Susan Brand

Current

• Artist at Susan Brand Studio

Past

• Owner, Creative Director at Susan Brand Studio, Inc.
• Senior Graphic Designer at Downtown Digital
• Freelance Animation Director at R/Greenberg Associates

• Game Animation Designer / Director at R/GA
• Freelance Animation Director at Colossal Pictures NY
• Freelance Animation Director at Peter Corbett Productions
• Freelance Animation Director at Little Caesar
• Freelance Animation Artist at Noyes and Laybourne
• Freelance Animator at Pan Productions
• Art Director / Designer at The Ink Tank

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Education

• Art Center College of Design
• The University of Texas at El Paso

Connections

104 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Website

Susan Brand’s Summary

Artist / Illustrator / Designer with extensive experience in all media, traditional and digital - still, moving, and interactive.
Specializing in art for children's and Natural Science topics.

Susan Brand’s Specialties:

color design, specialty inking & linework, child wrangling, perfect cookies

Susan Brand’s Experience

• Artist

  Susan Brand Studio

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Media Production industry)

  2000 — Present (9 years)

  Fine Art and Illustration
  emphasis on Natural Science and Anthropology

• Owner, Creative Director

  Susan Brand Studio, Inc.

  (Entertainment industry)

  1990 — 2000 (10 years)

  Design and Animation for broadcast, computer games and websites for children - entertainment and educational

• Senior Graphic Designer

  Downtown Digital

  (Entertainment industry)

  1993 — 1995 (2 years)

• Freelance Animation Director

  R/Greenberg Associates

  (Entertainment industry)

  1987 — 1995 (8 years)

• Game Animation Designer / Director

  R/GA

  (Public Company; IPG; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year)

• Freelance Animation Director

  Colossal Pictures NY

  (Animation industry)

  1988 — 1992 (4 years)

• Freelance Animation Director

  Peter Corbett Productions

  (Animation industry)

  1987 — 1992 (5 years)

• Freelance Animation Director

  Little Caesar

  (Animation industry)

  1987 — 1990 (3 years)

• Freelance Animation Artist

  Noyes and Laybourne

  (Design industry)

  1988 — 1989 (1 year)

• Freelance Animator

  Pan Productions

  (Design industry)

  1987 — 1988 (1 year)

• Art Director / Designer

  The Ink Tank

  (Animation industry)

  1984 — 1987 (3 years)

Susan Brand’s Education

• Art Center College of Design

  BFA , Illustration , 1981 — 1983

• The University of Texas at El Paso

  1979 — 1981

Additional Information

Susan Brand’s Websites:

• My Website

Susan Brand’s Interests:

children's books, animation, natural science, history of magic and special effects, optical illusions, surrealism

Susan Brand’s Groups:

Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, American Society of Botanical Artists, Women in Animation (founding member), ASIFA, North American Butterfly Association, National Wildlife Federation. Co-op America

•    National Wildlife Federation
•    Six (6) Degrees of Separation (The Largest Group)
•    Co-op America
•    SCBWI
•    Art Center College of Design Alumni Group
•    R/GA
•    Art&Design Lounge Club
•    DownTown Digital Alumni

Susan Brand’s Honors:

• 2008 GNSI Juried Exhibition - Amphibians of the Eastern United States

• 2007 Exhibition - The Art of Nature (2007) Greenwich Audobon Center, Greenwich, CT

• 2007 GNSI Juried Exhibition - Butterflies, Moths and Pollinating Insects of the East Coast

• 1996 ID Magazine 42nd Annual Design Review - Design Distinction for "Gearheads"

• ASIFA East Film Festival 1994 - First Place for "Day-O, A Carribbean Cartoon Caper"

• Clio Judge - 1987 - 1990

• Art Director's Club 68th Annual Exhibition 1989 Merit Award

Susan Brand’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch