Art and Graphics
by Joshua McClenahan
Professional info
Over 20 years graphic art experience, from hand painted signs to color seperations for screen-printing to custom portraits and illustration.
Work experience
1990 - Current Freelance Illustrator, Portrait Artist, Sign Painter
Patent drawings for medical devices, graphics and signage for retail stores, fireworks packaging, pencil and acrylic portraits for memorial services, print ads, coupons, flyers, Christmas and Halloween cards, custom vehicle graphics and paint-jobs, vehicle lettering, drum kits, tattoo flash, designed over 80 mascot screen-print and embroidered items and displays for Northeast Ohio featured in Ohio of Walmart stores 2008-Current.
1995 - 2008 Graphic Artist / Printer
Full-time 1995 - 2007, part-time till 2008
Trolio’s of Boardman
Boardman, OH (330) 726-0828
Designed prints as inside artist for shirts, bags, athletic apparel, and created digitized embroidery designs for local schools, Youngstown State University, Ohio State University, DeBartlo Corporation, Sprint Mobile, and several small businesses local and abroad. Specializing in hand drawing or computer generating the rough images on spot for client.
Skills
Digital
Pencil
Acrylic
Colored Pencil
Watercolor
Marker
Software
PHOTOSHOP
FLASH
CorelDraw
Illustrator
Sketchbook Pro
1992 - 1995 Graphic Artist
Clothing Connections, Rootstown, OH
Designed shirts for resorts, NCAA teams, novelty stores, schools and universities, Cleveland Indians merchandise
Education
2010 - present
2010 - present
Mahoning County Joint Vocational School
Two year diploma in Commercial art, 1992
Won 3 National scholastic Gold Key awards
AAA poster design contest, 1st in Ohio
Covers and illustrations for numerous school circulations
School VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) representative
Top grades in program
Class Vice President
West Branch High School
Art Club
Chorus
Chess Club President
Outstanding Artist Award at graduation