I was born on the streets of Baltimore, MD, but since the summer of 2007 I've lived on a hill in San Francisco. By all means, get in touch!

EDUCATION

 

THE MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
Baltimore, MD

• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in General Fine Art
• Graduated cum laude in Fall '05

 

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
Amherst, MA

• Fall '99 - Fall '00

 

THE PARK SCHOOL
Brooklandville, MD

• Graduated Class of '99

 


 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

BRAID
2006 - 2008 • Baltimore, MD, San Francisco, CA

• Sole artist on anticipated XBOX game
• Designed and directed graphical style
• Responsible for visual storytelling and UI
• Painted high-detail and impressionist backgrounds
• Animated all characters
• Designed and produced marketing materials

 

A LESSON IS LEARNED
BUT THE DAMAGE IS IRREVERSIBLE

2004 - 2006 • Baltimore, MD

• Single-handedly operated the site's shop
• Printed & shipped hundreds of posters all over the world
• Designed two iterations of www.alessonislearned.com

 

FREELANCE ILLUSTRATION
& GRAPHIC DESIGN

2003 - 2006 • Baltimore, MD

• Childrens' Book Illustration
• Magazine Covers
• Calendars
• Logos

 

ENNOVATE, INC.
2001 - 2002 • Owings Mills, MD

• Sole artist and graphic designer at an e-commerce start-up
• Responsible for logos, web sites, page layouts
• Developed animated Flash-based applications for the web
• Worked one-on-one with clients in various industries

 


 

SKILLS

 

ELECTRONIC MEDIA

• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Flash
• Dreamweaver
• Fireworks
• Garage Band

• InDesign
• Freehand
• Quark Xpress
• After Effects
• 3D Studio Max
• Corel Painter

 

TRADITIONAL MEDIA

• Drawing (pencil, pen, charcoal, conte crayon, etc.)
• Painting (oil, acrylic)
• Black and white photography
• Cel animation

 


 

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

 

WEB CARTOONISTS' CHOICE AWARDS 2005

• Outstanding Layout

 

WEB CARTOONISTS' CHOICE AWARDS 2006

• Outstanding Artist
• Outstanding Layout
• Outstanding Use of Color

 

WEB COMICS EXAMINER

• The Best Webcomics of 2004
• The Best Webcomics of 2005

 


 

HOBBIES

• Writes pop songs (vocals, guitar, midi composition)
• Designs video games collaboratively
• Contributing Writer for The Gamer's Quarter

 

 

everything © 2004 - 2006 David Hellman