Experience Summary
Over 50 years of experience in the graphic arts field. I use Adobe: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Muse, Skype, Join-Me, Graduate of the School of Art & design, won a scholarship to Famous Artists School of Westport, Admitted to Cooper Union School of Art & Science attended fine arts classes, typography School of Visual Arts... Designed ads, displays, branding, posters, packaging, car wraps web sites. Computer proficient in Mac Adobe CS software.
Teaching Style
Hands on displaying the aspects of design and enhancing the creative process from thumbnails to the finished product. The proper use of typography, visuals, color, and design in communicating to your audience. Using the Adobe design tools of InDesign, Photoshop, and illustrator. Utilizing bridge to make the process more productive. I use Skype and Join.Me to teach and view desktop progress and visual communications any where in the English speaking world.
Top Subjects
Creative Arts
Understanding and expanding the creative process in developing concepts. Learning how to make your designs communicate the right message to your demographic target. Incorporating the right marketing message into concepts by shape, color, typography that is chosen.
Drawing
Understanding how to see the basic shapes in all that is around us in order to draw in scale. Seeing color as black and white when it comes to basic drawing skills.
Advertising
The professional use of typography, photography and composition in creating effective communications in print and web applications.
Computer
For MAC users utilizing the tools of the make system and Adobe applications: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Bridge
Graphic Design
The professional use of typography, photography, colors, design and composition in creating effective communications in print, packaging, display and web applications.
