Alice Fox

demon.allie@gmail.com
       

Objective:


To create high-quality 2D artwork and/or innovative web site design while expanding to ever-evolving trends and applications within the industry.

Professional Experience:


Polymorph Studios: Brooklyn, NY: July 2007 to October 2007
Concept & Storyboard Artist

- Illustrated storyboards for unannounced major motion picture.
- Created character and creature concept art for related massive multi-player online video game.
- Prepared successful presentations and informative industry market reports for upper management.
- Consulted with artist staff and production team on strategic approach towards project objectives.
- Performed multi-tasking duties while meeting stringent deadlines; gained valuable skills in both team building and independent initiatives.

Freelance: Durham, NC / Baltimore, MD / Brooklyn, NY: 2005 to Present
Illustrator, Web Designer & Colorist

- Painted digital images for numerous clients on a contractual basis.
- Drafted wide variety of character designs in multiple formats.
- Produced standards compliant web designs.
- Colored interior pages for online serial comics.
- Created custom tile designs for Artisan Paving, a paving specialty company. (May 2007)
- Developed and implemented promotional poster for theOtaku, a group effort to raise public awareness of breast cancer and endorsement towards prevention and cure. (December 2006)
- Designed layout and participated in "Drawing for Charity", an artist facilitated organization that donates 10% of commission profits to locations in need. (March 2006)

Sage Comics Collective: February 2008 to Present
Graphic & Web Designer

- Designed and maintained widely viewed website
- Assisted with membership development, site coordination and administration.
- Created product logo and branding.

Two Rooks: February 2007 to Present
Arist, Writer & Web Designer

- Wrote and illustrated dramatic four volume graphic novel and subsequent prequel.
- Published online on biweekly basis.
- Gained readership following, fan base and attention from web comic community.
- Current plans include hard-copy publishing and development of related line of merchandise for commercial marketing.
- Highly positive review by critic Richard Pulfer as published on brokenfrontier.com. (12/03/07)
- Weekly featured comic on drunkduck.com. (6/2/08)
- Feature story on biffbampowcomics.co.uk by Pete Lancaster. (6/4/08)

Technical Skills and Applications:


Adept knowledge and extensive hands-on experience with:
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Corel Painter
  • Manga Studio EX
  • XHTML
  • CSS
Moderate understanding of and ongoing training with:
  • PHP
  • SQL
Touch typing: 102 WPM

Recognitions and Awards:


  • Awarded Runner-Up Ranking: Only Revolutions by bestselling author Mark Z. Danielewski, paperback front cover illustration competition.
  • Won First Place: Shades of Grey by Robin Dempsey, back cover illustration competition.
  • Article with photos of original video game related art project and instructions, "Weighted Companion Cube Paperweight", as published on joystiq.com, digg.com, propeller.com and diylife.com. (12/02/07)
  • Continuous participation in annual "NaNoWriMo" (National Novel Writing Month), a creative online writing project.
  • See Two Rooks (above).

Education:


January 2008: Graduate of four-year Home School program with examinations and certification by Durham, NC public school administration. Academic curriculum for gifted studies satisfied all requirements for general high school completion while allowing accelerated concentration in areas of fine art/graphic communication, computer science, literature and creative writing. Both parental instructors with Fine Arts degrees; primary instructor former Adjunct Professor of Broadcast Graphics. Highly focused education offering training in self motivation and industrial independence.