ILLUSTRATOR and SEQUENTIAL ARTIST 12637 N. Oak Hills Pkwy. Baton Rouge, LA 70810 (225) 769-2424 daniel@strickart.com http://www.strickart.com EDUCATION The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sequential Art (Summa Cum Laude) May 2004 The Joe Kubert School Story-Graphics Correspondence Course January 2004 PROFESSIONAL SKILLS - Experienced with Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Adobe Illustrator 9.0 - Excellent Life Drawing Skills - Storyboard Artist - Comic Book Artist - Character Designer - Illustrator - Painter AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS Winner of SCAD's Outstanding Undergraduate Achievement in Sequential Art Award- May 2004 National Dean's List- 2000-2004 First runner-up in comic book Gate Crasher #3's "Create-a-Villain" contest -October 2000 Awarded the Marian Edna Effing Portfolio Scholarship ($10,000) - September 14, 2000 First place for envelope art contest in Wizard: the Guide to Comics #100 - August 2000 Second place in Art Category 3 Southeastern Louisiana District Rally- March 25, 2000 Honorable Mention in Baton Rouge Sertoma Organization EXPERIENCE Commissioned to draw a series of family portraits for Ms. Barbara Mason - August 23, 2002 to Present Hired to draw sketches of conceptual designs for the Emory Group, LLC - September 2004 Commissioned by Ms. Laura Ambreau to draw a portrait of U.S. Army Ranger Joseph Herndon - September 2004 Portrait work displayed and sold at the LSU Union Art Gallery's "Louisiana Artists: An All Media Show" - September 5 to October 1, 2004 Comic work displayed in SCAD's "Relationships" show at Orleans Gallery - May 17 to June 20, 2004 Commissioned by a professor at the University of Georgia to do a classroom illustration - June 2001 Cover illustrator for the international publication The Journal of Curriculum Theorizing - Fall 2001 issue Illustration published in Previews magazine - Volume X, No. 2, February 2000 AFFILIATION Member and Poster Designer for Action-to-Action Sequential Arts Club freshman year, 2000-2001