Character Creation Instructor at Avenue 1
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Character Creation Instructor at Avenue 1
- Past
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- Production Artist at Legacy Interactive
- Production Artist at Seven Dollar Productions
- Freelance Conceptual Illustrator at Parero Design Group
- Art instructor at “Clas” [Culture and Language Academy of Success]
- Production Design Instructor (sub) at Gnomon School of Visual Effects
- Illustrator at Code Of Arms
- Concept Illustrator/Designer at Magnadyne Automotive Electronics
- Art Director/Illustrator at Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
- Concept Artist/Graphic Designer at Mack Vision Entertainment (Sole Proprietorship)
- Illustrator at Rappages Magazine
- Art Instructor at Los Angeles Academy of Fine Arts
- Education
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- Gnomon School Of Visual Effects
- Westwood College of Technology
- Santa Monica College
- El Camino College
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Dawood Marion’s Summary
After graduating high school I studied drawing and watercolor painting at Santa Monica College. Between my classmates and the instructor I was thoroughly challenged to produce some of my best work. In '98 I started freelancing at Rap pages Magazine. I joined on there as an Illustrator, visualizing the main focus of various articles. This was a valuble opportunity for me as I learned about the pressure of meeting short deadlines. In 2005 I did CD Cover art for The Art Of Who Did (Adams Adair) , an L.A. based music group. I went on to do 3 more of the groups CD covers. Later '05 I got a job with MackVision Entertainment, working on designs and illustrations for an independent movie. I did concept design, storyboards and graphic design for a graphic novel to pitch the movie. I Graduated From Westwood College with a degree in Graphic Design June 2006. soon after I landed a job as a Concept Illustrator at Magnadyne Automotive Electronics . In the same month I began studying Production Design at Gnomon School Of Visual Effects.
My goal is to open a school of design Los Angeles that will offer high end art training to under privileged youth.
Dawood Marion’s Specialties:
Character design, Illustration, sculpting, drawing and painting (digital and traditional).
Dawood Marion’s Experience
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Character Creation Instructor
Avenue 1
(Higher Education industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Teaching various techniques of character design using digital and traditional methods.
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Production Artist
Legacy Interactive
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
January 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Video game production artist. Generating and editing video game assets for production.
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Production Artist
Seven Dollar Productions
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 2007 — January 2008 (5 months)
I freelance on an "on call basis" editing and coloring animation frames using Adobe photoshop. The animation won in the Brazilian film festival. Art directed by John Mahoney.
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Freelance Conceptual Illustrator
Parero Design Group
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
June 2007 — January 2008 (8 months)
I freelance at Parero Design Group producing character design, architectural, concept, perspective drawings as well as digital 2D color renderings from art direction.
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Art instructor
“Clas” [Culture and Language Academy of Success]
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Arts and Crafts industry)
July 2007 — December 2007 (6 months)
Teaching arts and crafts, fashion design, character design and art history to student grades k -8.
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Production Design Instructor (sub)
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)
July 2007 — November 2007 (5 months)
I substituted several Production Design classes for John Mahoney. Teaching the techniques of drawing the human figure from the live model. Helping students create concept art using the human model as a basis for their drawings.
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Illustrator
Code Of Arms
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
May 2007 — June 2007 (2 months)
hirt llustration done for retail clothing company. Concepts were
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Concept Illustrator/Designer
Magnadyne Automotive Electronics
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)
June 2006 — October 2006 (5 months)
Producing concept illustrations and redesigning concepts from art direction. Most recently illustrated concepts presented to Boost Mobile.
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Art Director/Illustrator
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Executive Office industry)
February 2006 — July 2006 (6 months)
Production design, concept paintings and final illustration of the fraternities Paraphernalia.
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Concept Artist/Graphic Designer
Mack Vision Entertainment (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
October 2005 — January 2006 (4 months)
Concept illustration, coloring and lettering for the graphic novel, “The Savior Chronicles.”
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Illustrator
Rappages Magazine
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
July 1998 — August 1998 (2 months)
Contributing illustrator for various magazine articles.
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Art Instructor
Los Angeles Academy of Fine Arts
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Fine Art industry)
June 1996 — August 1996 (3 months)
Teaching the fundamentals drawing, painting and computer graphics to children ages 6 - 15.
Dawood Marion’s Education
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Gnomon School Of Visual Effects
2006 — 2007
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Westwood College of Technology
AA , Visual Communications , 2004 — 2006
Visual Communications, Illustration, Digital Illustration
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Santa Monica College
Tradition Animation - Watercolor painting 1993 — 1995
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El Camino College
Art
Sign language,
Additional Information
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Dawood Marion’s Interests:
Running,Apple computers, Child development, Physical fitness(running), Movies, Concept art, Current favorite movie "FightClub." Law and Order, LifeTime (LMN) movies, Law & Order, Gnomon Dvds, 80's Sci Fi (Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Terminator, Conan, Star Wars),
Dawood Marion’s Groups:
Seven Dollar Production, C.L.A.S, Sharon Art Studio,
Dawood Marion’s Honors:
Student of the term (Westwood College) 2005
Dawood Marion’s Contact Settings
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