Graphic Design, Illustration, and Comics Seattle, WA

Email: theghostdarling@gmail.com Site: ghostdarling.com Phone: 425 457 6463

Education
Cornish College of the Arts: Seattle, WA Graduated May 2013 Cum Laude with BFA in Visual Communications (Graphic Design/Illustration) Cumulative GPA: 3.64

Job Experience
Graphic Design Intern, 826 Seattle, Seattle WA 3/9/2012-6/9/2012 Creating posters, typesetting chapbooks, designing labels, creating promotional materials Receptionist, Toyota of Kirkland, Kirkland, WA 4/2011-9/2011, 8/2012-2/2013 Transferring calls, filing, ringing up down payments via credit card/check/cash, and data entry. Receptionist, PZAZZ Hair Design, Bellevue WA 4/2010-12/2010 Answered phones, sales, cashiering, made appointments, cleaned, opened/closed the salon, bank deposits

Graphic Design and Illustration Work

Published two comics in The Stranger. May 2013 Created a commissioned poster for Blitz Capitol Hill Arts Walk. January 2013. Created seven commissioned illustrations for quicklychat.com July 2012 Assisted Ellen Forney with the digital dusting of scanned pages of her upcoming graphic novel, Marbles (Published by Penguin). January 2012 Collaborated with UK small-press publisher, on zine compilation of my comics and illustration work. November 2011 Self-published two mini-comics/zines, Warm Mansion and Thin Lips sold at Short Run smallpress fest, and consigned issues at Fantagraphics Gallery and Zanadu (Seattle). November 2011 Created three commissioned posters for Whitney Ballen (local musician). July 2011 Designed poster art for the Birmingham UK Zine Festival. June 2010

Skills
Mac and PC operating systems, Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite 5 (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver), printmaking, typography, type hiearchy, illustration, graphic design.

References

Justin Allan justinallan@826seattle.org 206-725-2625 Ellen Forney ellenforney@ellenforney.com Kate Harmer kate@humcreative.com