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Resume

CV for Salgood Sam [aka Maxim Douglas]

Experience

Storyboarding & Sequential Narrative Art:
I've worked as a Comic Book artist and author for most of my life. I have over 30 publication and anthology credits to my name at this date & I'm recognized as one of the most talented artist in the field today. My background in Comics and Animation has given me a skill set suited to storyboards too which I've work on doing presentation and production boards for Film and TV.

Illustrator:
I've worked part time as an editorial & commercial illustrator, for children's books, educational material, produced art for Posters, CDs, Magazines, Web sites, Playing Cards, Games, and a variety of other assorted media.

Designer:
Produced concept art, worked with clients and followed through to final product production for; Packaging ' Magazine layout ' Book cover design ' CD [music] ' Web sites ' Business logos and stationary ' Adds ' Posters ' Pogs ' Colouring books ' Practical objects and product design. I've worked in cinema and TV as a set/background, prop, costume and character designer.

Technical Expertise & Skills:
Computer based
* Illustrator
* Photoshop
* Image Ready
* Quark
* Dreamweaver
* MSWord & office
* Font Creator

Traditional
* Drawing and drafting with pencil, pen and ink, markers, and brushes.
* Painting with oil, acrylic, guash, & watercolours.
* Old school paste up and layout
* Mixed media collage and sculpture, utilizing wood, clay, metal, fabric and plastics.
* Photography; B&W traditional darkroom work, B&W & Colour digital.

Awards
Nominated for the 2005 Doug Wright Awards
"Best Emerging Talent"

Non comics work history [see my web site for bibliography]:

Illustration: Impeller # 71 / Appelberg
A set of illustrations on the Roman water system 2000 years ago, and the Roman water system now. It was a full two-page spread, with space to insert text, including the headline and an intro.

Illustration: Impeller # 69 / Appelberg
Portrait of naval architect Stephen Payne done in the style of a 1930s poster art. A two-page spread, covering the top half of the pages.

Illustration: On magazine (Ericsson's customer magazine); For this magazines 4 year life span I was the regular illustrator for one of the OP-ED slots. I did approximately 14 illustrations for the publication until it was shelved. You can view the magazine online here http://www.ericsson.com/about/publications/onmagazine (2001-2004)

Illustration: "The history of the 45" Fish Piss vol 3 no 1 8 (7/2004)

Illustration: Kitchen Sink magazine
I'm a regular contributor to this hip counter culture magazine based out of San Francisco. Work as included portraiture, editorial and narrative illustrations, advertising art and layout. I have work in issues 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 10! (12/2002-5) - www.kitchensinkmag.com

Illustration: OPi8.com (8/2002)

Staff Art Director/Designer: Grenadine Records: (1999 - 2002)

Trade Sign fabrication/sculptor: Carved 6ft long wrench out of plywood, painted it to look like old wrought iron wrench, and painted a bar's name on it. Also painted the name on the building itself out front over the door.

Set designer/Interior design: Redesigned an bingo hall to look like Prague, no kidding. Privet client. (9/2001)

Live action props and set designer + storyboard artist: Fox Network/Telescene; Steeve Hennry (AD) 'Big wolf on campus' (2001) & 'Misguided Angels' (1999 - 2001)

Illustration: Alternatives Journal; Vol27#3 'Eros & Nature' (4/2001)

Illustration: Black Eye Designs; work for a Proposed Harry Potter Fan Club Magazine (2/2001) & FTQ financial flyer art (12/2000)

Animation-Chief Location Designer: "MANGA LATINA"; Voice Art Productions (8/2000 - 9/2000)

Animator: 'the Jello Bar' web site jello-bar.com opening sequence and transitions; Reakt Multimedia (2000)

Illustration: TV series pitch art; Love Struck; Diversus Productions Inc. (12/1999-1/2000)

Illustration: Scholastic; 700 Illos on edu CD ROM for children 0-5 'Clifford the Big Red Dog' (1/2000)

Byron Preiss Multimedia Freelance Illustrator: WFH
15 illustrations in 'X-MEN:Law of the Jungle'by Dave Smeds

14 illustrations in 'Daredevil The Man Without Fear:Cutting Edge'by Madeleine E. Robins

1 illustration in 'The Ultimate Super-Villains'by Stan Lee(Editor)

33 illustrations in 'The Essential Phantom of the Opera'by Leonard Wolf(Editor)+Gaston Leroux;

6 illustrations in 'Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction' by Leonard Wolf(Editor)+Stephen King(Contributor)+Ray Bradbury(Contributor)+Richard Matheson(Contributor)
(1996 - 1999)

Illustration: 2112 Records; CD art(1999)

Illustration: Grenadine Records; CD & poster art(1997-99)

Muralist: Dorval Airport; Tequila Communication & Marketing Inc(1997)

Illustrator: the Montreal MIRROR (weekly) (1998)

Animation-Key Location and Prop Designer: CINE GROUPE Inc; Worked under Director George Unger on Heavy Metal 'FAKT2' (2/1998-5/1998)

Animation-Nelvana Animation Studios;

Storyboard Cleanup Artist on 'Franklin'. End clients; Global & Cartoon Network (6/2000)
Background artist [inking] on 'Sam & Max' 1st season. End clients; FOX Network (1996-97);

Background & prop designer/artist for the 1st season of 'Waynehead' and Background & prop designer/artist Season 5 of ;'EEK the CAT'. End clients; FOX Network (95-96)

Creature Designer @ Works of Imagination ; designed creatures and monsters for practical F/X studio(1997)

Illustration: Pogs featuring Ghost Rider, Nick Fury + other Marvel Comics properties.(1995)

Illustration: Spider-Man Colouring book(TV version)(1995)

Designer/Illustrator: Liquid Programming; 30 Creature for CD ROM role playing game called 'Mutation'(1995)