Resume: Robert Woodbury

Graphic Artist

E-mail: woodrobot@hotmail.com Web pages: www3.telus.net/public/woodbury

Highlights:

• Extensive experience with all areas of graphic composition
• Can work on Mac and PC in Photoshop, Quark Xpress, Corel, Illustrator etc.
• Web capable – from raw HTML to Fireworks
• Trained in traditional visual art media – watercolour, ink, pencil, airbrush
• Fluent in 3d graphics – Poser, 3d studio, PovRay, Maya, Bryce
• Self starting, multi-tasking, creative and quick to learn
• Able to provide creative advertising and design input
• Capable of detailed and meticulous work

Professional Experience

Freelance Graphic Artist:                                                                  86 -- 03

Tesseracts Press, The Writer’s Collective, Sandra Sing – PlanetZe designs, Fauxforms Ltd., Theatre YES, The Congregational Life Centre, The Cat’s Glass, Rob Dingman Architects, The Edmonton Labour Arts Foundation, Harcourt House, The WORKS Visual Arts Celebration, Murango Ano Penga, Alley Katz Brewery, Tiffany Pub Décor, The Moose Factory, A-Channel, Thornton Court, The Odysseum, The Old Strathcona Foundation, BCTT Inc., Mythical Body Art, Zee Artiste Caricatures

Aero Reprographics                                                                          98 – 99

Photographic retouching, Electronic prepress graphics - PC

Duties: Graphics for large format photographic production house

• Scanning with Agfa Scanner to PC
• Retouching and colour correction in Photoshop
• Design and layout of large format photo presentations in Pagemaker and Quark Xpress
• Preparation and translation of files from various media and formats
• Web page design in Flash and FrontPage

 

Universal Maps of Canada Ltd.                                                          96 -- 97

Graphics and layout person - Mac

Duties: all computer graphics for a Fun Map company

• Responsible for creating all advertising graphics
• Layout and design of back of map, all information, graphics, typesetting etc.
• Scanned logos from client provided materials.
• Reworked logos in Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Translated files from PC to Mac
• Created 3d look logos, mophing them to vehicles, aircraft, etc.
• Responsible for network and maintenance of all computers and printers.
• Created web pages in raw HTML.
• Produced catalogs, brochures, promotional and training materials

 

CentralWeb Colourpress                                                                   94 -- 96

Graphics layout person – Mac / PC

Duties: prepress processing and layout for web press

• Scanned and prepared documents, photographs
• Used art camera, plate maker, Linux server, film printer, RIP
• Managed network transfers from Mac to PC and back
• Backed up files and restored files from Linux backup system

 

Educational Background

Pascal, Basic                                                          Athabasca University                      1989
Bachelor of Fine Art                                               University of Alberta                       1986
Diploma Computing Science                                   Red Deer College                           1984

Newspaper Experience:

Duties:  Layout, Graphics, Photography, Typesetting, Artwork, Half Toning, Stripping, Plate making, Advertising  Design

The Bricklayer (Red Deer College)

The Gateway (U of A)

The Alberta Social Services News

The Bargain Finder

Contacts (immigration)

SportScene (Northlands)

WEM 55+ (West Edmonton Mall)

The Light

The Ram (Alberta Armed Forces)

Days and Nights

Italian Times, Italian News