Ian Akin
P O Box 7406, Santa Cruz CA 95061
e-mail

Objective:  
Position or contract work creating stories, illustrations and/or websites
 
Skills:
Illustration
·Cartoons, character design, logos, advertisements, storyboards, book illustrations and other image creation, using pencil, pen, brush and graphics tablet.
Writing
·Cartoons, science fiction, fairy tales
Software
·Macromedia Flash
·Adobe
Photoshop and Illustrator
·Macromedia
Dreamweaver
·Microsoft
Word
·Comfortable with both
PC and Mac
 
Work Experience:  
·25 years freelance experience with comic book, cartoon, science fiction and serious illustration.
1998 – present:
Cartoonist, illustrator & web designer
Built and maintained websites for various clients, primarily using Macromedia Dreamweaver.
Developed concepts and illustrations for educational displays, flip charts and pamphlets (nationally distributed).
1997 – 1998:
Writer,
Fluff, International comic strip,
daily and Sunday, for Universal Press Syndicate
 
1980 – 1997:
Comic Book Inker/Illustrator
 
Clients including Marvel Comics, DC, Disney, Dark Horse, TSR, and more.
Trained and supervised illustration assistants.


Partial Client List:    
Marvel Comics, New York, NY
Disney, Burbank, CA & New York, NY
Hasbro, Inc, New York, NY
ETR Associates, Scotts Valley, CA
Borland International, Inc., Scotts Valley, CA
University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  DC Comics, New York, NY
Continuity Associates, Burbank, CA & New York, NY
Santa Cruz Comics News, Santa Cruz, CA
Alpha Omega Alpha, Palo Alto, CA
Rods & Cones, Inc, Santa Cruz, CA
Dark Horse Comics, Milwaukie, OR

Other Accomplishments:
4th Degree Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do.

Illustration portfolio may be viewed at:
http://www.ianakin.com/Portfolio

List of websites at:
http://www.ianakin.com/Portfolio/WebsiteLinks.htm