Multimedia artist
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Multimedia artist at Carpe Cranium Media
- Past
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- Book designer at Carpe Cranium Media
- Modeler and texture artist at eGAD Software
- Modeler at Netter Digital
- Education
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- San Francisco State University
- City College of San Francisco
- Bob Jones University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Online Media
- Websites
John Garvey’s Summary
Multi-talented artist/composer/writer and deconstructor of gestalts. Web/print designer creating precise graphics and unconventional designs. Classically trained in fine art with pencil and oils. Arranging, composing, MIDI sequencing, mixing. Planning a third music CD which will explore the ambient genre. Equally adept at fiction and non-fiction. Personal interest in genetics and cosmology. Currently researching the Crusades and the Middle East conflict for a fiction project. Also researching linguistics for a non-fiction project.
John Garvey’s Specialties:
Photoshop CS4, ActionScript 3, Flash CS4, Premiere Elements, Dreamweaver, Publisher. Renaissance and early music, adult contemporary, holiday music.
John Garvey’s Experience
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Multimedia artist
Carpe Cranium Media
(Online Media industry)
August 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)
Currently designing a second photography book for the photographer mentioned below. Additionally: creating Web and print graphics and illustrations with Photoshop CS4, ActionScript3 and Flash CS4, creating 500+ designs for T-shirts and other items on Zazzle.com, arranging and composing music with a MIDI sequencer, writing fiction and non-fiction, making short films, creating a stock-photo library with a Pentax digital SLR and lighting equipment.
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Book designer
Carpe Cranium Media
(Online Media industry)
April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year )
Designed a 218-page hardcover book of Sherwin Carlquist's art photographs entitled "Uncut" with extensive graphic treatments and a different stylistic theme for each of seven sections. Also created eight plates displaying his plant-cell microphotographs and two plates of line drawings for inclusion in a scientific paper published in the Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society.
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Modeler and texture artist
eGAD Software
(Computer Software industry)
August 2000 — January 2001 (6 months)
Built low-poly vehicles and environments in MAX for flight-sim demos geared toward military training applications. (This company is no longer in business.)
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Modeler
Netter Digital
(Animation industry)
August 1999 — October 1999 (3 months)
Created set, character and prop models for the TV shows “Max Steel” and “Dan Dare” using splines and metaNURBS in LightWave. (This company is no longer in business.)
John Garvey’s Education
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San Francisco State University
Film 1995 — 1995
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City College of San Francisco
General ed. 1993 — 1994
GPA 4.0 (59 units)
- Activities and Societies:
- Alpha Gamma Sigma
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Bob Jones University
B.S. , Cinema , 1974 — 1978
Note: This unaccredited fundamentalist school is notoriously racist, sexist and homophobic. I am no longer involved in or in contact with fundamentalist culture.
- Activities and Societies:
- Crew member on the production of the university's feature-length 16mm costume biopic "Sheffey" as well as other projects of the film department. Created a short student film with live 16mm color footage, special effects and rotoscoping.
Additional Information
John Garvey’s Websites:
John Garvey’s Groups:
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Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) -
Music & Marketing -
LGBT Professional Network - Global -
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Music and Entertainment Professionals -
Music Industry Forum -
New Music Industry -
MusicBiz -
Music Publishing And Licensing -
Web Developer & Graphic Designer -
Arts, Antiques & Aficionados -
Music Industry Network -
Digital Music Professionals -
Advertising Music -
Flash Coders -
Adobe Flash Group -
Music & Audio Professionals -
Actionscript Developers Group Los Angeles -
Flash Freelancers -
AAF – Los Angeles -
Paintings -
Music Industry Networking/Job Opportunities -
Music And Songs Wanted -
Independent Recording Artist Community -
Networking Nation—ONLINE NETWORKING for Execs. in Marketing/New Media/Promotions/Publishing/PR -
Social Entertainment Professionals
John Garvey’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- expertise requests
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
