Work History
Adsum for Women & Children
Graphic Designer, July 2017 – Present
Assisted in the creation of their annual report and related infographics for the past two years.
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Revell Models
Commissioned for Artwork, March 2018 – April 2018
I was contacted by Revell to complete artwork for two upcoming models, soon to appear in stores in 2019.
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Blipshift
Design Contributor, January 2017 – Present
I supply t-shirt designs on a contract basis, which are printed in limited runs. They use a maximum of 6 colours.
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Air Waves, Inc.
Design Contributor, July 2014 – September 2016
I worked here on a contract basis supplying t-shirt designs for cars shows in the Myrtle Beach area. They are 7 colour designs.
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iStock by Getty Images, Shutterstock, Adobe Stock
Contributor, 2017 – Present
I’ve been supplying photography and vector imagery for use as stock since 2007.
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Buzzer Apps Mobile Solutions
Graphic Designer, April 2013 – July 2016
I supplied graphic design content here on a contract basis. My duties included editing graphic content for mobile apps, brainstorming the development of new apps, developing print and marketing pieces, and aiding in a recent rebrand.
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Eastlink Advertising
Graphic Designer, July 2000 – May 2015
While employed at Eastlink Advertising as a Graphic Designer, I was responsible for working as a key part of a team with fellow designers on group and solo projects. Using a wide variety of resources, including audio that was recorded in Eastlink’s inhouse studio, I created advertising for clients from concept through to creation and implementation for television, print, and the Internet. In addition, I was personally responsible for a recent re-brand of Eastlink Advertising’s products which included redesigning logos, the creation of visual guidelines and revising all internal documents to the new brand standard.
Follow for animated examples on Youtube.
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Automotive Journalism
the truth about cars – 2007
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Autos of interest – 2015
Although this website seems to be no longer, I wrote several articles for this site about rare cars I’ve encountered, as well as a few diving into the history of cars sold in the great white North.
http://www.autosofinterest.com/
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AUTOFUG / the revving lunatic – 2005 – 2014
My blog, whose content caught the attention of others, allowing me to connect with the The Truth About Cars and Autos of Interest.
https://revvinglunatic.blogspot.com/
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CAR & Driver Backfires – 2010 to Current
I contribute regularly to this forum, and because of my ability to defuse situations between users I was asked to become a moderator by their staff. I also started and moderated a car guessing thread which is still going strong 11 years later. It look ago became their longest running thread, currently sitting at 1947 pages and 36,996 replies.
https://backfires.caranddriver.com/
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Education
McKenzie College
3D Animation and Visualization Diploma, –
The 3D Animation and Visualization program at McKenzie College dove into the world of animation and computer-based arts. Courses covered a wide variety of subjects: traditional animation, traditional arts including life drawing with live models, and graphics software for photo editing, video editing, sound editing and 3D modeling.
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College of Geographic Sciences
Cartography – Digital Mapping, –
This intense two year program covered everything from traditional mapping methods, including screen printing and using a dark room, to modern digital methods utilizing graphics software, GIS and modern printing methods. One of the maps I created in 1999 won the President’s Prize for Excellence in Cartography in the field of Journalistic Maps at that year’s International Cartographic Exhibition. My experience at the college taught my to strive for accuracy, and introduced me to the world of vector graphics and typography.
https://backfires.caranddriver.com/forums/1963462/posts/2183718-guess-that-car
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