Productivity and Creativity are two of the most important characteristics of a designer. In order to improve both I have tracked and graphed my personal work habits. As you can see, my productivity is fairly consistent throughout most of
the work day, although I do require some startup time in the morning in order to reach my full potential. I also tend to see drops in productivity at meal times. Years of school have trained me in the art of the 2 AM project finish.
My creativity is much more sporadic and I find it comes in bursts throughout the day. Once again we see the effect of low blood sugar on brain chemistry at breakfast, lunch and supper times, but there's always a quick recovery after a
meal. I hope these statistics demonstrate my thoroughness as a worker and designer.
To obtain gainful and enriching employment in the field of design to gain experience and broaden my skillsets whilst benefitting myself and hopefully my employer with knowledge and monetary gain.
GEORGE BROWN SCHOOL OF DESIGN
2008-2011
3 Year Graphic Design Diploma ProgramSHERIDAN COLLEGE
2006-2008
3 Year Computer Programming ProgramE.L. CROSSLEY SS
2002-2006
Graduated with O.S.S.D.
SEEDMINER.COM
2011
Designed and launched a website with dedicated resources related to the popular video game minecraft. Currently maintaining several thousand hits daily.BLAKELEY.ME
2010
Designed and launched a web portfolio for professional photographer and graphic designer Gary Blakeley.FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN
2009-2011
Freelance work for private individuals and organizations. Notable work includes street banners for the Canadian Cancer Society and buttons and various paraphenilia for the Toronto anti-UBB protest.PEER TUTOR LAB
2009-2011
Assisting students in completing assignments by giving design advice as well as assisting them in learning software including Adobe Creative Suite, 3D Studio Max & Lightroom.CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
2007
Data entry clerk. Handled very large amounts of money, entered very large amounts of data with minimal error, exceeded requirements of job by volunteering outside work, worked in Excel and Word.
Autodidact with extensive experience in infographics, typography, editorial and poster design, illustration, 3D modelling & rendering, product, landscape & portrait photography. Experienced in product packaging, design & branding.
PHOTOSHOP
Extremely skilled in all aspects of photoshop including layers, adjustments, filters, masks, colour correction, photomanipulation, painting, HDR, photomerge, actions, alternate colour spaces & blending modes.ILLUSTRATOR
Knowledgeable in all aspects of illustrator. Very fluid with bezier curves and general as well as extremely technical illustration. Capable of producing print, web and mobile graphics. Familiar with all filters and effects, colour spaces etc. Small amount of experience with scripting.INDESIGN
Very familiar with most of the tools in InDesign. Extremely skilled at creating grids, layouts and setting paragraph and character styles. Very organized workflow including layers, swatches etc. through to export.LIGHTROOM
Mastery of all aspects of lightroom, including all tools, panels and export features. Also familiar with creating Digital Negatives from a film scanner.ACROBAT/DISTILLER
Thorough knowledge of PDF standards, compression and most aspects of their creation and management.AFTER EFFECTS/PREMIERE PRO
Basic editing and colour correction, sharpening etc. Comfortable learning new aspects of each program.HTML/CSS
Longstanding knowledge of HTML, currently updating skillset to HTML5. Very familiar with CSS and its implementation. Currently in the process of transitioning to CSS3.APACHE/MYSQL/DRUPAL
Limited knowledge of Apache, some knowledge of MySQL and databases in general. Currently learning Drupal from a dedicated teacher.3DS MAX 2012
Extensive knowledge in still renders, limited animation experience. Very skilled in designing products and replicating real world objects accurately. Extremely skilled at modelling simple and complex objects, texturing, lighting and rendering photorealistic images.PHOTOGRAPHY
Varying degrees of experience in different photographic mediums. Extremely experienced with Digital SLR photography and post-processing. Very experienced in medium format film photography and development. Some experience with Large Format (4x5) photography. Willing and able to use all personal cameras for work. Limited but growing experience with lighting including hot & strobe light setups. Comfortable renting and arranging strobes on location. Vast technical knowledge of most things photographic.
Radiohead Kid A Promotional Poster
The goal of this project was to create a poster of any kind using a hand painted texture incorporated into a digital piece in some way. I created a spackle texture
by splattering paint on a piece of card, scanned it and integrated it with complex geometric forms and typography to create a cold, desolate
feeling poster. For those not familiar with the album, I feel it reflects the audial aesthetic very well in a visually complimentary manner. This was also a
very rushed piece and was completed in approximately 12 hours over the course of a single day.
Interpretive Typography - Chocolate
This project's goal was to create typographic treatments that made the viewer emote or understand the word not only for its meaning, but also
through its texture, colour and character. The pieces were created in Blender 2.5 in 2009 before I transitioned to 3DS Max. At the time they took several days to
complete whereas now with the larger toolsets of 3DS Max available to me, as well as an expanded skillset, I would be able to create similar pieces in a few
hours and have them be at a much more exceptional level.
Interpretive Typography - Soft
Interpretive Typography - White Space
Infographic - Film Formats
Infographics are a major passion of mine and I love to create them in my spare time and for work. Above is an infographic displaying various film formats and some basic information
about them. I have a passion for photography, especially analog photography, and I wanted to express to people that film photography isn't just hazily remembered snapshots
on an old minolta, riddled with grain and light leaks. Nor was it the domain of hipsters and toy cameras. True quality can be obtained with film, especially in the larger formats and slower speed
films. I wanted the information to speak loudest so I used a subdued palette, nondescript helvetica and simple swiss design. Click the image to see it in vector format.
Technical Illustration - Stand Mixer
Technical Illustration - Pocket Watch
Design Thesis - Rethinking Environmentalism
