Resume

James A. Bryant

I L L U S T R A T O R

P.O. Box 54, Bradley, CA 93426

Summary

Seasoned professional in creative direction, illustration and copy writing for Fortune 500 art departments, magazine and textbook publishers, commercial clients, government agencies and the military. Specialized expertise includes:

Aviation and Marine art

Cartoons, caricatures, portraiture, storyboards

Architectural rendering

Display design

Editorial illustration

Engineering art

Fine art, greeting cards, posters

Marketing and public relations graphics

Product illustration and package design

Creative design concepts

Professional Experience

Art and Creative Direction:

Served as Senior Art Director for a major advertising agency in Phoenix, Arizona designing graphic solutions for clients in financial services, real estate, recreation and retail industries.

Directed a production team of five employees to produce award-winning logos, annual reports, print advertising and billboards.

Created drawings, renderings and presentation materials as Engineering Art Director for a research and development company under contract to the U.S. Maritime Administration.

Offered Associate Creative Director position with Best Western Hotels (declined).

Illustration and Copy Writing:

Created over 2,500 reflective situational illustrations in conventional media for 21 college-level textbooks on a variety of subjects that included mathematics, algebra, trigonometry, engineering mechanics, microbiology, archaeology, anthropology, chemistry, geology, astronomy and operations management.

Produced illustrations to support scientific articles in Discover Magazine and Popular Science.

Offered staff position with Discover Magazine, labeled The Kamikaze Illustrator.

Wrote and illustrated a weekly science column for The Rocky Mountain News.

Designed art for motivational programs, reports and proposals, executive suite fine art, vendor gifts and custom greeting cards featuring portraits and caricatures for Goodyear Aerospace Corporation.

Assigned as artist/illustrator to the still-classified Orion nuclear spacecraft program to portray situational scenarios for General Dynamics.

Served as illustrator/instructor for the U. S. Air Force Air Training Command and Strategic Air Command.

Assigned as illustrator for USAF aircraft accident investigation teams.

Conceptualized the appearance of the then-secret Stealth bomber (70% accurate) and a secret experimental Israeli jet fighter (100% accurate) for Discover Magazine.

Successful forensic suspect sketch artist.