Experience

Willamalane Park and Recreation District

• United States
• Recreational Facilities
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acrylic Painting Instructor

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  Instruct students the art of acrylic painting. Instruct students the art of acrylic painting.



Lane Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Acrylic Painting Teacher

  • Sep 2018 - Present

  Create curriculum and instruct students in acrylic painting covering many techniques and types of paintings. Create curriculum and instruct students in acrylic painting covering many techniques and types of paintings.



PaintNite

• Eugene, Oregon Area

• Instructor

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  Instruct painting parties in various bars and restaurants in Oregon (mostly Eugene/Springfield area). Set up, host party, be entertaining, tear down. Guide customers through a pleasurable experience as they create a work of art that they get to keep. Acrylic painting instruction on a 16x20" canvas. Have fun doing it! Instruct painting parties in various bars and restaurants in Oregon (mostly Eugene/Springfield area). Set up, host party, be entertaining, tear down. Guide customers through a pleasurable experience as they create a work of art that they get to keep. Acrylic painting instruction on a 16x20" canvas. Have fun doing it!



Iconographic Design

• 1077 Polk St., #4, Eugene, OR 97402

• Graphic Designer/Owner

  • Jul 2006 - Present

  I service accounts for my graphics company. I create or supervise the design of artwork for a huge variety of marketing items such as websites, print ads, printed marketing materials (posters, business cards, postcards, etc.), t-shirts, signs, stickers, labels, murals and much more. I service accounts for my graphics company. I create or supervise the design of artwork for a huge variety of marketing items such as websites, print ads, printed marketing materials (posters, business cards, postcards, etc.), t-shirts, signs, stickers, labels, murals and much more.



Vino and Vango

• Springfield, OR

• Teacher

  • Jan 2013 - Mar 2020

  Run painting parties where people eat, drink and merrily paint their very own masterpiece! Run painting parties where people eat, drink and merrily paint their very own masterpiece!



Michaels Arts and Crafts

• Springfield, OR

• Art Instructor

  • Feb 2014 - Feb 2020

  Instruct students in beginning and advanced acrylic painting of landscapes, seascapes, still life and floral. Color theory, composition, painting mixing, and more are all covered. Instruct students in beginning and advanced acrylic painting of landscapes, seascapes, still life and floral. Color theory, composition, painting mixing, and more are all covered.



Young Rembrandts Franchise

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Art Instructor

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2019

  Elementary school art teacher, after school instruction in the fundamentals of drawing and colorization. Elementary school art teacher, after school instruction in the fundamentals of drawing and colorization.



ACN

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Business Owner

  • Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  Global sales of telecom, utility, TV & home services. Global sales of telecom, utility, TV & home services.



Delivery Drivers Inc.

• Eugene, Oregon Area

• Self Employed Delivery Driver

  • Oct 2011 - Aug 2012

  Deliver restaurant meals, beverages, wine & beer to individuals & businesses using my own delivery transportation. Deliver restaurant meals, beverages, wine & beer to individuals & businesses using my own delivery transportation.



Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Animator

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Designed by storyboard most of the animations and facial expressions for lovable humanoid characters for a massive social game. Also helped developed and used in-house tools for testing animations and adding facial expressions to finished, 3-D character animations. In addition, built data bases for character interaction for the programmers. These held instructions on what choices of character reactions would play based on the actions of other characters and user input. Also created conceptual drawings of buildings to be sent to 3-D artists for building game assets in a massive social game world. Show less



PushButton Labs

• United States
• Computer Games

• Independendent Contractor

  • Jul 2010 - Oct 2011

  Creating art for a variety of in-house, social media entertainment focussed projects. Creating art for a variety of in-house, social media entertainment focussed projects.



The Graphics Shop

• Graphics Contractor

  • Jan 2009 - May 2009

  Create graphics for print, signage, apparel, and more. Create graphics for print, signage, apparel, and more.



GarageGames

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Contractor: Animation, Character Creation

  • 2007 - 2008

  Created humorous animations of a variety of cartoon characters, as well as designing the characters and creating the actual animations themselves in Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash. Created humorous animations of a variety of cartoon characters, as well as designing the characters and creating the actual animations themselves in Photoshop, Illustrator & Flash.



Graffiti Group SA

• South Africa
• Printing Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graphic Designer/Sales

  • Feb 2006 - Jul 2006

  Sales and creation of marketing tools like: graphic design for all manner of media, website design, vinyl signs, car wrapping, wide format printing, t-shirts, business cards, postcards...just about anything. For computer, video and web games: animation, icons, front end, design, producing, contractor coordination, localization coordination, art direction and supervision. Sales and creation of marketing tools like: graphic design for all manner of media, website design, vinyl signs, car wrapping, wide format printing, t-shirts, business cards, postcards...just about anything. For computer, video and web games: animation, icons, front end, design, producing, contractor coordination, localization coordination, art direction and supervision.



Buzz Monkey Software

• United States
• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Designer/Artist

  • Nov 2004 - Apr 2005

  DESIGNER POSITION: Created and designed mini-chapters, which were part of the large, main Design Document for the PS2 console platform. This action-adventure, game development team. Developed basic structure of the entire interface. Edited and synced all interface, used voice premade-recordings. -------------------------------- ARTIST POSITION: Created art for the interface including 2D and 3D work for the Main Menu; HUD's for all the different modes of the game, as well as many other menu tasks. Created HUD and dialog boxes for a company demo. Show less



The Register-Guard

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Display Advertising Sales Assistant

  • Feb 2003 - Nov 2004

  Layout display newspaper ads using manual and computer tools. Create ad plan for compositers to exectue. Select art from an online art service, designate font info and create color plans and specs. Create headlines, edit and create copy. In charge of gang ad pages like youth camps and university sports game day pages. Communicate with customers regarding ad concepts and technical information. Layout display newspaper ads using manual and computer tools. Create ad plan for compositers to exectue. Select art from an online art service, designate font info and create color plans and specs. Create headlines, edit and create copy. In charge of gang ad pages like youth camps and university sports game day pages. Communicate with customers regarding ad concepts and technical information.



GarageGames

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art Director

  • Oct 2001 - Feb 2003

  Art direction, interface design, 3D and 2D artwork creation, QA. MarbleBlast and Chain Reaction Art direction, interface design, 3D and 2D artwork creation, QA. MarbleBlast and Chain Reaction



Dynamix

• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Art direction

  • Dec 1987 - Oct 2001

  Managing art director, producer, designer, marketing liaison, localization lead, audio director. Tracked resources, created budgets, created design documents, directed voice, music and sounds, liaison with marketing and PR, lean on foreign language translations, directed outside contractors. Managing art director, producer, designer, marketing liaison, localization lead, audio director. Tracked resources, created budgets, created design documents, directed voice, music and sounds, liaison with marketing and PR, lean on foreign language translations, directed outside contractors.