George Coghill

Cartoon Illustrator

Original custom illustration services. Wildly imaginative, high quality digital artwork. Ten years of professional experience ranging from cartoon characters, magazine illustration, concert posters, t-shirt designs, tattoo designs and more. Experienced in image creation for print and web, fully skilled in both traditional hand drawn art as well as all current digital software packages. I specialize in 2D vector art, with an emphasis on bold, graphic style. Extensive portfolio available online.

Resume

Education
Bachelor of Arts; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1995.

Experience
• On-site freelance graphic designer for the Cleveland Free Times. 2003 - present.
Duties include ad layout and design for a major Cleveland-area weekly arts & entertainment publication. Required to develop and update client ads via the sales staff.

• On-site freelance art director for Fineline Properties, Inc. (www.finelineproperties.com). 1998 - present.
Responsible for overseeing two freelance artists/designers. Duties include original cartoon character group concept, development and design as well as storylines and character personality descriptions; design, development, execution and maintenance of the company's two websites (www.finelineproperties.com & www.kooties.com) both Flash and HTML versions for each; character group style guides and bibles; marketing and promotional materials; trade show booth design.

• Freelance illustrator & designer. 1995 - present.

Skills
Software: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe ImageReady, Quark Xpress, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat.

Experienced in all aspects of print production; solid website design knowledge, both Flash and HTML. Fluent in all aspects of image creation, from traditional pen and ink, charcoal and oil and acrylic painting to current 2D graphics programs.

Thorough knowledge of Macintosh OS 9 & OS X as well as solid PC/Windows skills.

Location

Kent, OH

Specialties

  • Illustration
  • Print
  • Art Direction

Experience

10+ years

Education

Kent State University

Website

http://coghillcartooning.com