John Earickson

Graphic Designer and Artist at Atomic Boogaloo

Inglewood, CA

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OBJECTIVE

To obtain a challenging and creative job in Graphic Design that will further enhance my knowledge and skills

Training:

I am self taught artist and designer. Constantly trying to learn and gaining new skills and abilities. I have a lot of experience working in the printing business with over 10 years of experience in pre-press and page layout at a major newspaper.

Over 5 years of experience in graphic design, providing design and branding services for Smorgrasbord Productions.

Currently I run Atomic Boogaloo, a illustration and design studio wear I create illustrations for my T-shirt designs and provide design services for clients.
Education
- Certificate Desktop Publishing
  
  R.O.P
  
  1995 - 1996
Experience
- CEO
  
  Anime Playground
  
  Aug 2009 - Present (11 years 6 months)
  
  Online Retail store.
- Vector Illustratior, Graphic Designer, CEO
  
  Atomic Boogaloo
  
  Oct 2008 - Present (12 years 4 months)
  
  Cartoon Illustrator and Graphic Design Studio. Work for hire illustration and Graphic Design.
  * Design flyers, brochures, magazine layout and web productions for clients using Adobe Creative Suite CS4.
  * Design and host websites for clients using Dreamweaver CS4 and some Hand Coding.
  * Create original illustrations for books, T-shirts and other merchandise using Illustrator CS4.
  * Created a brand of T-shirts under the "Atomic Boogaloo" brand, featuring original character illustrations.
- CEO
  
  Atomic Boogaloo
  
  Apr 2008 - Present (12 years 10 months)
  
  Atomic Boogaloo is an Art and Design Studio in Los Angeles. Created in 2008 buy artist John Earickson as a brand for his illustrations, Atomic Boogaloo has branched out to perfom Graphic Design services to small business.
  
  Atomic Boogaloo also produces:
  Illustration
  T-shirt Design
  Web Design
- Vice President / Lead Designer
  
  Smorgasbord Productions
  
  Jul 2004 - Present (16 years 7 months)
  
  My work can be seen on; Designed all aspects of Smorgasbord Productions identity, including logo, Website and promotional materials.
  * As the companies head designer, produced all design work for company, from marketing material such as flyers and brochures to Magazine design and web productions.
  * Developed DVD productions of Smorgasbord animated titles, converting from Macromedia Flash to video, producing DVD.
  * Designed Websites and Comic Book Covers for Smorgasbord Production's comic book and Animation productions.
  * Produced Magazine Layouts and designs for several local Magazines.
  * Created character models in Illustrator for use in Flash based animated short for G4 television.
  * Compensation: $25.00 - $30 per hour depending on project.
- VP / Graphic Design
  
  Smorgasbord Productions
  
  Jan 2003 - Present (18 years 1 month)
  
  Branding
  Web Design
  Illustration
  graphic design
- Graphic Designer - Care
  
  Care1st Health plan
  
  Apr 2006 - Jan 2009 (2 years 9 months)
  
  Worked as a Graphic Designer in the medical insurance field, creating and building marketing material for Senior and Low Income families.
  
  Working with marketing directors, would build and design:
  * Direct Mail postcards
  * Provider Newsletters for Doctor offices
  * Community event flyers
  * Magazine Ads
  * Newspaper ads
  * Pamphlets for Doctor Offices
  * Designed the Care1st Medicare line look for 2007 and 2008
  * Created Care1st Medicare insurance Coverage Directories
  * worked with marketing directors, would build and design marketing material
  * Compensation: $20 per hour
- Graphic Technician
  
  The Press Enterprise
  
  Jul 1996 - Apr 2007 (10 years 9 months)
  
  * Operate Kodak Creo Trendsetter News Computer To Plate system for output of daily newspaper.
  * Provide high quality color correction for CMYK color separations, drop outs and edits using Adobe Photoshop in both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
  * Working directly with editors, built page layouts and typeset pages using Quark Xpress for the daily newspaper.
  * Compensation: $17.50 per hour
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Print Design

Print Design from John Earickson

Print Design

Design Work for Print. Tools often used are Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.

Flyer Design for summer camp.

2012 Licensing Look Book. Created in InDesign Cs5

2012 Licensing Look Book. Created in InDesign Cs5

Flyer Design Photoshop Cs6
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Flyer Design for local bar. Photoshop CS5

Flyer Design for Local Bar. Photoshop CS5

Rising Star - Simple magazine style layout that I wrote, Photographed and designed in Adobe InDesign. Basic Color correction, no touch ups.

Since I'm not really a writer, I'm sure there are a million grammar errors and a few spelling errors I never bothered to spell check. I made it as a gift for my cousin visiting from Korea.

Photographed with Canon Digital Rebel XT with 100mm lens and designed in In Design

Rising Star - Simple magazine style layout that I wrote, Photographed and designed in Adobe InDesign. Basic Color correction, no touch ups.

Since I'm not really a writer, I'm sure there are a million grammar errors and a few spelling errors I never bothered to spell check. I made it as a gift for my cousin visiting from Korea.

Photographed with Canon Digital Rebel XT with 100mm lens and designed in In Design

Magazine Layout - Magazine page layout for a local Ventura County Magazine. Built with Adobe Indesign CS2

Magazine Layout - Magazine page layout for a local Ventura County Magazine. I was experimenting with colors and a clean simple layout. Built with Adobe Indesign CS2

Postcard Design Photoshop Cs6 / Illustration Illustrator Cs5

Magazine Layout - Magazine page layout for a Magazine I was thinking of building. Built with Adobe Indesign CS,

Magazine Layout - Magazine page layout for a Magazine I was thinking of building. Built with Adobe Indesign CS,

Rock N Comic Con Event Poster - As a favor, I built this event poster for the Rock N Comic Con event. Possibly the worst client I ever had the chance to work with. I had to base this poster off of their 2 inch flyer. I had to locate new higher resolution photos, re-type all the text and redesign it for 11x17 in InDesign.

Created in InDesign CS4.

Label For Contest - Created in Adobe Illustrator CS2. Built this for a contest while I was still learning Illustrator.

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Design Work for Print. Tools often used are Adobe Photoshop and InDesign.

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Graphic Designer and Artist at Atomic Boogaloo Inglewood, CA