Peter Sofronas

(Green Lantern, Justice Society of America 52) * Marvel Comics (Marvel Masterworks) * Archie Comics (Sonic the Hedgehog) * Image (Strange Girl, Perhapanauts regular series) * Dark Horse Comics (Perhapanauts: First Blood, Perhapanauts: Second Chances) * Using Adobe Photoshop, electronically laid out base colors for inked/pencil-sketched comic book pages. Each detail of every object/character was isolated and assigned a unique solid value, so that the colorist could easily select a particular element for rendering-usually with a less than twenty-four hour turnaround time. Adapted flatting style to accommodate the workflow of each individual colorist. * Devised a setup that combines custom-programmed Adobe Photoshop tool palettes with a Wacom Cintiq tablet monitor and a mounting arm, effectively eliminating the need for a mouse or keyboard for most flatting and coloring tasks. CD\Works

Designed custom artwork ranging from simple text labels to fully-illustrated, multi-page booklets, working directly with clients to ascertain electronic and print needs for their CD and DVD projects. * Designed, programmed, and maintained CD\Works web site for maximum usability across all platforms and web browsers. * Streamlined the creation of stock templates to better assist those clients who wished to create their own artwork, thereby ensuring compatibility across the widest of platforms and graphics programs. * Captured, edited, and encoded clients' video presentations from a variety of analog and digital sources using Apple Final Cut Pro for both DVD and online use, often reverse-engineering methods for converting non-standard files into standard video formats with minimal loss in picture quality. * Programmed clients' DVD presentations and movies, including track hierarchy, custom menu design, and slideshows using Apple DVD Studio Pro, often creating custom scripts to improve playback. * Created custom indices of client PDF CD-ROM presentations using Adobe Acrobat. * Designed and created all internal marketing materials, including ads, brochures, check disc labels, and business cards. * Expanded the in-house Art Department and created the in-house Video Department, utilizing the latest multimedia technology and software. Continued to implement pertinent upgrades and acquisitions throughout tenure. * Streamlined the order-on-demand fulfillment process for Fast Hockey, a client specializing in thousands of sporting event DVDs, effectively cutting production time in half. * Developed workarounds - including vector recreation of bitmap graphics, fractal up-sampling of photos and fabrication of bleed elements - to optimize low resolution graphics for high resolution printing. * Cooperated with production team on the duplication, printing, and packaging of clients' p...

(Telecommute) * Part of the design team responsible for the GI Joe: America's Elite 25th Anniversary Issue. Singlehandedly colored a group shot of 250 distinct characters on the double-sided cover-a record in the industry. * Electronically colored and rendered comic book line art, keeping in mind the gamut limitations of the CMYK color space. * Interviewed and hired flatters as needed to assist with page preparation. * When inkers were eliminated mid-project due to budgetary reasons, devised a method to electronically modify the scanned pencil artwork to mimic the appearance and style of the previously-inked artwork.

conjunction with Art Director, met with Fortune 500 clients to determine their web site needs, paying particular attention to intuitive user interfaces and maximum usability. * Brainstormed, programmed and implemented internal Flash animations to promote the Kansas City Creative Lab division, both within the company and for clients. * Using Adobe Photoshop, prototyped multiple GUI and wireframe iterations for client review. * Created custom style guides of finalized designs for the programmers, in order to maintain consistency in the overall design. * Provided custom illustrations, iconography, and other design elements to help build out the sites. * Maintained and cross-referenced a library of typefaces to aid in logo design. The Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

* As both Playwright and Producer successfully spearheaded a grass roots fundraising and marketing campaign to bring original play, 2&2 to the 2013 New York International Fringe Festival. * Minimum goal was successfully reached in thirteen days of a thirty day campaign 125% of the goal was ultimately raised. * Hired director and staff to oversee the production. * Interviewed, auditioned, and hired actors to perform the roles. * Designed and illustrated all marketing/collateral materials. * Wrote press releases to generate audience and media interest. * Renderer/Color Artist on Ultra Violets: Power to the Purple and Ultra Violets: Lilac Attack!, the second and third in a series of novels geared at young girl readers and featuring over 200 illustrations. * Designed logos, brochures, business cards, web pages, and illustrations for various companies and individual clients, including: * Created cross-media marketing presentation and graphics for North Shore Community College's S4S (Students for Students) Scholarship Program * Created a new brand identity for pet care company, Tails of Boston. Designs included web graphics, logo, print collateral, and vinyl wrapping for their company car. * For Spotlight Playhouse: * Created poster design for their theatrical productions from the spring of 2011 to the present. This included posters, web site graphics, tickets, and playbill layout. * Art directed photo shoots for production and publicity stills. * As production designer for Clue: The Musical, reverse engineered established board game elements to create custom illustrations for use in advertising, backdrops, and properties. * As multi-media designer, created a slideshow presentation for their production of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, earning them an EMCAT DASH award for the season. * For software company SoftWired, created marketing campaign for their iBus produc...