rolph vassor: oil on canvas

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, FREELANCE EXPERIENCE AND SALES

Visit Sarasota County, Freelance Graphic Designer, Sarasota FL

Modify prexististing designs, create artwork from ideas, branding, and page layouts.

10/2012_ present

Creative Arts Studios, Artist, Saint Petersburg, FL

Create conceptial ideas into final products for fabrications. I was given ideas from the art director and had to use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and traditional sketches to create 2D artwork that would later be printed in large format or be created into a 3 dimentional illustration.

10/2006_ present

Ken Orton Gallery, Production Artist/ Office Manager, 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 retouched, enhance and printed out giclees from the original oil paintings while managing the gallery.

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

Blyth Property Management Services, Designer, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

I am the company’s only artist for hire to create logos, business cards and promotional pieces. 6/2002_present

Metro PCS, Senior Sales Associate, Sarasota FL

To make sure our store and team was hitting our sales goals, provide excellent customer service, serve as leader to the other employees. 1/2008_ 6/2011

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 buyers’ the property to be the best place to have their events. 5/2005_Present

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, illustrations for tattoos, doing tattoos, illustrating entire music albums, and creating headers for weekly newsletters. 01/2003_present

COMPUTER AND ART SKILLS, SALES EXPERIENCES

Proficient in Adobe Illustrator CS5, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Corel Painter IX, Microsoft Word, knowledgeable in InDesign CS5, Macintosh and PC platform. I specialize in free handing with pencil, soft pastels, oils, acrylics, thumbnail sketches, experienced in doing murals, and retouching photos on Photoshop, five star customer service, managing up to 7 people under me, sales awards, sales programs.

PERSONAL

Mentoring less fortunate children, art teacher. Volunteer Work: YMCA Big Brother mentor, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Club, Recycling 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, promotional rental banners, promo banners for fine art sales tents and more.

rolph vassor

Dilemma

Peoples

Illustrator, Artist