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Gareth R. Sleightholme - Curriculum Vitae - March, 2012.

Illustrator/Concept Visualiser, 2/3D Designer & Creative Consultant.

Contact Details:
e-mail hesir@hotmail.co.uk
Blog - http://apopheniainc.wordpress.com
Mobile – +44(0)7403861838
Apt' 34, Rosedale Mansions, Boulevard, Hull. HU32TE

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Qualifications:

Currently engaged on the Masters Design program (MA) through the Hull School of Art & Design.
PGCE (studied in service) - Qualified 2011.
BA (Hons.) Degree in Graphic Design (specialising in Animation) Upper Second.
B/Tec. National Diploma in Art and Design, plus Foundation in Fine Art (both courses studied concurrently).
A - Levels Art
O - Levels Art, Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Geology
Vocational Certificates in Illustration, Desk Top Publishing and Archaeological Illustration.

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Skills:

Production Design/Art Direction, Research, Previz, Environment Design, Scenography, Conceptual Design and Production Drawings, Storyboarding, Presentation and/or Practical Model Building, Workshop/Construction Drawings, Prop's Buying.

3D Design, Theming, Set Design, Museum Tableaux, Exhibition Stands, Retail Interiors, Technology Product Design, Sculpture, experience of Jewellery and Costume Design (including large monster costumes and a giant rod-puppet in excess of 25 feet tall).

Animation, Character Design and Development, Key Framing, Inbetweening, Presentation and Working Storyboards, Backgrounds, Scripting, Dialogue, Rewrites, Video Editing (U-matic and digital), Sound Creation and Editing. (also tutored animation at college level, BA & MA).

Visualisation, Conceptual/Presentation/Editorial and/or Book Illustration (various styles), Historical & Archaeological Illustration, Cartoon and Realistic Figure Drawing, Cartoons and Comic Strips, Pencil, Pen & Ink, Markers, Watercolours to Large Murals and Calligraphy.

Graphic Design, Music Graphics and Logo Design.

Plus:

PC and Mac Literate, happy to move between platforms.

PhotoShop, Adobe Premiere, AfterEffects, Illustrator, (currently using CS5), SketchUp 8, Audacity.

Plus some experience with UDK, 3Dmax, LightWave, MudBox, Flash and InDesign.

Microsoft PowerPoint, Word and ExCel (Mac & PC).

Site and Workshop experience, inc. Hands-on Set Dressing, Lighting, On-site design and Problem Solving.
Client facing, plus sub-contractor and workforce liaison skills and Drawing Office Management skills.

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Employment:

Current a Freelance Creative Consultant and Illustrator/Visualiser to the visitor attraction and heritage industries, and looking at Previz & Entertainment Media Concepts.

Also teaching at the Hull School of Art & Design - BA Animation & BA Games Design + School of Art & Design (Park Street) - Btec Extended Nat Dip

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Creative Director of “hpl europe ltd - formerly Hot Props Ltd”. Sept 2004 to Oct 2008.

In-house Designer for “hpl” (Hot Props Ltd), May 2003 - Sept 2004, inc. design/visualisation from concept to completion in the retail events and exhibition markets for clients such as Orange, Virgin Atlantic, Cadburys, Roadchef, Lego (USA), National Trust, The Borough of Redbridge, Touchwood, Bluewater and Cine UK.

Freelance Conceptual Design for hpl (hot props ltd). March – April 2003.

Freelance Historical and Archaeological Illustration for the Norfolk Museum Service, including the “Tolhouse” and “Time & Tide” Museums Great Yarmouth, the Castle Museum Norwich and Colchester Castle. 2002 to the present.

Course Validation Team Member, and tutor on the Masters Degree in Animation and Sound Design at Norwich School of Art and Design. Sept 2002 – Oct 2003.

Freelance Illustration and Conceptual Design work for Chameleon Projects/Cubic Design Ltd towards various Sea Life (and other) projects including the giant medusa centre piece at Brighton Sea Life. 2001 – 2003.

Freelance Researcher and Conceptual Designer, for Rex Sign & Scenic Studios, working on a "Jack the Ripper" Themed Bar, an 'Edu-tainment' Space Ride, the “Hocus Pocus” Haunted House and the “Hans Christian Andersen Experience” (Copenhagen) plus various other visualisation/design works. July 2001- Jan 2003.

Freelance Design Consultant for MJP Studios. 2001 – 2002.

Freelance Researcher, Illustration and Writer, “Gilmerton Cove” (Edinburgh) visitor attraction refurbishment. 2002.

Freelance Conceptual, Production and Graphic Design, Old Time Automatics Ltd. 2001 – 2002. Art Director, Stand-by Art Director and Prop's Buyer, "August/Grace", short film for Anglia Television's "First Take" series. July 2001.

Freelance Illustration, Norwich Castle Refurbishment, Norfolk Museums Services. April - August 2001.

Project Designer for APWgroup Ltd. November18th, 1996 - April 23rd 2001, Dealing with all aspects of design, illustration, model making and the conceptualisation, practical design, manufacture and installation of various visitor attractions and themeparks, including amongst others:

The London Dungeon, 3 separate refurbishments '96 - 2000.*
Linninmaki 'Around the World' Ride, Finland, '96.*
'Tales of the Silent City' visitor attraction, Mdina, Malta, '97.*
'Santa Park' Rovaniemi, Lapland, '97 - '98.
'Treasure Island' themed arcade, Holland, '97.
'Speeltuin' arcade foyer, Holland, '98. Bray Sea Life Centre, Eire, '97.
'Bamses World' animal park attraction, Sweden, '97.
Kristiansand 'Circus' Theme Park, Dyreparken, Norway, '97 - '98.
Harrods 150th year event, Harrods, London, '98.*
The Hamburg Dungeon, Germany, '98 -2000*
The Edinburgh Dungeon, Scotland, 2000.
Paris Sea Life Centre, France. 2000 - 2001.

*Signifies my position as Lead Designer.

My Typical duties for APW group included:
Conceptual design and artwork, Site visits and assessments, Basic surveys, early ground plans and layouts, Conceptual design packages and presentation models, Presentation video design, production and editing, Historical/relevant research, Customer flow and/or batching assessment, Scale model and technical services model building, Workshop production drawings, Audio/Visual show design, scripting, storyboarding, production and editing, On-site art direction and design, Hands-on theming and set dressing, Soundtrack design and supervision, Interpretation panel copy and typography, graphics and logo design.

Various Freelance illustration and design work, Aug '95 - April 2001, inc: commissions from Coe’s of Norwich, The British Association of Day Surgeons and design/storyboard work for an ITC research project.

Animation tutor, animation summer school, Norwich School of Art and Design, Summer '95. duties inc: organisation and preparation of a program of study, tuition and supervision of students (aged 14 to 40). inc: basic model making and animation, practical and theory, and camera and video equipment operation.

Gallery Invigilator, Pt/time Norwich Gallery, Summer '94 - Aug '95.

Full Time Education, Sept '90 - July '95.

Archaeological Illustrator, Humberside County Council Archaeology Unit, Beverley, East Yorkshire, Feb '89 - Feb '90.

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Achievements:

Illustration accepted and included in RIALTO, tenth anniversary edition, '94.
Two further illustrations accepted and included in the Spring '96 issue.

Commissioned to design and paint a large mural (64 x 8 feet, plus an arch, 10 x 10 feet) for RTS Auctions of Norwich, commenced and completed in March '95.

Short Animated Film shown at Ipswich Film Festival, '95 and London BFI, July '95.

Work selected and shown in the '150 years of Norwich School of Art' exhibition at the Norwich Gallery, Autumn '95

Part of the team that helped set up and validate the new Masters degree in Animation and Sound Design. Sept 2002 – Oct 2003.

Involvement in the Norwich City of Culture bid, and with the Norwich Animation Festival.

Short story selected and published in an American fiction anthology, Dec 2004.

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Education:

Norwich School of Art and Design (Sept '92 - July '95) St George Street, Norwich.
Humberside College of Further Ed. (Sept '89 - July '92) Queens Gardens, Hull.
Cottingham Adult Ed. Centre. (Sept '90 - July '91, evenings) Cottingham, Nr. Hull.
Withernsea High School (secondary) (Sept '80 - July '87) Withernsea, East Yorkshire.

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Personal:

An enthusiastic reader of both fiction and non-fiction, with an avid interest in, and a good understanding of the arts, history (esp. ancient, dark age, medieval and renaissance), theology and philosophy. Other areas of personal interest include film and television, although literature, and to some degree sculpture, remain the foremost influence on my design, illustration and other work. I am a pathological keeper of sketchbooks and in whatever spare time there is left after the working day continue to work on various ideas for a group of short stories, along with a body of work towards a graphic novel, plus storyboards & screenplays for various future film/animation projects.

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marital status : single

date of birth : 29.08.69.

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Referees and more specific samples of my work are available upon request.

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web pages
:
http://apopheniainc.wordpress.com
RABBIT HEART GAME PROJECT - http://rabbitheartgame.wordpress.com
(temp WIP) http://www.wix.com/northmanillustration/hesir

Other work can be found in my galleries at:
http://hesir.deviantart.com/ - gallery (268 images): http://hesir.deviantart.com/gallery/
and
@hesir on twitter