• Yellow Pages Directory Ad Samples. Completed in 2000 while working at Q Advertising (San Jose, CA). Created the ads using Photoshop, Illustrator and finalized in Quark Xpress.

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• Music Flyer #1 Sample completed in 2007 while working at home business (Poway, CA).
Created the Flyer by starting in Illustrator and finalized in Photoshop.

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• Music Flyer #2 Sample completed in 2007 while working at home business (Poway, CA).
Created the Flyer using Bryce 6 and Terregen for background objects, brought in original photo and finalized in Photoshop.

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• Music Flyer #3 Sample completed in 2007 while working at home business (Poway, CA).
Created the Flyer using Bryce 6 and Terragen for background objects, and finalized in Photoshop.

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• Music CD Insert #1 Sample completed in 2007 while working at home business (Poway, CA).
Created the CD Insert by taking digital photos, composed and finalized in Photoshop.

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2001-2008  
Precision Graphics Systems
Title: Graphic Artist/Screen Printer   
Owner and supervisor: Mark Fullerton       
web site: www.gopgs.com
                
• Equipment & software: Mac OS X and PC formats, Freehand MX to 8, Illustrator CS2 to 9, Photoshop CS to 4, Pagemaker 6, Quark 3.2, Corel Draw, Universal Laser Systems Inc. M-300 Laser Cutter.
• Duties: Graphic Design, from art concept to finished product. Working with either customer supplied art or create art from scratch, guided by mechanical drawings, and/or actual raw parts to be printed on. Setting up files with precise dimensions, building correct size, placing embossing markers, going through entire proofing process while directly working with customer, e-mailing art file to Service Bureau for film output, and QC delivered film. Laser cutting duties: set up files for cutting, cleaning and maintenance of machine, set-up and cut material. When needed, hands on precision silk screen printing and cleaning of screens.
• Products I have created artwork for: close tolerance overlays, labels, nameplates, film, signs, decals, panels, membrane switch panels and keypads.

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1998-2008  
Hopkins Fine Art, Graphics & Music
Title: Freelance Fine/Graphic Artist   
Owner and artist: Michael Hopkins
web site: www.hopkinsartmusic.com

• Equipment & software: Refer to “Art/Graphics Computer Software and Hardware” 
• Duties: All aspects of Graphic Design, from concept to print. Setting up and printing Fine Art Giclées from Epson 4000. Painting original fine art in digital realm and in real world. Photographing finished paintings. Preparing and promoting finished art for Fine Art Gallery showings.

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2000-2001  
A Sign ASAP
Title: Sign/Banner Graphic Artist and Assembler  
Owner and supervisor: Paul Fuelling
web site: www.asignasap.com

• Equipment & software: PC/Windows 98, Flexisign 6.5, Corel Draw, Roland 24" vinyl cutter/plotter.
• Duties: Graphic Design (creation/revision) of signs and banners in computer.  Printed, faxed revised proofs, working directly with customers. Cut vinyl on plotter and when needed: weeded and assembled.

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1999-2000  
Q Advertising
Title: Graphic Artist   
Owner and supervisor: Valerie Oronato

• Equipment & software: Power Mac & G3; Quark 3.3, Photoshop 5.0 / 4.0, Illustrator 7 & 6, Streamline 3.0
• Duties: Creation and revision of Pacific Bell Telephone Directory high-end color & black/white ads. Design, Photoshop montage, typography, and logo recreating.

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1999  
Good Times Newspaper
Title: Graphic Artist   
Art Director and supervisor: Madelaine Hairrell / Production Manager: Jillian Umphenour
web site: www.gtweekly.com
                
• Equipment & software: Macintosh; Quark 3.2 / 3.1, Photoshop 4.0 / 3.0
• Duties: Graphic Design of Ad’s and cover art for newsprint, including paste-up, marrying and burnishing.

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1998-1999  
Avalon Signs
Title: Sign/Banner Maker and Painter
Owners and supervisors: Joe & Erica Dawson

• Equipment: Gerber SignMaker II, all materials used for vinyl and sign painting.
• Duties: Sign design layout in Gerber; cut, weed, put on transfer tape, sqweegie onto material (windows, MDO wood, banners etc). From preparing MDO, PVC, Sign Foam, Acrylic Plexiglass to final painting or vinyl application. Projected images drew and cut pounce patterns. Cut letters out of Sign Foam with bandsaw.  Ponced wall layouts, hand painted letters and images with maul stick (old traditional sign painting techniques).  Fine Art Mural work.

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1998-1999  
Capitola Chamber of Commerce
Title: Graphic Artist & Consultant    
Executive Director and supervisor- Toni Castro
web site: www.capitolachamber.com
                
• Equipment & software: Power Mac 7100 at chamber and at home with “personal equipment”
• Duties: Design and layout, some paste-up on light table. Maintaining computers and printers. 
 

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1996-1998  
Capitola Print and Copy
Title: Graphic Artist  
Production Manager and supervisor- Mellisa Rapp

• Equipment & software: Power Mac 9800, Scanner, Declaser 1200dpi Printer. PageMaker 6.5 / 6.0 / 5.0 / 4.2, Photoshop 4.0 / 3.0 Illustrator 7.0 / 6.0 / 5.5, and Omni Page OCR.
• Duties: Design, layout including paste-up on light table. Assisted customers with design and proofing. Utilized a service bureau for film output of CMYK and spot color separations. Stripped-up all film and burned metal plates, also provided laser paper plates. Worked closely with in-house pressman and bindery department.

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1995-1996 
MacTeacher Training Center
Title: Macintosh Computer Art Teacher 
Owner and supervisor- Carolyn Hornbuckle
web site: macpcteacher.com
                
• Taught:
    -Photoshop 3.0 / 2.5
        Level 1, Level 2, Special FX, Practical Applications.
    -Fractal Painter 3.0
 

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1995-1996   
The PaperWorks
Title: Graphic Artist
Supervisor- Amiel Hattar / Owner and supervisor- John Himes

• Equipment & software: PowerMac 8100, Power Computing, Microtek IIHR Scanner, Fax Modem, Unity XL-O 1800 DPI Laser Printer. PageMaker 6.0, Photoshop 3.0 / 2.5, Illustrator 5.5, Add Depth II, and Omni Page OCR.
• Duties: Design, layout including paste-up on light table. All phases of in-house camera work including maintenance and changing chemicals (half-tones, stats and negatives). Spot color separations, paper plates, stripped film, and burned metal plates. *Worked closely with in-house pressman and bindery department.
Work load: walk-in customers, inhouse, and produced 16 page Coupon Tabloid Newspaper.

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1994
Locutour Multimedia
Title: Computer Artist 
Owner and supervisor- John Scarry
web site: www.locutour.com 
                
• Equipment & software: Power Mac, Mac Quadra 660AV, Scanner, Fractal Painter 2.5, Super Paint 3.5, Photoshop 2.5, PageMaker 5.0, Illustrator 5.0, and Director.
• Duties: Assisted in creation of a Handicap Rehabilitation Awareness CD ROM. Scanned hand drawn art into Photoshop, colorized scans in Fractal Painter and Super Paint. Placed and collaged images from a CD photo collection and composed scenes in Director. Silkscreened Logo and company information onto CD ROM. Composed, performed and recorded music for opening credits.

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1996
Postal Graphic Design Seminar
US Post Office
San Luis Obispo, CA

• Graphic specs and layout for Postal Mailing

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1994-1995
MacTeacher Training Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Carolyn Hornbuckle-Teacher, Owner

• Macintosh Computer Basics
• PageMaker 5.0 • Illustrator 5.0 • Photoshop 2.5, Level 1
• Preparing files for the Service Bureau

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1993-1994
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, CA

• Fundamentals of 2-D Design • Beginning Drawing • Intermediate Drawing
• History of Print Media.
• Represented Cuesta College Art Department, 2 Pieces at Riverside Community Art Exhibition

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College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA
       
• Painting
• Drawing
• Clay Sculpture

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Valley Junior College
Van Nuys, CA

• General ed
• Art History

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Notre Dame High School
Sherman Oaks, CA

• Received Graduation Diploma
• General ed
• Art classes five days a week
• Awarded a 2 year scholarship to attend Saturday drawing classes at
Art Center College of Design in Hollywood, CA while attending Notre Dame High School.

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Our Lady of Lourdes Grade School
Sherman Oaks, CA

• General ed
• Art classes

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Art lessons/classes
Sherman Oaks, CA

• Four privately owned schools