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"Jade"
24" x  32" Acrylic on Paper,  1996

Jade was one of those pieces that just materialized out of thin air.  When I was in art school I was at my best friend's house painting with him, and I just started with the ribbon shapes and everything else just happened perfectly after that!  I always liked the extreme balance of this painting and the mysterious quality.  The idea behind her is to personify a gem stone, in this case Jade or Jadeite.  As if she is actually made of the material itself, but is also somehow alive and breathing... 

A 18" x 12" print is available for $45

ON SALE for only $29
UNTIL 3/31/10

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         Employment Experience

    2003 to Present, freelance concept artist

    -Princess and the Frog, Disney animated feature film, Visual Development

    -Earthspace – Earthspace, LLC, IP property development, Character and location design

    -Brasil- Blue Sky Feature animated film,  Visual Development

    -OZ, Feature animated film, Visual Development

    -Witch Girl- Wildbrain Entertainment, feature animated film, Visual Development

    -Coca Cola animated TV advertisement, Buck Design, Matte Painting

    -Santa Claus, Tom T. G7, Character Design

    -Hoodwinked 2, The Weinstein Company, Kanbar Entertainment, Visual Development

    -Rise of the Argonauts, Liquid Entertainment Video Game, Concept Design

    -Kung Fu Girl, Animated TV show, Production Designer

    -Enchanted, Disney Feature Film, Visual Development

    -Moobeard the Cow Pirate, Nickelodeon, Animated TV series, development and design

    -Aristocats, Disney Toon Studios, Character Development paintings

    -Abi & Afya, Disney Toon Studios, Visual Development

     

    2 1/2 years visual development artist for Dreamworks  Animation

    -Monsters Vs. Aliens- Character design and Visual Development

    -Puss in Boots, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development

    -Bee Movie, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development

    -Shark Tale, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development

    -Flushed Away, Animated Feature Film- Location paintings and Visual Development

    -Ready Steady Slow, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development

    -Tusker- Visual Development

    -Father of the Pride- TV Series- Visual Development

     

    6 years visual development and layout/ CGI artist for Walt Disney Feature Animation

    -Sweating Bullets, Chicken Little- 3D modeling and Layout

    -Treasure Planet, Animated feature Film- Visual Development

    -The Emperor’s New Groove, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development and Layout

    -Mulan, Animated Feature Film- Visual Development and Layout

    -Hercules, Animated Feature Film- Visual development and Layout

     

    1996- present free-lance illustrator:

     -Upper Deck- World of Warcraft trading cards

    -Realms of Fantasy Magazine- Fantasy Story Illustrations for issues March and April 2006

    -Tori Amos 2005, 2006 calendar illustrations

    -Dark Horse Comics- Painted comic book written by Harlan Ellison, and comic book cover illustrations

    -Holiday Inn Hotels- Murals

     

    1995 to present- freelance graphic designer / web site designer

    -Melissa Cobb, online resume website

    -craigelliottgallery.com, design construction and implementation

    -aristatapublishing.com, design, construction and implementation

    -Pacific Bell- Vehicle fleet catalog design and layout

    -Anomaly Co.- Product logo, business card letterhead, brochure, and promotional product design

     

    12 years landscape designer/ contractor. Clients Include

    -Many private clients, inquire for photos of private homes

    -Mayim Bialik’s (TV’s Blossom) entrance and yard design and construction

     

    Environmental design/ construction

    -NAMM convention booth for Anomaly, Co.

    -Craig Elliott gallery/ Aristata publishing convention both design and construction

     

    Teaching experience

    -Gnomon school of visual arts, Imaginative Landscape

    -Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. Classes include: Imaginative Landscape, and Visual Development

    -Pacific Institute of Art and Design (PIAD), Pasadena

    -Freelance in-home MAYA tutor

     

    Skills

    Computer Knowledge:

    -Understanding of computer systems hardware construction/ operation

    -Macintosh, windows, and UNIX / LINUX operating systems

    -MAYA, Photoshop, Painter, Illustrator, Golive, InDesign, Quark Express, Premiere, Shake, After Effects, Microsoft Word, Exel, and many other applications

     

    Other Artistic skills

    -Sculpture, maquette, character, and fine art sculpture

    -Diorama and stop motion animation set design and construction

    -Jewelry design and construction

    -Architectural design and architectural model design and construction

    -Metalsmithing and blacksmithing

    -Fine art furniture design and construction

    -Building construction- Carpentry, plumbing, electrical and masonry

     

    Own small businesses

    -Aristata Publishing- Publishes “Aphrodisia- Art of the Female Form” a yearly book/ contest of feminine figurative art

    -Produce fine art for publishing posters and books of my own artwork for sale on the internet, conventions and by mail

    -Produce a line of Jewelry for sale to boutiques

     

    Education:

    -Graphic Design and Architecture at Cal Poly San Louis Obispo

    -Computer Instruction at various locations

    -BFA in Illustration from Art Center College of Design

     

    Awards:

    -2009, Spectrum 16, Gold Award in Editorial

    -2005, Society of Illustrators Bronze medal for Visual Development, for Treasure Planet Development artwork.

    -Artwork chosen for Spectrum 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 “The Best of Science fiction and Fantasy Art” –1 of 250 artists chosen for an exhibition featuring the best of art from “Spectrum” exhibition held at the Society of Illustrators in New York.