Introduction
Evelyn Shifflett is a graphic artist residing in Mississauga, Ontario. She has studied at the Alberta Art College of Design and Sheridan College of Animation and Design, graduating in 2003 as a Sheridan Scholar and Silver Medal Recipient in 2003.

Illustration courses exposed her to a variety of techniques while focusing on the fundamentals of design and visual communications. She also gained hands on experience in print making, paper crafts and textile arts. At Sheridan College a lot of emphasis was put on computer arts as a means of self promotion. Evelyn learned the basics of Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver.

Since then she has learned a lot more about designing for the web on her own. After graduation Evelyn started her own company, RhinoInk Illustrations Ltd., through which she provides a wide range of creative services including:
     • Book illustration
     • Mural painting
     • Sidewalk and window painting
     • Corporate design
     • Web design and maintenance

Evelyn has an adventurous spirit and loves a creative challenge. When a client asks “Can you do this?” the answer is always “Yes.”, even if it means having to do a little research to figure out how. She often works with promotional companies to provide more complete service for their clients.

Artist Brief
Formal training in traditional /digital illustration plus design for print and web
Creative project experience includes logo design, packaging, promotional material design, web graphics, illustration, mural painting, sidewalk ads
Competent with:
     • prioritizing and handling multiple projects
     • preparing materials and organizing labor (when many hands make light work)
     • working directly with clients and senior managers, getting the job done right

Education
Sheridan College of Animation & Design, 2000 - 2003, Interpretive Illustration, Scholar’s Diploma
Alberta College of Art & Design, 1997 - 1999, Illustration degree program
Grande Prairie Regional College, 1990 - 1992, Biology, Ecology, Chemistry

Computer Skills... Mac and PC
Art Programs: Adobe CS, Expert level Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator. Familiar with InDesign, Flash, Corel Draw, QuarkXPress
Office Programs: Word, Power Point, Excel
Organizers: Entourage, Act, Outlook, Outlook Express, Maximizer, Winfax

Work History
RhinoInk Illustrations Ltd.
     • 2003 to Present: freelance illustrator, graphic artist and web designer
iPromote Media
     • redesigned and maintained a social website (amusingfacts.com)
     • customized social sites including twitter, facebook fan page
     • produced banner ads, landing pages and satellite sites for online marketing
     • designed DVD labels and DVD case/book covers
     • other web clients: woodcraft.ca, nannyrobina.com, foralloccasions.ca, cathim.com, pactnow.ca, grrr-nola.com, suzannem.com
MegaPosters
     • producing large scale mural ads on buildings downtown Toronto
     • clients include: Levis, Ketel Vodka, Koodo, Telus, Vitamin Water, Air Canada
Roar Media & K.Mac and Associates Marketing
     • story board and “in situation” illustrations for marketing presentations
     • produced sidewalk ads for Roar Media (corporate and community events)
     • clients include: RBC, Yellow Pages, Bacardi, Monster.ca, Labatt Brewing Co, Much Music, Covenant House, YTV, TD Bank
Cathim Inc, CDN Print Plastic, Nishe Technology Inc.
     • designing for the plastic card industry, producing card and carrier graphics
     • clients include: Hooters, Honda, Summit Auto Group, John Deer, WineXpert, Smitty’s, Trattoria Vaticano, Canadian Home & Leisure, Toy Shoppe of London
Aurora Marine Industries Inc. & Daniel’s Wholesale
     • produced packaging for boat care products and smoking paraphernalia
     • worked directly with print companies, prepared files for digital & offset printing
     • produced support materials for the sales department, distributors and customers. Produced and distributed weekly e-newsletters, email / fax ads and maintained contact lists for Aurora Marine
CBC & the Scholastic Group
     • illustrated children’s books. Titles include “Mr. Dressup Is Lost”, “Casey’s First Day”, “The Birthday Surprise”
     • other projects include: images for Parkinson Clinic of Eastern Toronto, “Alexandra’s Dragon Fire” and “The Trilogy” by Leslie Fieger
Other Creative Projects
Mural painting: schools, children’s rooms, restaurants
Float decorator: Streetsville Bread & Honey Festival, Toronto Santa Claus Parade
Gardening: primary gardener for Lionhead Golf Course 2009
Waiting experience: 10 years of customer service tending bar and waiting tables

Programming
While I do a lot of programming, I’m not trained as a programmer. Dreamweaver makes creating websites easy. Over the years I’ve taught myself to read, understand and edit CSS, PHP and JAVA script.
Many of the websites I’ve designed are created from scratch in Photoshop. Images can be sliced up and turn it into table based websites. Layout can also be defined with style sheets.
I’ve had success customizing YouTube and Twitter backgrounds, setting up joomla and zencart websites, creating Fan / Business pages in Facebook and skins for Blogger and Wordpress.
My specialty is design - customizing layouts, buttons, banners, icons... Real programmers have a gift. I truly enjoy working in partnership with them, creating online experiences that are visually pleasing and functional.