The purpose of this portfolio is to present my work as a Graphic Designer, Animator, and Illustrator.

While it displays what I perceive to be my best work, it is far from all inclusive.

In Fall of 2004, I began attending Ringling School of Art and Design

(now called Ringling College) as a Computer Animation major. Several years and one major change later,

my portfolio has begun to reflect me as an artist. The supporting narratives are here to describe and to

give some flavour of my creative activity.

Ringling College of Art + Design : Sarasota, FLBachelor of Fine Arts, Class of 2011

Graphic and Interactive Communications

Concentration in Computer Animation

Ringling College of Art + Design : Academic Resource CenterTechnology Tutor & Writing Consultant

-Primarily, tutored students in writing styles, voice, and grammar.

Additionally,tutored math and other fields at request.-Secondarily, tutored students on Adobe Suite, HTML, CSS, and

remedial computer skills.

-Design promotion of department services

Freelance Illustration Work-Various clients and projects.

Proficient in Adobe CS Suite, Adobe Première,Autodesk Maya, Pixar’s

Renderman, Lightwave, Corel Painter, HTML, CSS.

Excellent knowledge of PC hardware.

Comfortable on both Windows and Mac platforms

Student Government AssociationElected representative for Graphic + Interactive Communincations,

Computer Animation, and Commuter Students in different years.

Ringling Gaming ClubActive officer in maintaining and running club activities, coordinating

events, and collaborating with other clubs and departments.

PortfolioGraphic Design

AnimationIllustration

Phone: 504.931.5713Url: www.HeroDesigned.com

Email: HeroDesigned@gmail.com

Education

Work Experience

2004 - Current

2006 - Current

Technical Skills

Organizations

2006 - 2011

2004 - 2011

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Gamer Health CampaignThe campaign project allowed us to pick a single topic to design an

entire campaign around. Gamer fitness and health was the topic of

selection, which lead me to design a website, and multiple forms of physical advertisements. The campaign was built up around the idea

of turning exercise into a game, thereby making it more attractive

to gamers.

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Book Design: Common ThemeThese pages are from a class project, which involved designing a small

book revolving around a central theme. In this case, the central theme

was time, and perceptions of it through history. The red thread travels

throughout the book, and the cross form appears on each page. Each

represents time in a different manner.

Six Experiments in Art a

nd TechnologyReal Virtu

ality

The Museum of the Moving Im

age

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10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

(718) 784-4520

College students with ID: $7.50

Children (8-18): $5.00

Members/Children under 8: FREE

AdmissionAdults: $10.00

Senior citizens (65+): $7.50

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Experience InfographicType In Space

My process tends to be very methodical. The brief given is dissected. I try to find an “active” solution, that is, a solution to which I can write

a story about. This often results in dead ends and many variations. After beginning a story, it’s a process of give and take, as the design

influences the story, which influences the design. I find many sources of inspiration for my stories. I work best under a short deadline, with

a project with relatively tight constraints. If the project at hand is too open, or too much time given, I often get lost in the possibilities and

present too many variations or paths to pursue.

Aesthetics and critical approaches to my design and stories respectively influence each other and then my decisions. The aesthetics are often

influenced greatly by thematic elements found in my research. Setbacks, struggles, and doubt are dealt with as story variations. Though

writing often meets dead ends as well, the story is easily changed to produce better results.

Experience Mapping was a quick information based graphic that

asked students to map their workflow. We were asked to work with

both qualitative and quantitative information. The infographic that

followed was to show a clear mapping of the somewhat scattered

and often non-linear experience of an artist at work.

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Project Enyo: HyperCity Initiative

Create Theoretical Need For A Hypercity

Evolution of StoryIn Response To

City Development

Personal Concepts

Surviving Connections

Project Requirements

Story Development

Dead Ends

Core of Experience

Imagination

Create StoryBased Around

The Combination Of Ideas

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inning

The poster on the opposite page was developed from a Type in

Space project, encouraging students to take advantage of the two

dimensional nature of the poster and the ability to trick the eye into

seeing three-dimensional shapes.

Paper CityThe Paper City project challenged students to design an entire city

based are a single concept or theme. Each city needed to be buildable

using paper and then packaged.

The Hypercity is a concept of condensing all the parts of a city into

a single contained area. As such, the design is modular and can be

arranged in any number of configurations, repeated indefinitely, and

is stackable as a way to maximize space.

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Poetry In Motion - OzymandiasIn the Poetry in Motion project, we were asked to create a motion

piece utilizing the text of a poem (or portion of a poem) and then

visually interpret the text of the poetry to provide a context and

feeling the piece.

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Synaesthetic Frenetic - Jazz CircuitUsing a segment of provided audio, create a visual interpretation

of the piece. The visual translation of even a literal interpretation

should result in an abstract or indirect visual result. The Motion Piece

here was based off a electronic jazz clip and resulted in a lightboard

inspired piece.

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Character Design The characters opposite were developed for class projects.

The self-charicature (top-right) was developed for Computer Animation

for use in a lip-sync project.

The tall character above was developed as a main character in a

thesis proposal during Computer Animation. He was to be a carefree

god of the wind.

Character TurnaroundsThe character above is a self-charicature designed. modeled, rigged,

and textured for lip-sync and animation projects. The Grim Reaper

was modelled, rigged, and textured for a student short.

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Museum Branding DesignThe Museum Branding project focused on designing a system of color,

type, and application of imagery all to brand a toy musuem. Standard

campaign colors and advertisements were to be developed, and then

variations based on changes such as seasons and/or exhibits.