Children's Illustrative Designer
Greater Chicago Area
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- Illustrative Designer at Mrs. B. Illustrations (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Senior CAD Designer at Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- CAD Designer at Sears, Roebuck and Co.
- Artist at Kmart
- Assistant Designer at Kmart
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Andi Butler’s Summary
Professional Illustrator specializing in children's Illustration, apparel, social expressions, toy/character development. Clients include: Klutz/Scholastic, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin, Hallmark, Usborne, Harcourt School Publishers, Pearson Learning, EECI, Fisher Price, International Playthings, Highlights For Children....SCBWI Member...15 years experience with digital and traditional media....Photoshop/Illustrator CS3 for Mac...
Andi Butler’s Specialties:
Character Development (toys), Surface Design, Software Icons, Merchandising (Children's Apparel),
Andi Butler’s Experience
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Illustrative Designer
Mrs. B. Illustrations (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Design industry)
November 2001 — Present (6 years 7 months)
Provide freelance illustration and design for children's publishing and product, software, apparel, and social expressions.
Licensing: Cruise Creative Services
Publishing Credits:
*2009
Contributing Illustrator-TBD BAB Klutz
Contributing Illustrator-TBD Klutz
*2008
Illustrator- Highlights For Children January
Contributing Illustrator- Paper Fashions FANCY Klutz
Contributing Illustrator- TBD Klutz
Contributing Illustrator- TBD Klutz
*2007
Illustrator- Highlights For Children April, July
Illustrator-Jill Acted Sad Harcourt School Publishers
Illustrator-It’s June! English Education Curriculum Intl.
Illustrator-Make Your Own Paper Flowers Klutz/Scholastic
Contributing illustrator-Crumble Crackle Burn by Von Glitschka HOW Books
*2006
Illustrator-Highlights For Children November
*2003
Illustrator-Space Rummy iPlay & The Museum of Natural History NY
*1999
Featured-1999 Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market -
Senior CAD Designer
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; S; Apparel & Fashion industry)
December 2000 — November 2001 (1 year)
Represented the CAD team for Canyon River Blues, a private label denim brand. Created all-over prints, screen tees, embroideries, hangtags, sweaters, and wovens for Juniors and Girls 2-16. Consistently recognized for outstanding graphic and print work by supervisors and peers, and raised the standard expectation of what could be accomplished. Along with other Senior CAD members, maintained a streamlined CAD workload, and mentored assistants.
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CAD Designer
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; S; Apparel & Fashion industry)
February 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 11 months)
Working closely with designers, created graphics, all-over prints, embroideries, wovens and jacquards for private label Young Men's and Main Floor Men's brands. Regularly recognized by Menswear Team for outstanding graphic and print work.
*Trained new associates in dept. on U4ia, saving approx. $2000 per associate and being assured they were trained efficiently and effectively.
*Discovered how to export U4ia files to open in Adobe Photoshop, thereby allowing domestic vendors to keep the integrity of the detailed artwork using the digital version.
*Developed consistency of Color Cards for dept.
*For a better understanding of textile design on model, utilized Texturemap module of U4ia. This was the first time it was used in Design at Sears, and earned the Menswear CAD team the "Bright Idea" nomination.
*Awarded for Teamwork by Product Development
*Two nominations for Team Customer Service Award
*Volunteered for the Sears Blood Drive and You Can Make A Difference campaign -
Artist
Kmart
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KM; Apparel & Fashion industry)
January 1995 — January 1997 (2 years 1 month)
Created packaging, hangtags, labels, screened tees, appliqués, embroideries, woven plaids and all-over prints for Menswear, Girlswear Infant-14 and Boyswear Infant-16.
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Assistant Designer
Kmart
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; KM; Apparel & Fashion industry)
February 1991 — December 1994 (3 years 11 months)
Assisted Designers in developing lines for upcoming seasons, including croques, and colors for Childrenswear and Menswear Divisions. Drafted garment bodies as well as reinterpreted and designed wovens and prints digitally. Aided in developing trend presentation pieces.
Reviewed color LAB dips against standards.
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Andi Butler’s Interests:
Paper and Fiber Arts, Paper Toys, Textured Techniques in Illustration, Textile Design (1940's-1960's children's all overs of special interest), Animation, ATCs, Vintage Album Cover Art INFLUENCES: Naiad and Walter Einsel, Mary Blair, Jim Flora, Charles Harper, Tim Biskup, Lane Smith, Alison Jay, Gary Baseman.
Andi Butler’s Groups:
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Illustration Friday, Three Thumbs Up, Fashion Designers' Guild on Linked In, Designers Who Blog, Imagekind, PictureBook, Think Jot Draw, Style Careers
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