Sheffield Abella
Artist | Designer
Objective
Freelance Illustration Assignments
Experience
The Art Institute of Las Vegas 2350 Corporate Circle Henderson, NV 89074-7737
- 2019 – 2020 | 2004 – 2010. 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, Digital/Web Portfolio.
- Business Sector: Post Secondary Education.
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online 1400 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
- 2016 – 2019. Instructor.
- Classes Taught: Life Drawing, Advanced Life Drawing, Character Design, Advanced Illustration for Production
- Business Sector: Post Secondary Education.
Kizzang LLC Las Vegas, NV
- Oct 2014 – Mar 2017. Illustrator/Designer
- Main Responsibilities: Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding. Produce graphics and illustration for various game symbols in a slot machine platform for using original assets or client supplied artwork.
- Business Sector: Freelance Illustration and Design.
University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy. Las Vegas, NV 89154
- Jan 2014- Dec 2014. Adjunct Professor.
- Classes Taught: Digital REndering, Ideation & Process, Graphic Design II
- Business Sector: Post Secondary Education.
Pixel Colada LLC Las Vegas, NV 89193
- 1996 – Present. Owner/Illustrator/Designer
- Main Responsibilities: Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding, Web Design, Consulting. Partial List of Freelance Clients upon request.
- Business Sector: Freelance Illustration and Design.
helloNetwork.com, Inc. 3035 East Patrick Lane Suite 1. Las Vegas, Nevada 89120
- 1998 – 1999. Art Director/Lead Visual Development.
- Main Responsibilities: Illustration, Design, Identity/Branding, Web Design, Consulting.
- Business Sector: Video Streaming.
Adrienne Weiss Corp. 737 N Michigan Avenue # 1580, Chicago, IL, 60611-5406
- 1995 – 1996. Art Director/Lead Visual Development.
- 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.
- Business Sector: Design Firm.
Cloud 9 Interactive. Santa Monica, CA
- 1995. Production Artist.
- Main Responsibilities: 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”.
- Business Sector: Design Firm.
Digital Skills
Software
- Expert: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, openCanvas, ArtRage, Xara Design Pro,
- Intermediate: Flash, Illustrator, Premier, Silo, WordPress, Joomla, Microsoft Design Expression, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, Homesite, RapidPHP.
- Working Knowledge: Maya, 3dStudio Max, Silo, Lightwave, After Effects, Particle Illusion, Zbrush, Sound Forge,
- Platform/OS: Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 bit, Mac OS X. Cintiq/Wacom/Nostromo/3D Connexion.
Traditional Skills
Analog
- Tradition mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Charcoal.
- Other skills: I am comfortable as a public speaker having taught illustration, design, and software applications to students for over seven years. I have the ability to demonstrate digital techniques or techniques in traditional mediums while answering questions.
Education
- Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA.
2013 Masters Fine Art in Animation, Visual Development Emphasis. - Art Center College of Design. Pasadena, California.
1994 Bachelors in Fine Art Visual Communication with an Emphasis in Illustration.
Refererences
References are available on request.