Resumé

Sheffield Abella
PO Box 94831 Las Vegas, NV 89193
702.731.5889
sheff@sheff.com

Objective
Illustrator/Concept Artist/Designer

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,
Black Mountain Institute.
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,
Spirit Mountain.
Razorstream. Las Vegas, Nevada. Industrial Design for a Set Top Box, Remote
Control, and Cameras.
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,
Southwest Luxury
Living.
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.



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.
Commercial Storyboards.
R & R Partners. Las Vegas, Nevada. Clients: Excalibur Hotel and
Casino and Circus Circus Hotel and Casino.
Advertising Marketing Solutions. Las Vegas, Nevada. Client: Star Nursery,
Caesar’s Palace. Commercial Storyboards.
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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,

Digital Skills
Expert

Adobe Photoshop, Corel Painter, openCanvas, ArtRage, Xara Design Pro, Alias Sketchbook Pro, Dreamweaver, Homesite, RapidPHP, RapidCSS

Intermediate

Flash, Freehand, Illustrator, Microsoft Design Expression

Working Knowledge

Maya, 3dStudio Max, Lightwave, After Effects, Particle Illusion, Pixologic Zbrush, Equilibrium Debabelizer, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, Imagine, Organica.

Platforms/OS

Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows XP 64 bit, Mac OS X. Cintiq/Wacom/Nostromo

Artistic skills and
competences

Tradition mediums: Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor,
Gouache, Colored Pencil, Graphite, Charcoal.

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.

Projects by Sheffield Abella