Wendy Rae Leaumont started her art career in kindergarten when she drew a picture of a rabbit and her parents praised her work as if it ranked right up there with the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.

Convinced she was a genius, Wendy continued to hone her drawing skills throughout elementary school and became interested in graphic design in high school.

After winning a full tuition scholarship to the Art Institute of Atlanta, Wendy studied graphic design, graduated, and got a job with a small multimedia firm in Atlanta.

Wendy has worked in print and web design for 15 years, but has been experimenting with mixed media and Halloween art for the past 3 years. She enjoys altered art, assemblage, collage, stamping, trying new tools and media all the time. Halloween is her favorite time of year, and creating Halloween-themed art is the most fun she has had in her career. She is creating new pieces of art every day for herself, for friends, and to sell in her Etsy shop: www.mybrainchild.etsy.com.

Wendy is pretty sure that her parents, watching her from Above, would still insist that everything she creates is a masterpiece.

Experience

May 2003 to Present: Self-employed - Wendy Rae Leaumont Graphic Design

The following represents some of my most recent work as a freelance graphic artist:

CD cover design: Designed CD cover art for the following recording artists: Lindsey Blount,
Fran McKendree, Andrew O'Dell, Davis Causey, Jettison Faith

Web site design: Web site interface design for the following clients: Richardson, Patrick,
Westbrook & Brickman, LLC law firm; Nashville Jet Center; Musician Fran McKendree;
Coastal Facial Plastic Surgery

Corporate Identity

Advertising Design : Design and production of various marketing materials for Patient Care
Technologies and Marketing Analysts, Inc.; Retail ad design for TravelHost Magazine and
San Antonio Express-News.

July 2002 to April 2003: Advertising designer for the San Antonio Express-News. Designed
and produced retail ads for the Creative Services department.

November 1999 to March 2002: SailNet.com Charleston, SC

Creative Director

Managed the graphics department, which included two other artists;
Responsible for art direction and production of all graphics on the site.
Also designed and produced print ads and a quarterly print catalog.

Sept. 1997 to November 1999: F5 Media Group Charleston, SC

Creative Director

Designed and produced web and print media such as brochures, package design, catalogs,
posters, and tourism materials.

Oct. 1994 to August 1997: ixl Interactive Atlanta, GA

Graphic Designer

Designed interfaces for CD-Rom and laptop presentations, public kiosks, web sites, and
intranets. Layout and production of iXL Corporate Identity and marketing material

Skills

Excellent graphic design skills; illustration

10 years experience in print design; 6 years experience in web design

Knowledge of the printing process and preparing art to go to press

Ability to work closely with a webmaster/programmer in order to lay out
and create competitive, professional, third-generation web sites.

Understanding of site navigation and planning

Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Freehand, and Quark Xpress.

Some experience with Flash (beginner level)

Experience in HTML and experience using Dreamweaver

Education

Sept. 1994: Art Institute of Atlanta.

Received full-tuition scholarship to the Art Institute in 1992
Associate Degree in Art in Visual Communications, major in Graphic Design.