Atherton.50megs.com

RESUME


Dan Atherton
Anaheim, CA
(Address and phone available upon request)

email:dan831@gmail.com
web:atherton.50megs.com
danatherton.blogspot.com

Objective:

To work in an environment that will challenge me as an artist, feed my creativity, and pay to feed my stomach.

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sequential Art
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
Class of 2003

Skills/ Mediums:

Am available in a wide variety of medium, but specializing in the sequential arts.
Am also computer literate in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express, and basic HTML.

Work Experience:
Employment/ Internships
Kaman's Art Shoppes
Disneyland, CA
also:
Great America (San Jose, CA)
Sea World, CA, Legoland, CA,
Sea World, TX, & Six Flags: Fiesta TX
Assistant Park Manager
Theme park artist and traveling trainer of Name Paintings using Korean Leather Brush.
Have traveled out of state to train at other parks.
Also do caricatures, face paint, body art, and photography.
full time
Feb 2005- Present
Background San Diego
San Diego, CA
Extra
Background actor on tv shows Veronica Mars and Point Pleasant.
part time
Oct 2004- Nov 2005
Sears Portrait Studio
La Jolla, CA
Photographer
Arranged and photographed family photos in a small studio.
part time
Sep 2004- May 2005
Wilderness Landscaping
& Gardening

Bedford, NH
Landscaper
Design, installation, and maintenance on patios, walkways, retaining walls, ornamentals, lawns, driveways, plantings and beds.
Summer 2000- Summer 2004
(Summer and winter seasonal through college, full year after 2003 graduation.)
Zylonol Studios
Comic book coloring studio.
Savannah, GA
Selector (Internship)
Color selector for Marvel, DC, and other comics including front and back cover work.
Summer internship 2003
Freelance
Artists' Ink
San Diego, CA
Halloween-themed Korean leather brush name paintings.
Sep '07
Tyler Opatrny
Los Angeles, CA
Concept designs for tv show pitch, including set, characters, and costumes.
Sep '06
SDFX
San Diego, CA
Character designs, storyboards, textures for 3D animation.
Jan '05- May '05
Sean Durell
graphic designer
Phoenix, AZ
Logo design for CU Realty.
Jan '05
Sean Durell
graphic designer
Phoenix, AZ
T-shirt design for Family Health Fair event for Grayhawk Offices.
Oct '04
Incitrio
San Diego, CA
Illustration concepts for 2" circle stickers, plus packaging design. Used Adobe Illustrator.
Fall '04
Bedford School District
Bedford, NH
Murals (interior and exterior) and welcome sign at Riddle Brook Elementary School.
Summer '04
Dave Boynton
Dover, NH
Tattoo design, which later became company logo for New Hampshire Adventure School.
Summer '04
Greg Moutafis
Haverhill, MA
Colors for Boom! Squad pin-up poster.
Spring '04
Winnipessaukee Kayak
Lakes Region, NH
Logo revisions and company sign.
Spring '04
Trafford Publishing
Victoria, BC, Canada
Story illustrations, covers, and layout for children's book A Goal for Cindy.
Spring-summer '03
Logo Loc, Inc.
Manchester, NH
T-shirt illustration for company outing.
Summer '01
Paul Lavigne
football coach
St. Anselem's College, NH
Painted lettering on weekly game balls for MVPs.
Summer '00
Bedford/ Merrimack Bulletin
Bedford, NH
Comic strip
Summer '98
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