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Terry Burkes is...
... a traditionally trained artist/illustrator who delights in, and
for over 10 years has worked with, interactive media. An unusually
wide breadth of skills in both high end design and technical fields,
enables pragmatic solutions yet inspired vision, and the ability to
effectively communicate with a wide range of people.
Some clients include...
...Symantec, LeapFrog.com, Discoverychannel.com, PetStore.com, VISA,
Levi, Litton Solid State, Stellex, Filtronic, GNN, AOL, Ascend, Lucent,
Raztek, Sage Interactive, Purple Moon, Spotted Pony, Digiville,
North Bay Multimedia Assoc, The Digital Village, ConnectMedia,
Vision Communication Technologies, Compound Eye, Eyefull films,
Colleen Mulvahill & J. A.(Dino) Dean (Dance/Sound Theater),
MandalaRecords
Background...
... earned BS as Illustration major / fine art minor in 1988
from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena). Focused on traditional
skills (conceptualizing, drawing, painting, composition, color,
graphic design) while immersed in Bauhaus environment that included
fashion photography, environmental design, transportation design and
film. Branding, story telling and conveying the intended message to
the target audience emphasized.
... moved to San Francisco in 1989 where I waded in creative pools
of fine art theater, independent film, and special events, exploring:
theater lighting, costume/site/set design and construction, food styling,
in-camera special effects, storyboarding, hard work and resourcefulness.
... 1990 discovered computers. It's been an interesting varied road
since. I've architected and designed the overall look and feel of many
user centered interfaces for: CD presentations, CBTs, and Intranet /
Internet sites. I also usually create the graphics. My traditional
illustration skills greatly enhance my ability to visualize and execute
highly appropriate custom solution not limited by existing photographic
assets. I've mostly telecommuted from my studio, and met with and made
presentations to clients as needed. Many companies have hired me to
analyze websites, and make redesign recommendations. I've also worked
on site as Sr. Designer, Art Director, and Creative Director, and been
brought on board to build in house web development teams and train the
team in web development software and best practices.
Things I appreciate...
... honesty, creativity, quality, humor.
Tools used...
... whatever gets the job done faster and/or better.
Ever changing combos of: Macromedia Flash, Photoshop, ImageReady, Painter,
Quark, Illustrator, Director, Adobe After Effects, GifBuilder, Poser,
Dreamweaver and BBEdit (for html, CGI & Java Scripting), Fetch, Telnet,
digital camera, CDRW burner, Zip and Orb drives, scanner, Wacom tablet,
traditional illustration media, eyes, hands, brain.
Design philosophy...
... a thoughtful, well trained artistic eye, and ability to communicate
appropriately, can contribute greatly to any media. Understanding a wide
range of audiences lends valuable perspective. My learning ground has
been a meeting of extremes: advertising, traditional illustration, fine
art has movement/sound theater & film, and digital technology. It is with
great enthusiasm that I bring my skills to innovative projects.
Acronyms and key words that apply...
... GUI UI IA QA wire frames multimedia senior lead graphic artist
functional specs page level wire frames ability to think strategically
high-volume high-visibility enterprise-scale websites time lines
information architecture user experience design production ecommerce
development lifecycle requirements definition solution analysis writing
implementation testing milestone micro-sites banners HTML emails
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