Sterling White
Commercial Design/Illustration — Kansas City, MO
About
Looking to network with multiple individuals and groups in e.orts
To draw more interest into the arts and the artists and help promote
a more creative community. I enjoy meeting and working with other
people from di.erent areas of focus or occupation. I am very open
minded and enjoy sharing new ideas with others.
- Experience:
- 7 years
- Education:
- Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD)
- Affiliations:
- M.O.F.A.,
- Awards:
- Highschool "Dottie" Award for outstanding visual art works.
Granted 2/3 MIAD Tuition Scholarship
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Resumé
Sterling D. White II
3833 Forrest Ave. Kansas City, Missouri 64110
Email: sterlwhite@gmail.com
Education
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design_(Milwaukee, WI ‘05-’10)
Received BA in Commercial Art & Design.
Other areas of study include Graphic Design, Time Based Media,
and Fine Arts (painting and drawing).
*Experience
Self Employment/Freelance Work_(Milwaukee, WI ‘10-’11)
-Promotional work and exhibited pieces of work throughout local
venues and businesses including M.I.A.D., Moct, Crisp, and Foxglove Gallery.
-Experience in helping set up and organize gallery and show events with
promotional material such as post cards, business cards, and posters.
-Participant in MIAD 2009 Spring Senior Exhibition.
Thesis Objective: design focus on the conceptual union of humanitarians such as
Gandhi, MLK, and Helen Keller, in conjunction with historical fashion design that
compliments their thinking and contributions to mankind.
*Other notable work
Placed 2nd Nationally for the 2010 Pabst Artwork Competition. Art
is currently displayed on select transit buses throughout the Milwaukee
area.
Illustrations published in a business joke book, “If you Try to Please Everybody,
You Will Lose Your Ass” - Stephen Einhorn. (Milwaukee, WI ‘07)
Volunteered as a Asst. Creative Director at Pathfinders (Milwaukee, WI '10), a housing unit homeless,
pregnant, and other troubled teens seeking help. Worked with youth ages
14-18 with writing projects and other creative expressive means (drawings, collage,
and music).
Skills
EXTENSIVE practice and knowledge of:
-Photoshop CS5 - Practices in finessing illustrations, compiling images,
digital/traditional merging of work (editorials, spots, apparell design)
-Illustrator/Indesign CS5 - Practices in logo/identity development, packaging
design, brochures, magazines, posters (in conjunction with Photoshop)
Very efficient and creative in thumbnails/concepts and developmental sketches.
I frequently work with and give feedback to collaborating artists. Also pursuing
a stronger focus in graphic/communication design.
Studied various other forms
in fine arts/design.
*References available upon request.
