curriculum vitae

Tel-         00 44 (0)1792 412108, Mob 0779 1513001

E-mail-    domstevens@hotmail.com

Location- Swansea, UK.

Work Experience-

Car respray and airbrush art on motorbikes, helmets and surfboards.

Degree in Architecture. 5 months study in Canada.

Working in architects offices, cartoonist for Skateboard! magazine, publishing skate zine. Art work  for Tube News surf mag.

Working as graphic designer and screenprinter.

Manager of design, print and distribution company (specializing in the male 18-30 markets). Retail, mail- order, wholesale (including all POS displays and promotions), commercial screenprinting (clients  incl. Sony), London Fashion Week/ 40 Degree Show trade stand, International Motor Show stand, Spring Gift Fair trade shows, import (Taiwan)/ export (Europe).

Travelling/ living abroad, (Canada, US, New Zealand, Australia, S.E Asia, South Africa).

2001-04- Studying computer animation. Won best Animation at LA International Environmental Film Awards  (2 min animation completed in 10 days). Attended various cinema screening of my work and given workshops/ talks on computer animation. Worked on a couple of program title sequences.

 04-05- Research into future of media distribution (phones, PSP etc). Research, planning and costing for Portugals' first computer animation degree course. Won National Media Activist Award. Produced gallery exhibition (see 3D Art section) of high resolution art prints. Viral Videos and IPTV research.

05-07- Freelance and clients including BBC, Tinopolis, Nextbase, iCreate, building developers, food packaging and video graphics. Currently running Offplan3d, specializing in visualisation.

Computer experience-

Twelve years on Photoshop and Freehand (slowly converting to Illustrator) mainly for advertizing, catalogues and general print design.

Six years on Maya, Digital Fusion, After Effects.

One year with Studio Max, 2-3 years on Mental Ray (plus other renderers), Premier, Painter, Realflow and basic use of sound editing and web creation packages.

Main skills-

   Organization, management of staff and projects, marketing (based on real world experience), ability to work with people down-to-earth way, financial management (not a favorite but i can do it) and ability to creatively problem solve across a wide range of problems/ subjects. Very strong self motivation and discipline.

Where i'm at now-

   I'm able to produce work of a good national TV standard. Having been through several long term projects i understand the full range of processes involved and the importance of planning, organization and marketing/ distribution.