at Squarespace
Columbia, South Carolina Area
- Current
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- Employee at Squarespace
- Founder and Creative Director at Orchard Grove
- Digital Artisan at Kris Black Digital Studio
- Webmaster, Designer and Photographer at Dollar Bin
- Past
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- Letterer at Hard Ways Studios
- Education
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- University of South Carolina-Columbia
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Kris Black’s Summary
Professional Graphic Designer since 2000. Specializing in lettering, graphic design and Web design for comic book professionals and the comic book industry. Experimenting and interested in coloring comic books. Blogger and Podcaster since 2006. Advanced user of Mac OS X with intermediate experience with Mac OS X Server. Interested in motion graphics and animation.
Work a day job as Art Director for state health and environmental agency. Late night and early mornings reserved for freelance, comic book lettering and graphic design, and other creative projects and endeavors.
Co-host, manage Web site and create design and branding material for comic book podcast with colleagues. Record opinion and review shows weekly. Travel to comic book conventions to interview professionals in comic book industry.
Goal for September 2008 ... self-employed as a comic book letterer and freelance graphic designer.
Kris Black’s Specialties:
Advanced knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Acrobat; active blogging and podcasting experience;
Kris Black’s Experience
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Employee
Squarespace
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Founder and Creative Director
Orchard Grove
(Entertainment industry)
December 2008 — Present (1 year )
Orchard Grove specializes in creating unique children's books, Web sites and digital media.
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Digital Artisan
Kris Black Digital Studio
(Graphic Design industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)
I am a digital artisan specializing in lettering and design for for comics.
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Webmaster, Designer and Photographer
Dollar Bin
(Online Media industry)
October 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
I design, develop and maintain the Dollar Bin Web site, create all graphics for Web and print, photograph events, help coordinate videography at events, and maintain our social networking Web sites.
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Letterer
Hard Ways Studios
(Publishing industry)
January 2007 — November 2008 (1 year 11 months)
I lettered to titles for Hard Way Studios: Morbid Myths, a black and white comic book with a Tales from the Crypt spin on the stories; and House at the Edge of Nowhere, a horror story taking place in a deserted house.
I was also promoted the the primary team responsible for pitching story ideas to leading comic book publishers such as Image Comics.
I resigned from my active status with Hard Way Studios to focus my time and energy into finding other lettering and design work in the comic book industry.
Kris Black’s Education
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University of South Carolina-Columbia
1998 — 2000
Additional Information
Kris Black’s Websites:
Kris Black’s Interests:
comic books, design, Web design, lettering comic books, Macs, Apple Computer, virtual tours
Kris Black’s Groups:
The Dollar Bin, Squarespace
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AIGA | the professional association for design -
Refresh Columbia -
Comic Book Business for Creators and Creations
Kris Black’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
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