Andy Long

SketchSurfer@gmail.com

EDUCATION:
California State University Chico
Major: Applied Computer Graphics – Production/Animation 2004-Present

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Chico Orion Newspaper
Present 2008
Illustrator for the Opinions Section
• Successfully and professionally organized the layout of the pages.
• Assisted other workers with solving design problems.
• Improved workmanship quality and met deadlines.

Graphic Design Entrepreneur
Summer-Winter 2007
Graphic Design/Illustrator/Animator
• Positive and supportive working ability with clients and focus on creating the best possible design.
• Excellence and quality service with design logos and illustrations.
Successfully created logos and t-shirts for sports teams, and public organizations.

Great America Theme Park – Kaman Arts
Summers of 2004 and 2007
Caricature Artist
• Effectively communicate and patiently work with customers.
• Maintained a “cool head” and professional attitude while working under pressure.
• Assisted with other employees in a group effort to sell artwork and related merchandise to meet business goals.

Union Graphics
Summer of 2005
Graphic Designer
• Assisted with other employees in a group effort to correct artwork to meet business goals.
• Effectively created quality graphic designs before due designated dates.
• Worked closely with business buyers and managers for graphic designs.

NASA Ames Research
Summer of 2003
Web designer for the Educational Teacher Center
• Successfully and professionally designed user-friendly web pages that teachers could use to obtain information about space, flight and other aerospace information.
• Assisted other workers with solving web design problems.
• Patched up missing links between pages; improved workmanship quality and helped clean up websites for NASA – Ames.

ACTIVITIES:
Mestre Curisco Capoeira Malez 2007
Martial Artist - Capoeirista
•Martial Arts Student

Entrepreneur
Sketch-X-Designs Co.
•Graphic Designer (T-Shirts, Web Design Banners, Logos).
•Illustrated Designs for local public organizations.
•Successfully sold 24 promotional shirts with Sketch-X Design in the 1st opening month.
•Worked successfully with clients from Chico to San Jose.
•Created first Animated TV commercial aired in Fall of 2007 Chico CA.

AID’s Walk 2000
•Participant

PERSONAL INTERESTS:
•Martial Arts Practitioner
•West Coast Competition in 1998 – 2nd place.
•Continues Capoeira, Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun, and Jiu Jitsu in personal time.

•Tennis
•Homestead High School Tennis Team 98’, 99’, 2000.
•Las Palmas Tennis Academy 2000.
•Surfing