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Dean Gustafson

Illustration, Paintings, Computer Artwork and Design. Since 1994

dg@deangustafson.net
  • Highly experienced artist seeking freelance, contract, or permanent employment in art or design. In both Mac OSX and Windows platforms.
  • Willing to learn new programs to figure out new problems, and have done so successfully over the years.
  • I have good organizational skills and the adaptability to do a variety of tasks.
  • Can work both in office or telecommute, after having many years as a self-disciplined telecommuter.

EMPLOYMENT

2004-2008, Currently: Self employed.

Website and Logo design for CBS Interactive (CNET Networks).

Various illustrations, logos and websites.

Illustrations for Red Letter Day, and Diabetic magazine.

Vector based Clip Art for Letters and Arts

Senior Artist: Midnight Design, Moraga, CA. 1995 to 2003.

Created original art for use in medical, educational, presentation and entertainment CD-ROMs and websites. Designed and produced user interfaces, storyboards, animations, logo treatments, and illustrations. Modified existing art from other artists when necessary to evolve websites or CD-ROMs. Participated in brainstorming sessions with clients and other artists.

Clients included Alyn & Bacon, Addison Wesley Longman, Dantz, Toyota, Ninth House, Mosby, Sybex, Macromedia, The Learning Company, Hasbro, Basis Inc., Digital Eclipse, Netopia, etc... and many home page designs.

Artist: Mondo Media, San Francisco, CA. 1994.

Created illustrations and animations, at specification of art director.

EDUCATION

Academy of Art College San Francisco, CA. BFA with Distinction in Painting and Drawing, 1990.

University of Minnesota. 1986

Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD) 1982-84

CURRENT SOFTWARE

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, MS Word, InDesign

PAST SOFTWARE

Director, Animation Master 3D, Renderman, Alias, SoftImage, Flash.

PRINT
Having done a series of successful art cards through various print companies, doing my own color correction and layout, mostly in Photoshop.

EXPERIENCES AND INTERESTS
Oil painter for the past 25 years, covering a wide range of subject matter and styles. See my art site.
Also with plenty of drawing experience, filling many sketchbooks on the road and drawings at the drawing table.
Longtime musician, started playing the drumset in 1977 and went on to participate in many rock bands, and eventually out and straight jazz in San Francisco in the early 90’s through 2001.
Since then have focused on guitar playing, particularly 6 & 12 string acoustic fingerpicking in open tunings, with some experience with electric, on a Fender Stratocaster.
Astronomy: Making homemade telescopes, instructed from books and by taking John Dobsons class in San Francisco where I successfully ground a 12.5” mirror with a 6.6’ focal length. I participate in public star parties in Yosemite, Lassen Park and in San Francisco, doing “Sidewalk Astronomy”, often as a member of the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers group.

I now live in Seattle.

TRAVEL
Europe, summers of 1985-86, autumn 1994, summer 2000, September '05.
Studied and sketched from the scenes & museums of Europe and Scandinavian archeology.