Resume
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Sheffield Abella |
| Address | PO Box 94831 Las Vegas, NV 89193 |
| Telephone | 702.731.5889 |
| sheff@sheff.com | |
| Objective | Illustrator/Concept Artist/Designer |
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| Freelance Clients | |
| Client / Location / Work | GameTech. Reno, NV. Game: Wild Widow II, Undersea Bingo.Valentine Foods. Los Angeles, CA. Client: Alcove Café, Rain, Jason Bonham.H3Chocolates.com. Los Angeles, CA. Packaging Design.
SteelDoll.com. San Francisco, CA. Character Design.Nectavé.com. San Diego, CA. Web Design. BorderBillboard. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Virgen Megastore New York CityLife Magazine. Las Vegas, Nevada. Cover Illustrations: Tupac Shakur, Hero Pictures. Los Angeles, CA. Client: Pontiac. Hungry Man Productions. Los Angeles, CA. Client: AT&T. Big Pictures Studio. Las Vegas, Nevada. Clients: MGM Grand, Desert Inn, Razorstream. Las Vegas, Nevada. Industrial Design for a Set Top Box, Remote Horizon Ridge Wellness Clinic. Henderson, Nevada. Web Design. Mariposa Films. Las Vegas, Nevada. Project: Elana’s Story. Storyboards Running Bull Productions. Las Vegas, Nevada. Clients: NAIOP, 3V Graphics. Las Vegas Nevada. Client: Ultimate Fighting Championship. Konami Gaming. Las Vegas, Nevada. Games: Hot Dawgs & Time Bomb Poker. Impulse Inc. Las Vegas, Nevada. Clients: Konami Gaming, MGM Grand. Westwood Studios. Las Vegas, Nevada. Games: Red Alert 2 Hispanic Magazine. Miami, Florida. Cover Illustration. Las Vegas Digital Internet. Las Vegas, Nevada. Web Design.
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| Agencies | |
| Client / Location / Work | Grey Worldwide. Ontario, Canada. Client: Nokia N-Gage. Advertising Illustration.Crear Creative Group. Las Vegas, NV. Client: Culinary Academy of Las Vegas, Logo Design. Fiesta Casino Hotel. Poster Illustration for Cinco de Mayo.Swan Advertising. Las Vegas, NV. Clients: Saturn, Toyota. Commercial Storyboards.Blaine Warren. Las Vegas, NV. Client: Air Force Reserve. Posters, Jay Leno Design, Commercial Storyboards.Hands Ink. Las Vegas, Nevada Client: Flamingo Hilton Laughlin. Event Poster Illustration.HRH Creative. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Caesars Palace. Event Illustration.Virgen Advertising. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: The Venetian. Poster Illustration, Downtown Las Vegas Alliance.Stratosphere Advertising. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Arizona Charlie’s. Commercial Storyboards. Merica Dickerson Advertising. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Main Street Station. R & R Partners. Las Vegas, Nevada. Clients: Excalibur Hotel and Advertising Marketing Solutions. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Star Nursery, Seiniger Advertising. Los Angeles, CA. Client: Prime Sports. Illustration. Synapse Technologies. Los Angeles, CA. Client: Wells Fargo. Illustration. Interactive Support Group. Chatsworth, CA. Client: Phillips CD-I interactive. |
| Experience | |
| Dates | 2004- 2011. |
| Position | Instructor. |
| Classes Taught | Life Drawing, Advanced Life Drawing, Character Design, Character Ideation, Color Theory, Illustration/Advanced Illustration, Observational Drawing and Digital Painting, Digital Imaging, Advanced Digital Imaging, Web Scripting, Drawing & Perspective. |
| Employer | The Art Institute of Las Vegas 2350 Corporate Circle Henderson, NV 89074-7737 |
| Business Sector | Post Secondary Education. |
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| Dates | 1996- Present. |
| Position | Owner/Illustrator/Designer |
| Main Responsibilities | Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding, Web Design, Consulting. Partial List of Freelance Clients above. |
| Employer | Pixel Colada LLC 7654 Golden Lantern Ct. Las Vegas, NV 89139 |
| Business Sector | Freelance Illustration and Design |
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| Dates | 1999 |
| Position | Senior Designer |
| Main Responsibilities | Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding, Web Design. |
| Employer | GLOBALCOMMUNICATIONS, INC. 4544 W. Russell Rd., Suite H, Las Vegas, NV . 89118 |
| Business Sector | Video Streaming |
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| Dates | 1998-1999 |
| Position | Art Director/Lead Visual Development. |
| Main Responsibilities | Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding, Web Design. |
| Employer | helloNetwork.com,Inc. 3035 East Patrick Lane Suite 1. Las Vegas, Nevada 89120 |
| Business Sector | Video Streaming |
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| Dates | 1995 -1996 |
| Position held | Designer. |
| Main Responsibilities | Worked on identity projects for Bank One Stadium, Country Star Restaurants, Warner Bros. Stores, and MCI/Washington Bullets Stadium. Illustration, logo design, taglines and various other identity concept work. |
| Employer | Adrienne Weiss Corp. 737 N Michigan Avenue # 1580, Chicago, IL, 60611-5406 |
| Business Sector | Design Firm |
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| Dates | 1995 |
| Position held | Production Artist. |
| Projects | Created scratch art and final art for “How to Draw the Marvel Way” as well as integrated assets. Designed actuators for “Wanna-Be a Dino Finder”. |
| Employer | Cloud 9 Interactive. Santa Monica, CA |
| Business Sector | Interactive Children’s Video Games |
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| Education | |
| Dates | 2008 – Present. |
| Title of qualification awarded | Working towards Masters Fine Art in Animation, Visual Development Emphasis. |
| University/College | Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA. |
| Dates | 1991-1994 |
| Title of qualification awarded | Bachelors in Fine Art Visual Communication with an Emphasis in Illustration. 1994. |
| University/College | Art Center College of Design. Pasadena, California. |
| Workshops/Seminars | Concept Design Academy – Stephan Martiniere. ConceptArt.org Workshops, ADAPT Montreal Associates in Art, Workshops with Morgan Weistling, Burt Silverman, Sherrie McGraw & Jeff Watts, Gnomon Workshop Master Classes, |
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| Digital Skills | |
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Expert |
Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, openCanvas, ArtRage, Xara Design Pro, Alias Sketchbook Pro, Dreamweaver, Homesite, RapidPHP, RapidCSS |
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Intermediate |
Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, Microsoft Design Expression |
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Working Knowledge |
Maya, 3dStudio Max, Lightwave, After Effects, Particle Illusion, Pixologic Zbrush, Equilibrium Debabelizer, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, Imagine, Organica. |
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Platforms/OS |
Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 bit, Mac OS X. Cintiq/Wacom/Nostromo |
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Artistic skills and |
Tradition mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, |
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Other skills and competences |
I am comfortable as a public speaker having taught illustration, design, and software applications to students for the past seven years. I have the ability to demonstrate digital techniques or techniques in traditional mediums while answering questions. |
| References |
Available upon request. |
