About the Yooper

I spent my youth in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan in the small town of Escanaba. With its quaint little main street and its Wal-Mart, it had its charm but it's no place for some one to develop as an adult. When I was 12, my grandparents sent me to Orlando, FL to attend Disney's animation school. After tt, I was hooked. I attended Bay de Noc College and sucked every ounce of art I could out of it, but it wasn't enough. I had to finish my education somewhere else. My first experiment with being on my own was when I moved to Lansing, MI. to live with a few friends who had been there for a few months. There I attended Lansing Community College and received my Multimedia Animation degree. So then it goes... S-10's dueling in the parking lot, flea infested house, the capitol st. house and the days of united moving company, upstairs from Rick, JD driving my truck into a semi, the other semi incident with the heart attack, Harvest Moons, being a bouncer at The Temple Nightclub, graduate, the big move to dewitt, Gupta, Cowboy Jason, Colonel BP Poophooves and all the other farm animals, the falling, a new apartment, engagement, make train sims for Union Pacific, make Darryl Garvin move down state, travel the country photographing rail yards, buy a house with Jaime, split up, Corndog Mountain, Javier Rivera, leave Michigan, arrive in Portland, start new life.

... to be continued.

Please send me pictures of ironic things like clown funerals with an electronic email

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View my Résumé here.

Employment History

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
CS5 // Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign,
Quark, 3-D software packages and multiple open-source utility programs // Motion
graphics, 3d models, HTML, CSS, desktop publishing, Flash, video editing,
videography, all areas of Film/T.V. production both pre and post // Current with
modern technology on PC and MAC platforms.

CORNELL PUMP Co.
GRAPHIC // WEB // PRINT
Innerweb Architect and Vice President of Pixel Manipulation. HTML, CSS, JAVA,
PHP, WordPress, Blogger, Plug-ins, Widgets, Create web pages. Make Templates.
Design Adverts for print. Desktop Publish 300 page books with Perfect Bind.
Create eCatalog to replace outdated PDF catalog. Distribute newsletter through
google blogger for better search results and distribution. Design brochures from
preexisting material.

TRAINMASTER TRAIN SIMULATION
GRAPHIC // MOTION // 3-D
Use Photoshop to create, design and implement textures, skins and logos for
Union Pacific train simulation. Manage new models and skins with CMS to ensure
version control. Learn from the best Train Sim modeler in the world, Tim Court.
Seriously, he’s a legend in the community and it was an honor to be taught 3d
Design under him. His eye for detail was tremendous and it was the best thing I
could pull from my time with him.

EDUCATION
LCC // Lansing, Michigan // Multimedia and Motion Graphic Design
Bay de noc // Escanaba Michigan // Fine Art

ACHIEVEMENTS
Political Cartoonist for Wisconsin’s Clintonville Chronicle
“A Little Change” (1st Place Winner in ELFF 48/5) 2nd unit Director
Two films that were part of a half-hour special on TV
Two films published for the Michigan Film Advisory Commission
Awarded 1st place in Bay de Doc student art show - Piece on permanent display

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