Christopher Holtwick has done art and graphic design work in a variety of environments and industries, including direct marketing for corporations and small businesses, educational material for churches, web design and maintenance for a local daily newpaper, storyboards, still photography, production for independent films, and promotional material for bands and musicians.
While focusing mainly on visual arts, Holtwick also has experience in live performance as an MC for open mic nights, as well as performing in the indie rock bands NEOTOLEDO and The Startups. Alongside his performing efforts, he organizes and manages live music events for the groups and creates artwork and websites to generate a larger fan base.
Holtwick's goals include working at a design house that specializes in work for the music and film industry, creating personal artwork that can be used to promote positive interaction and awareness in a community, and contributing his skills and talents to the society at large.
Corporate stationary for Cardiologist, Dr. Smith. The use of color and mix between hand drawn and digital elements create visual unity and harmony between the three pieces.
A more color based design, utilizing elements from the field of Cardiology to create a unified header and footer to the clients corporate stationary.
This design for writer, Charles Vadun, has a simplified color palette and focuses slightly on the side of humor, which matches the writers personality, but not necessarily his work as a sci-fi novelist.
This direct marketing postcard was created for the client to send out to potential clients. The logo and digital illustrations were created at the clients request, as a way to improve their company image.
A Direct Marketing postcard for a charter fishing company. The client provided photographs and asked for a card the used all of the images and "popped".
Postcard design for caricature artist, CM Holtwick.
Corporate Identity
Improve your business by giving your image a face lift. Services include logo, business cards, web design, etc.
Band Promotional Package
Help your band get noticed with a professional looking logo, photos, posters and web presense.
Digital and Hand Drawn Illustrations
Need a drawing or illustration for your t-shirt, magazine, or poster. Custom Vector or Rasterized images upon request
Christopher M. Holtwick
artist_holtwickdesign.com
440.773.6905
Summary
Digital artist who specializes in graphic design, photography, image manipulation, digital and traditional illustration to create custom print media pieces for a variety of different marketing and promotional purposes.
Software Skills
Design & Layout: Adobe CS4 Creative Suite, Quark Xpress
Audio/Video: Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Vegas Video, Adobe Audition, Adobe After Effects, Alias Maya
Web: HTML, Flash, Dreamweaver, CSS
General: Office Word, Excel
Operating Systems: Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7
Experience
2000 - Present
Holtwick Art & Design
Freelance Graphic Design, Photography, Video Production and Web Designs
Projects ranged from logo design & storyboards to commercial photography & concert posters, but also include websites, brochures, business cards, video editing and book layouts.
Clients include: San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Rescue Mission, Ethos, Domestic Wax Records/The Paragraphs, Kelley Winston Lee, Katie Leigh and the Infantry, Western Direct Marketing, HTV Productions, Dionisio Productions, Genesys Industries, Whalestock, Astro Instrumentation L.L.C, InUnison LTD, Standard Signs, DiSanto Furniture, Richey-Barrett Insurance, MDI Films, Pinkcat Productions, LLC, Our Gang Productions.
2009 - Present
Temporary Graphic Artist,Skinit.com, La Jolla, CA
• Arrange and manipulate design elements using templates built for various personal electronics, intended for print and use to accessorize phones, mp3 players, laptops, and other devices
2005 - Present
Caricature Artist Lead at Legoland California,Kaman's Art Shoppes, Chagrin Falls, OH
• Provide training and instruction to newly hired artists, as well as set an example of excellence
• Create demonstration artwork for promotional purposes in attracting new customers
• Opening and Closing the office which includes minor clerical work and accounting duties
• Create high quality caricatures, while providing superior customer service and salesmanship
2006 - 2009
Graphic Artist,Modern Postcard, Carlsbad, CA
• Preflight PDFs, Quark, Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign files for press by checking resolution, trim size, postal regulations, cropping, interpolation, etc.
• Contact clients to discuss job details and instructions and provide design solutions
• Field client phone calls, answer questions and provide technical advice on the use of design software
• Typeset layouts from digital and physical mock-ups and created custom designed postcards
• Designed borders and postcards for the Online Holiday Card store
2005 - 2006
Digital Technician,Gerardy Photography, Escondido, CA
• Photo re-touching, editing, cropping, order entry, and proofreading.
2004 - 2006
Production Operator,Fed-Ex Kinkos, Vista, CA
• Customer service, typesetting, binding, mounting, machine operation, designed layouts for various print jobs, Fed Ex Certified.
2003 - 2004
Webmaster/Web Designer,Chronicle Telegram, Elyria, Ohio
1998 - 2002
Television ProductionWBGU-PBS TV-27, Bowling Green, Ohio
(Switcher, Floor Director, Camera, Production Assistant)
Education
• Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2002, Major: Computer Art, Minor: Painting, GPA 3.0/4.0
Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green, Ohio
• Second City Training Center , Cleveland, Ohio, Beginning Improv for Actors, 2002
• Lorain County Community College , Elyria, Ohio, Photography, Acting, Scriptwriting, Non-Linear Editing 2002-03
• Cleveland State University , Cleveland, Ohio, Single Source Video, Media Writing 2003
•Watts Atelier of the Arts, Encinitas, CA, Caricature Illustration, 2005
•Palomar College, San Marcos, CA, Figure Drawing, 2006
•Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA, German, 2008
