Experience Summary
I have over 15 years of Graphic Design experience and I am currently employed as the Senior Graphics Director at a printing company. Expert user of Photoshop, Illustrator, In-Design, FTP applications, TrueFlow imposition systems, Harlequin RIP systems, Xerox Docucolor / CREO RIP systems, Some Quark Xpress, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word and Excel.
Teaching Style
I can show you how to create any type of design whether it is a logo, a business card, a postcard, a web page, a t-shirt, a banner, etc...I can also teach the fundamentals of Digital Pre-Press techniques, creating Signatures in Quark Xpress or In-Design. I will show you how to correctly prepare files for commercial printing (to help avoid errors or delays in your work), how to prepare files for Digital Printing, Wide-Format Printing(banners, etc), Silk Screen Printing, DTG (Direct To Garment) Printing, how and when to design in Photoshop vs Illustrator. I can also teach the difference between Vector and Raster images and how to apply them to your design work. I also specialize in teaching skills to help you produce your designs at a more efficient pace whether it is organizing your workload or using shortcuts in the above mentioned software to achieve a particular effect or design (to help you save time and let you move on to other projects).
My Hobbies
- Graphic Design is my Hobby and my Career
- Aside from working at my Job, I also freelance (Design-Printing-Websites)
- Music is big part of my life. I like to produce and DJ electronic dance music.
Other Comments
I am friendly, patient and down-to-earth. I can prepare you for the Real World in Graphic Design as I have seen plenty of graphic designers that graduate with a degree and have yet to learn enough about what it takes to truly be successful in this field.