Resume

Jon Parr
Oakland, CA 94611
Email: parrspen@hotmail.com

OBJECTIVE  

      Positions of responsibility in Illustration, Printing, Web Production and Graphic Design

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  

     Versatile, detail oriented, professional graphic artist who can supremely illustrate concepts and designs to Art Directors and Team Leaders of commercial businesses.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Illustrator

The Journal of Asian Martial Arts
· Negotiated a 4-cover deal with the Respected Martial Arts Journal with international circulation.
· 1 st cover artist for new markets in Greece and Spain increasing revenue.         
· November 2006 issue was nominated by American Illustration in the "published editorial illustration" category

International Herald Tribun
· Illustration clarifying the business article "Rethinking the Way" for the International News Paper

Platonically Production
· Conceptual Development and Illustrated Movie Poster for the feature film "X's & O's"

Bento Magazine
· Illustration introducing the short story "The Fish Wife" by Alisa Kwitney, for the nationally distributed magazine

Sante Fe Illustrators Conference
· Created Illustration about the "Plight of the Illustrator" for the National Event's brochure

Web Designer

European Sleep Works      
· Created photographic and Illustrated graphics and developed the Furniture section, the largest portion of the $80,000 Sleepworks.com website.
· Created 80+ webpages which increased revenue.

Nurture Inc.
· Created basic business identity & website for Oat Supplement company

The Million Plant March
· Created website for non-profit environmental awareness organization

Essancy Portrait Artist
· Created beautiful custom Essancy Portraits for the founders of multimillion international companies including:The Aveda Corporation , Empowered Wealth/Quadrant Living , & The Positive Deviant Network

Graphic Designer

USA Connect
· Created 100's of Promotional Cards matched existing brands, and creating new looks for 100's of different companies like Direct Buy, Global Data Resources, Omnitek, St. Louis Science Center

Keep Him.com
· Illustrated and Designed cover for best selling E-book

Boston Atlantic
· Designed Logo and Ad that increased revenue by 20%

Logo Designer

Gloria's Gourmet Cookies
· Conceived and designed a Painted and a Vector logo that are used on packaging and sold nationally.    

Bullhorn Media
· Created Logo for advertising and marketing company

Empowergy Inc.
· Enhanced logo for Business Efficiency Company

Character Concept Artist      

Dark Age Software
· Created 12 character Models with the view of Front, Side, and Back for gaming company.         

SSS Comics: Zen Bounty Hunter
· Conceived a new look for the 25 year old Character because of Hollywood interest  

SKILLS

  Traditional Painting, Drawing, and Illustration: Expert ability to realistically Paint & Draw in all media and sizes under strict deadlines.

  Digital Arts: Confidently manipulate imagery with graphic computer programs.

  Graphic Design: Creation of compelling graphics, logos, and page layouts for print and web.

  Conceptual Development: Proficiently translate literal or abstract concepts into metaphoric imagery that enriches and Illustrates that concept.

  Character Creation: Tenacious researcher for the purposes of exploring different cultures, human and animal biology, to create new characters and/or creatures. My understanding of anatomy drives an ability to create creatures that are believable.

  Storyboarding: 3-D mental acuity for purposes of cinematography and composing quick-shot sketches.

  Martial Arts Choreography: Stylized Fight Scene choreographer.

COMPUTER PROGRAMS

  Photoshop: Manipulate Raster based Imagery

  Illustrator: Create Vector based Illustrations and Graphics

  Dreamweaver: Manage html-based websites

  Fireworks: Optimize imagery for websites

EDUCATION

1989-1997 Black Belt in Kenpo Karate, Irvine Martial Arts Academy
1996-2001 B.F.A, Illustration, California College of the Arts

REFERENCES

Brant C Nicholas [Head of Dark age Software]
bnicholas@darkagesoftware.com

Dugald Stermer (Head of the Illustration Dept. at California College of Arts and Crafts), ds@dugaldstermer.com

Robert McCreary (Martial Arts Instructor),rmccr@worldnet.att.net

David & Jadyne Bucholz (Heads of Dozens of Muslins.com)
dofmuslins@sbcglobal.net, (510) 525 -1817

Michael Demarco (Editor in Chief of The Journal of Asian Martial Arts) md@goviamedia.com

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