About MeaD
Well I am a happily married man I live in Central Ohio. I have a strong faith in GoD and Strong Morals to go with it. I am a proud DaD of two boys Noah & Ian.
All I ever wanted to do as a career is anything in art/graphics/creative. I started my path to greatness (ha ha) by attending vocational school for commercial arts in 11th Grade at Eastland Career Center. There I obtained a State Certification in Graphics Design. Some accomplishments I received while there I was graduated at the Top of my Class, In National Vocational Honor Society, and Valedictorian for my graduating class, highly active in Skills USA VICA, obtained regional office, and then became a state officer as well.
After I graduating high school I moved to Pittsburgh, PA. there I attended The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. I majored in Media Arts & Animation. I attended there for 3 years solid no summers off. I left Pittsburgh in Fall 2005 with a Bachelors Degree in Media Arts & Animation. With also taking the best in show award for my display of my demo reel.
During my Graduation a TV Station in Cleveland, Ohio offered me a position as a Motion Graphics Artist. There I Created/produced motion graphics for 19 Action News that range from simple animations of papers flying on the screen to very complex animations with 3D elements and footage compositing. I also produced promo commercials for the news that involve text effects and some involvement with digital composting. also complete designs and graphics from conception to completion for entire packages and special events such as the following, but not limited to; lower thirds, animated looping backgrounds, animated opens, animated reopens, bump ins, bump outs, stingers, and sponsor slates. They kept me very busy while working there but it was not my true calling. I applied for all the postitions possible in Columbus, OH. I had to get there by any means necciary due to the fact my future wife lived there and I didn’t. but I obtained a postion at The PowerPlant Mulitmedia Studios. Which was a small production Company in Westerville,OH. It was a huge step up from my normal job at a TV station and there I found out what a perfect work envorment was. There I created commercials for dozens of local companys eg. ColumbusJobs.com, Rosati Windows, The Columbus Dispatch Home and Garden Show, Premier at Sawmill Athletic Club…also I was introduced to Profesional In Arena Sports Graphics. I created graphics/ Comericals for the columbus blue jackets. And in Arena Graphics for the Cleveland Cavaliers. I made big screen graphics eg. Jump ball, Go Cavs Go, Great Rebound, 3 Pointer!!,Cavs Win Spinning Logo. You get the idea all the animations for the crowd I created. Which is an amazing and fun thing to do. Only six months after working there one of my Bosses left to go to another company called Media Source in Dublin, OH he Asked If would go with him. So I did and so I now this is who I am currently working for. And we started a production company with in the company structure so the have capabliitys to create motion graphics and commercials. I am at the top of the industry with one of the fast computers I have ever heard of.
Program Knowledge in no particular order.
Adobe Photoshop CS 3
Adobe InDesign CS 3
Adobe Flash CS 3 Professional
Adobe Dreamweaver CS 3
Adobe Illustrator CS 3
Adobe Flash CS 3 Video Incoder
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Adobe ImageReady CS
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
Adobe Encore
3D Studio Max 9
Apple DVD Studio Pro
Apple Final Cut Pro
Apple Live Type
Apple Motion
Apple Soundtrack Pro
Corel Painter 3
Microsoft Office
Can Opperate on both Windows and Macintosh Platforms Fluently.
