug 1993 - Present

      Producing electronic and conventional illustrations, graphic design for advertising agencies and design studios. Projects include, technical illustration, cartooning, editorial illustration, web graphics, photo retouch, image manipulation, logo designs, brochure and newsletter production.

  • AlliedSignal Aerospace / Bendix King
    • Senior Graphic Designer
      • Feb 1991 - Aug 1993

      Produced electronic illustrations of avionics units, design, layout and produce brochures and pilots guides. Extensive electronic photo retouching. Assist art director with file maintenance and cataloging. Other assignments have included cartooning, hand illustrations, and font creation/modification.

  • Boeing Military Aircraft Company
    • Illustrator (grade 4)
      • Jul 1987 - Feb 1991

      Produced computer aided illustration and graphic art for engineering, top management and various military programs. Assignments have included visibility and support graphics, technical illustration, artists concept illustrations, battlefield scenarios, photo retouch and three dimensional model building.

  • Stephen Advertising Agency
    • Wichita, Kansas Area
    • Graphic Illustrator
      • 1982 - 1983
      • Wichita, Kansas Area

      Produced illustration for reproduction, including B/W and color pencil illustration, pen-and-ink illustration, fashion illustration, product illustration, mechanical drawings, airbrush illustration and cartooning. Other tasks include point-of-purchase displays, design, layout, paste-up, spec type, and process camera work.

  • Sheplers Inc.
    • Fashion Illustrator
      • Aug 1979 - Aug 1982

      Produce fashion illustrations for men, women, children and accessories; cartooning, including the creation of the “Ol’ Shep” character used in certain sales campaigns. Also developed a cartoon slide series for management training. Provided assistance with ad design, layout, and operation of velox camera.

  • Wichita Eagle
    • Graphic Artist
      • 1978 - 1979

      Designed retail ads for newspaper publication. Designed multi-page special feature sections for newspaper inserts.

  • Wichita Journal
    • Ad designer/layout artist
      • 1974 - 1976

      Layout / pastup artist, headliner and "Mergenthaler" operator, optical scanner operator, assistant to the pressman, and political cartoonist.

Education

  • 1969 - 1974
    Wichita State University
    BFA, Graphic Design

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