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Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson

Art Director and Illustrator

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Assistant Professor at University of North Georgia

  • Education

    • Brigham Young University

      1991 - 1996
      BFA Illustration

      Studied traditional media and techniques while taking part in new computer graphics program and working doing computer game art and animation. Competed in and placed in art and illustration competitions. Studied foreign languages.

  • Experience

    • Ninetimes Ad Agency

      May 1998 - Nov 2009
      Art Director and Illustrator

      Art direction of print collateral, advertising, exhibit graphics, web, interactive, and animation projects. Creation of digital illustrations and animations for advertising. Copy editing and translation into Spanish.

    • Santa Rosa Junior College

      Sept 2001 - May 2014
      Adjunct Instructor

      Adjunct instructor teaching beginning and advanced Photoshop, Illustrator, Intro to Flash Animation, Digital Media, and Online Portfolio classes. Subbed for other graphics classes. I am an Adobe Certified Instructor in all these programs.

    • Pixel Corps

      Oct 2007 - Jan 2009
      Team leader, matte painter, Digital Matte team

      Worked as Junior Artisan, Senior Artisan, then Team Leader on the Digital Matte team. Oversaw and directed other artists on matte painting, compositing, and animation projects. Created matte paintings, textures, camera-mapped animations, and concept sketches for animation shorts and film trailers.

    • Academy of Art University

      Sept 2010 - Dec 2013
      Instructor

      Teaching undergraduate mid-level Photoshop imaging classes

    • College of Marin

      Aug 2011 - May 2015
      Adjunct Instructor

      Part-time instructor teaching introductory and intermediate multimedia, design and typography with Illustrator and Photoshop, Premier, and other programs.

    • Sonoma Small Business Development Center

      Jan 2012 - Dec 2012
      Instructor

      Adjunct instructor teaching digital imaging with Photoshop CS5 and CS6.

    • Factory VFX

      Feb 2013 - Mar 2015
      Paint and Roto Artist

      On-call plate reconstruction, rotoscoping

    • LDS Motion Picture Studio

      Apr 2013 - Aug 2013
      VFX Artist

      Rotoscoping, camera tracking, pre-comping, working in a node-based command prompt driven pipeline

    • 2K

      Mar 2014 - Aug 2014
      Contract Artist

      Character texturing, game icons and images

    • Industrial Light & Magic

      Sept 2016 - Nov 2016
      Digital Paint Artist

      Roto/paint work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    • University of North Georgia

      Aug 2017 - now

      • Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts

        Sept 2018 - now

      • Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts

        Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Adobe Certified Instructor, Flash CS5

      Adobe Systems, Inc.
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    • Adobe Certified Instructor, Photoshop Extended CC

      Adobe Systems, Inc.
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    • Adobe Certified Instructor, Illustrator CS6

      Adobe Systems, Inc.
      Mar 2013
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    • Adobe Certified Expert in Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator CC

      Adobe
      Apr 2014
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    • Adobe Certified Expert in Graphic Design & Illustration Using Adobe Illustrator CC

      Adobe
      Apr 2014
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    • Adobe Certified Expert in Visual Communication Using Adobe Photoshop CC

      Adobe
      Oct 2013
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Daniel Johnson
      Best in Competition winner, digital art Exhibitions Without Walls Jun 2012 Exhibitions Without Walls, Anything Goes juried digital art and photography competition
    • Awarded to Daniel Johnson
      Guru Award in Photoshop Illustration PhotoshopWorld Apr 2007