Brandi Smart
Illustrator — Clearwater, FL
About
I live, eat, breathe, sleep tattooing, illustration and advertising. I love color, composition, print, and typography and it is important for me to pursue "traditional" drawing, animation, and illustrative work in the future.
- Experience:
- 5 years
- Education:
- Cleveland Institute Of Art
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Brandi Smart 727.457.3649
9321 Wildwood Ave. Hudson, Fl 34669 smart.brandi@gmail.com
Objectives:
While following my career as an illustrator and designer gaining experience under others, I am eager to continue making my own work, as well as finding my niche in the art community. I love color, composition, print, and typography and it is important for me to pursue "traditional" drawing, animation, and illustrative work in the future.
Work Experience:
October 2010- Present
Brass Monkey Tattoo
Tattoo Artist
November 2009-September 2010
Fat Ink. Citrus Park
Tattoo Apprentice
Manage shop inventory/cleaning/studying tattoo artists in industry and learning to tattoo from artists
June 2009- November 2009
Intuition Gallery & Boutique (came back to Florida to work for owner, we have remained friends since I last worked for her)?Gallery Receptionist, Artist, and Promotional
Feb 2009- March 2009
Patricia’s Spirit Wear?Catalogue layouts, designs, and printing color separations upon request
December 2008-Feb 2009
Legendary Event Design
Layout for Delta Sky Magazine
May 2008- November 2008
Catapult New Business
Account Coordinator/Designer
Data entry & collaborate with top design agencies in the country for marketing to potential clients
February 2008-May 2008
Sweet Pockets Cupcakes
Sales/Graphic Designer
Created promo/advertising for store, t-shirts, cupcake flags, stationary, etc.
September 2007- January 2008
Hometown Gazette
Illustrator/ Graphic Designer
3, 32-page magazine layouts, designed and illustrated. Also promotional work
March 2007- July 2007
Intuition Gallery & Boutique?Gallery Receptionist, Artist, and Promotional
June 2006 - February 2007
Instant Print Promotions
Art Director, in-house design department
Promotional media, graphic designs and oversee 2 other designers
Education:
Cleveland Institute of Art
BFA T.I.M.E. - Integrated Media May 2006?Extensive training in production and design, color theory, painting and composition
Continuing Education:
Hoschule Anhalt Design Department/ Bauhaus
Dessau, Germany/Cleveland Institute of Art Exchange Program ?March 2005- July 2005
Studied design and animation in the same city as Walter Gropious, ?who coined the term “Form Follows Function”
Sculpture & Design Workshop Summer 2004
Two-week workshop in Munich, Germany and Fasano, Italy
Studied under professor in sculpture and design theory.
Skills: 7+ years experience with: (Adobe Creative Suites, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Macromedia Flash, Fireworks, Corel Draw , Microsoft Office and some (X)HTML and CSS experience.
