Ian Katz - Digital Artist/Animator
 
contact    ian@alpineaddict.com

Current Web Project  ShastaBaseCamp.com

Previous Web Projects  GlobalPSD.com, ChannelPhotographics.com, SWMaintenanceCorp.com

DEMO REEL

Primary Skills:
  Digital Artist - 2d & 3d animation, digital imaging, compositing, retouching
Graphic Design - multimedia, broadcast, print Project management & application development

Hardware: 
  Macintosh Power PC, IBM Compatibles, Onyx Workstation (Flame/Flint), Quantel PaintBox,
Scitex Blaze Workstation, Crosfield Studio Systems and color separation Scanners.

Software: 
  Adobe Photoshop, After Effects, Image Ready, Illustrator, Premiere, Final Cut Pro,
  Macromedia Director, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Electric Image, 3D Studio Max
  and other Graphic Design Solutions.

Operating Systems:
  Macintosh, Windows, Unix, and proprietary systems. 

Summary of Relevant Experience:
  I have 21 years experience as a digital artist / graphic designer and wide range of skills,
including 2D and 3D animation, multimedia design and production,   photo illustration,
digital compositing, special effects, web design and production. I have worked on a wide
variety of media from print to feature film (video, CD-ROM, broadcast graphics, web, etc...).
My design work on a Edison International television commercial received a 
Houston Globe Award.

Experience:
- iank@z Design 
Graphic Designer/Digital Artist
Design and production of digital art for internet, multimedia, and broadcast. On-air graphics
for Food Network, Citibank, LAPD, UPN/MTV, Star Trek Voyager, Edison International
- Universal Systems & Technology, Inc. 
Digital Artist / Sr. Training Specialist /Project Manager
Design, plan and create screen graphics for computer based training, CD-rom   and Intranet.
Create 3D renditions for various U. S. Marine Corps equipment. Oversee graphic department,
Coordinate workflow and art direct graphic artists. Received Employee of the Year Award.

- Digital Domain
Digital Artist 
Special effects compositing on Discreet Logic's Flame/Flint. Projects: Michael Jackson's music
video "Ghost".  Feature films - "Fifth     Element", "Titanic"  Commercial - USSB and UPS.

 - Imagic
Digital Artist 
Quantel Paintbox and Macintosh workstations.   Created 1 sheet movie posters, video box
packaging and Advertising for Warner, Paramount, Universal and other movie studios.

- Applied Graphics Technologies 
Digital Artist Create movie posters, outdoor advertising, CD and video box packages
and various other print media using Scitex Blaze workstations.

- Crosfield Electronics
Applications Specialist 
Field instructor and software specialist. Traveled to customer sites and preformed installation
and software training on Crosfield scanners and digital retouching workstations.

- American Color
Offset stripper / Scanner Operator
Prepared lithographic film for various print media.