Ms. Ava Leanne Vangilder Berman

Ava Leanne Berman

Cross River, NY

About

I am Experienced with Photoshop CS6 and Illustrator CS6 and Flash CS6. I specialize in Digital coloring, and traditional and digital inking. I am proficient in After Affects CS6 and Mocha AE. I understand storyboarding, illustrating, and most notably, the art of comic books.
Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts Cartooning
  
  School of Visual Arts
  
  2013
Experience
- Children's Book illustrator
  
  Tisha
  
  2013 - Present (11 years)
  
  I will currently be creating the story art and commercial illustrations for a children's vegan cook book.
- Commissioned and contracted
  
  Shawn Padraic Muphy
  
  Sep 2011 - Present (13 years 3 months)
  
  Currently creating a six issue comic-book series
- Internship
  
  Archie Comics Enterprises
  
  Mamaroneck, NY
  
  Jun 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year 2 months)
  
  For one summer, I helped scanned and copy images from classic Archie Comics.
- Internship
  
  Underboss/UnderGirl
  
  New York, NY
  
  Jul 2013 - Aug 2013 (1 month)
  
  While helping to make fantastic underwear designs, I was taught illustrator, the business of fashion, and how much more popular My Little Pony is to men then women.
Awards

2012 - Archie Goodwin Scholarship

2009 - The Nancy Mongillo Art Scholarship

2009- National Federal Press of Women First place

2008- The Journal News High School Journalism Award Cartooning: Third place
Skills
Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot

@ABwingz, member since 2013

Level 3 - Interior Project Architect / Technical Lead