Freelance Illustrator at the moment
San Francisco Bay Area
- Past
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- Animation/Designer/Print consultant at Mimoco
- Ad and Layout Designer at Community newspaper in South Boston
- Digital Imaging Artist at The Arizona Republic
- Digital Inker at Desert Sky Graphics
- Education
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- Art Institute of Phoenix
- Connections
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- Industry
- Animation
- Websites
Eric Haddad’s Summary
I have many years of experience in print production and design. While I have less experience with Flash and animation, I am enjoying it very much and working at it all the time.
A small group of friends and I are currently pushing out an anthology of comics. We each contribute a short comic and print and distribute the finished product ourselves. It's been a lot of fun and continues to bring new experiences.
I also feel that keeping up with those comic skills will help me reach another goal of mine. I'm working toward a career creating cartoons, whether they're for tv or feature films. I hope to be a Story Board artist and I think telling stories through comics is good practice for that.
Eric Haddad’s Specialties:
Illustration, I'm an Illustrator and Photoshop wizard, plus expert at InDesign.
I have worked professionally with the Adobe creative suite for over a decade. Utilizing a key understanding of the programs to benefit my projects and fellow employees. I'm the guy they come to when they have a question about the software or their computers.
I'm highly creative and work very hard to be technically proficient. I have a strong ability to troubleshoot.
Eric Haddad’s Experience
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Animation/Designer/Print consultant
Mimoco
(Privately Held; Consumer Electronics industry)
March 2008 — August 2009 (1 year 6 months)
Mimoco is a designer toy/character based Flash drive creator where I designed collateral, web/print ads, a product catalog and digital goodies like wallpapers in a small design team. We made character flash drives and loaded the drives with content like desktop wallpapers, icons, fun animations and things.
I worked with corporate licenses like Halo, Star Wars, Domo and others. We adhered to style guides and communicate directly with those companies to approve designs. -
Ad and Layout Designer
Community newspaper in South Boston
(Newspapers industry)
September 2007 — March 2008 (7 months)
Updating and creating all advertisements for two weekly publications, one in Boston, the other in New York. Color correcting photos, updating design efforts of publication and working on an update for the website.
I began this job to help move the newspaper layout from pagemaker files to InDesign templates. I then began updating online articles and creating all the ads for both publications in addition to my layout duties each week. -
Digital Imaging Artist
The Arizona Republic
(Public Company; GCI; Newspapers industry)
February 2006 — May 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Worked as a Digital Imaging artist at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix. Scanning hard documents as well as preparing digital images for newsprint, magazine and online output. I used my strong knowledge of Photoshop to do everything from clipping paths to re-touching damaged images. I became comfortable quickly with the procedures and standards that the Gannet corporation utilizes in their imaging process.
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Digital Inker
Desert Sky Graphics
(Animation industry)
March 2006 — September 2006 (7 months)
Worked on a six month, in-house freelance contract to ink other artists concepts in Illustrator for vending machine stickers and temporary tattoos.
Eric Haddad’s Education
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Art Institute of Phoenix
Animation, Art and Design 2002 — 2006
Additional Information
Eric Haddad’s Websites:
Eric Haddad’s Interests:
animating, design, art, graphic design, illustration, animation, animated shorts, flash,
Eric Haddad’s Groups:
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The Art Institute of Phoenix Alumni Network
Eric Haddad’s Honors:
Best graduating portfolio in Animation art & Design, both from peers and staff from the Art Institute of Phoenix 2006
Eric Haddad’s Contact Settings
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