Brian James Germain
7505 Apple Creek Drive
Swartz Creek, MI
Tele: (810) 223-2135
EDUCATION:
Attended: Baker College Winter-Spring Semester 1998G-1090 West Bristol RoadFlint Township MIAttended: Flint Institute Of Arts: One year, 1991.1120 East Kearsley StreetFlint MI Flint Northern High School, Graduated: 1997
G-3284 Mackin RoadFlint MI ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
Illustrator: Storyboard Layout, Concept Design and Penciler
Amber Waves: Comic, Tentative Publishing Date: Fall 2003
Owner: Randy Zimmerman, Arrow Comics http://www.arrowcomics.com
P.O. Box 7014
Flint MI 48507
Tele: (810) 715-4598
Dec 2002-Present
Illustrator: Letterer, Inker, Storyboard Layout, and Penciler.
Scales Jackson: Comic Webstrip
Tentative Publishing Date: May 2003
Owner: Graham Stanley, Invisible Art
Jan 2003-Present
Freelance Artist: (Comissioned Work)
1989- Present
Various Clients: Names Upon Request
Art Director, Illustrator, Concept Design, Technical Illustrator, Cover Art & Layout: Saharan's Truth: Tapestry Of Ages
Tentative Publishing Date: 2004
Owners: Christine Mizikow & John Cox
Company: Sword & Science
New Hudson, MI
Fantasy Sci-Fi Novel
1993-Present
COURSE WORK:
Completed Course Work as of: Jan 2003:
Baker College: English 101& 102, Speech 101, Algebra & Advanced Algebra
Flint Institute of Arts: Portfolio for Success, Contemporary Art
Member: Drama Club, Millington High School
Member: Wrestling Team, Linden High School
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
Member: Weekend Warrior Committee
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Volunteered at haunted house fund raisers for six years. Responsibilities included: Director, Art Supervisor and supporting cast member.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Knowledge Includes: Silk Screening, Architectual drafting, Technical Illustration, Computer literate, MAC and PC. Able to operate: adding machines, calculators, cash registers, as well as drafting equipment. Also experienced with various hardware relating to layout and design concepts.
SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE:
Adobe PhotoShop/Suite, Illustrator, Corel Draw/Paint, Bryce, Poser, Canoma, Windows 3.x/95/98/2000. Also well trained in applications such as: web design and desktop publishing. Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Artist: layout director, design, screen burning & printing, concept design for merchandise. Also helped with maintenance and upkeep of store, cleaned screens, etc.
Graphics Galore
7277 North Genesee Road
Mt. Morris MI
(March 2001-July 2001)
Tele: (810) 640-2249
Owner and Designer: Dark Elf Designs- Flint, MI (2000-Current)
Layout, conceptual art, finished cover art, computer CAD. Writing and editing. Technical drawings and illustrations, original art, storyboarding and video production. Audio and video production, web design, game creation, and production supervision.
Artist: layout director, design, screen burning & printing, concept design for merchandise.
Also helped with maintenance and upkeep of store. Also cleaned screen equipment.
On The Spot Imprinted Sportswear
Flint, MI (March 1998-August 1998)
Non-Related Work Experience:
Maintenance
McDonald's Restaurant
Center Road Location (810) 742-8529
Burton MI 48529
2000-Present
Responsibilities Include: Supervising complete clean up of restaurant and maintenance of equipment.
