rolph vassor

RESUME

EDUCATION________________________________________________________________________________________________Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
Bachelor of Fine Arts May 2006, Major: Illustration, GPA 3.0/4.0

ART PRODUCTION AND FREELANCE EXPERIENCE______________________________________________________________
Ken Orton Gallery, Production Artist, Venice, FL
Configure an HP Photo DesignJet 5500PS Printer, importing files, back up files, and import programs that help the production move along smoother. Additionally, I retouch, enhance and print out giclees from the original oil paintings. 7/2006_ 12/01/2008

Monsta/ Hip Hop Weekly Magazine, Artist/Page layout Artist, Miami, FL
Create thumbnails sketches to fully rendered drawing illustrations then into digital illustrations from articles/stories written by the magazine’s writers/reporters. 11/2007_5/2008

Creative Art Studios Inc., Freelance Artist, Saint Petersburg, FL
Create thumbnails from ideas, carrying them out to full sketches then drawings. From final drawings to digital illustrations fully sized for fab-rications. 1/2007_ present

Blyth Property Management Services, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
I am the company’s only artist for hire to create logos, business cards and promotional pieces. 6/2002_present

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Events Assistant, Sarasota, FL
Assist with set up, supervise events as Selby ambassador, and create promotional art and advertisements for the Events Department. I had to also show potential $1,000s of dollars buyers property to be the best place to have their events. 5/2005_7/2007

Some by Song Birds Some by Crickets, Freelance Artist, Sarasota, FL
I was hired to illustrate a book of poems containing nine interior illustrations, and softbound cover, which was later, published. 2/2004

Senses Magazine, Freelance Artist, Sarasota, FL
I was hired to create a caricature of the writer of the Wine and Food department for their special employee publishing of the month. 5/2005

Various contract works, Contract/Freelance Artist, Sarasota/Bradenton FL, Miami FL, Ft.Lauderdale FL, Buffalo NY
I have been hired to do various works like mural paintings in living rooms, and outside walls, personal oil paintings, and illustrations for tat-toos, and illustrating entire albums. 01/2003_present

COMPUTER AND ART SKILLS__________________________________________________________________________________
Proficient in Adobe Illustrator CS3, Photoshop CS3, Corel Painter IX, Microsoft Word, but knowledgeable in InDesign CS3. I specialize in free handing with soft pastels, oils, and acrylics, thumbnail sketches, and experienced in doing murals.

PERSONAL__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Mentoring less fortunate children, art teacher. Volunteer Work: YMCA Big Brother mentor, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club, Recy-cling Company Education Center, Resurrection House, Newtown Friendship Project, President of fraternity-Epsilon Phi Chi Fraternity Inc with a dozen members under me, had six employees under my command and created ideas and promos for special events such as “Oriental Day, pro-motional rental banners, promo banners for fine art sales tents and more.

rolph vassor

The Red Elephant Bar and Grill

Inked with pet

Dilemma

Jessica

Elaine

Anais

Batter Bater

HAITI

first painting of my son

Tracy Ried's Girls' Basketball Camp

photoshop fun

president obama

obama family reading

john henry pop-up book

mural at library in boyton beach fl

nlpg business card

tempting

Monsta's lil wayne

Monsta's RIP PimpC

steroids comic

RIP pimp c

bad habbit

d-wade

manscape

daily check up

i hate my boss

what

fuckit

allie

kaetina

boxer

got daamn

oops, sorry sarah

knock, knock

Peoples

Illustrator, Artist