I am a honors graduate of Art Center College of Design. My degree is in Illustration with a focus in entertainment design. I have worked for the past 15 years doing various freelance illustration and design work for all types of clients. From big to small, friends to corporations, you name it and I have most likely done it. Below you will see my resume and qualifications. If you are interested in commissioning work, please email me.

Thank you for taking the time to view my work and read over my resume.

Autumn Rain Turkel

 

 

 

Resume

Education

Art Center College of Design , Pasadena , California
Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honors) – Illustration Focus on Entertainment December 2006

Santa Barbara City College , Santa Barbara , California
Areas of Study: Studio Art, Sculpture, Graphic Design, Multimedia Development, Maya 3D Animation

Parker School , College Preparatory Academy , Kamuela , Hawaii
At the time of attending high school the school was an arts based school. My studies were focused around traditional art, music, and drama.

Professional Experience

Tangled Dreams: 1992- Currently (http://www.tangleddreams.com)
Freelance Illustration, Story boarding, Character Design:

• Oxygen Games (Character/Prop Designer)
• SBA Nutrition (Character Designer and Cleanup Artist)
• Mythic Films (Storyboard Artist/Illustrator)
• rehersal.com (Storyboard Artist/Illustrator)
• T.C.R.T. (Tri-County Regional Team: newsletter cartoons, clothing designs)
• Gluck Games (Illustrator Coffee Break)
• Lockergnome (Chris Pirillo: Comic Development)
• Types of work include Comics, Character Design, Promotional Posters (Film, and radio), Clothing Design, Logo Design, web site Design and Development.

Affiliated Concepts Corp.: 1998-2003 (http://www.sound-design.com)
Primary Designer/ Managing Supervisor:

• Managing supervisor for a small group of workers and interns in the media department.
• initial design of interface, execution of designs, html, uploading designs, scanning images, preparing images for the web, and upkeep of all existing webs
• User Interface Design and Execution for CD-ROM.
• Video editing and encoding for separate projects such as streaming video and DVD quality Video
• Animated intros and cut scenes for video.
• Clients include: Xerox, Diane Ladd, Summit Audio, Best Western Hotels

Santa Barbara City College : 1998-2001 Media Lab Tutor and Teachers Aid

• Tutor for various applications and technologies in the open media lab
• Teacher's aid for Maya, Photo shop, After FX, and Electronic Music and Sound Recording classes.

Skills

Traditional skills: Illustration, designer, painter in oil, acrylic, and gauche, sculptor

Digital Skills: Adobe Photo shop& Illustrator, Corel Painter, Alias Maya, Macromedia Flash, Apple and Microsoft operating system proficient.

Production Skills: character design, environment design, story boarding, color keys, 3d modeling, texturing, 2D and 3D animation, Audio and Video Editing, Music Composition

Achievements, Awards, and Recognitions

Published works:

• Aphrodisia 2: Art of the Female Form (2006 Aristata Publishing)

Art Center College of Design:

• Art Center Scholarship (2003-2006)

 Santa Barbara City College :

• President's Honor roll for two years with a 4.0 GPA. Awards
• Various scholarships 1997-2001
• SBCC Multimedia showcase: First place in the categories of Best Digital Images (1998)
• First place in Best original composition in electronic music and sound (1998-2001)
• Honorable mention in the category of 3d Animation (1999)

Joslyn Art Museum , Omaha , Nebraska :

• Honorable Mention fine art ages 12 and under (1988)