Ann M. Pickard
10609 Fernglen Ave. Tujunga, CA 91042 626.437.7864 www.annpickard.com ann@annpickard.com


OBJECTIVE
   
 

To obtain a position utilizing my fifteen plus years experience as an Art Director.

EXPERIENCE    
 

Art Director and Co-founder, Whyville.com, Pasadena, CA 1999-Present
www.whyville.com
Whyville.com is a virtual world dedicated to educating children through inquiry based, hands-on exploration.

Creative Director, Concept Artist and Background Artist, Raven-Island.com, 2008

www.Raven-Island.com
Raven Island is a virtual world specifically built to teach native Alaskan children about fire safety.

Creative Director and Concept Artist, JPL Virtual Field Trip, 2007
http://virtualfieldtrip.jpl.nasa.gov
A colorful online version of JPL's Pasadena facility, JPL's Virtual Field Trip allows users to get oriented before their actual visit to JPL.

Art Director and Co-founder, Small Fish Interactive, South Pasadena, CA 1993-1998
Digital art production firm.
Clients included: Idealab!, Mattel, Kidsonline, Toys.com, Knowledge Adventure (Science Adventure II, Space Adventure II, Kid's Encyclopedia, Jumpstart Toddler, Jumpstart Kindergarten Reading, Jumpstart First Grade Reading, Jumpstart Baby prototype, and Jumpstart Second Grade prototype).

Digital Artist and Animator, Sega of America, Diamond Bar, CA 1991-1993
Created backgrounds and character animations for Sega games.

Freelance Illustration 1991-Present
See http://www.annpickard.com/Illustration/Tradillustration.html for samples and clients.


SKILLS    
  Creative Direction
Art Direction
Project Management
Illustration

Web site design
Graphic design
Content Development
Character Design

Interface design
Background art
Animation
Photo-retouching

Traditional media
Concept art
Brainstorming
Web friendly

EDUCATION    
  Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA Illustration 9/89 to 1/91
El Camino College, Torrance, CA 9/86 to 6/89
UCLA Extension, Fine Art 7/95
SOFTWARE  
  Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Macromedia Dreamweaver
Flash
All traditional media

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