Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, Dillon now makes his home in Chicago, IL. He's the son of an artist and the brother of an artist. His passion for the visual arts is a lifelong pursuit of creative expression and curiosity.
• 250+ Series of 1/4 page, black and white illustrations depicting two figures interacting.
• Designed mass mailer (for business promotion) and customer newsletter templates [HTML].
• Designed animated and static web ads, vinyl promotional stickers (for participating retailer window display), and mass emails.
• Participated in the earliest days of the company's growth, being one of 5 employees.
• Designed and assembled mock-up publishing related products ranging from hardcover books, scrap-booking kits, POS items, sticker sets, etc.
• Re-designed and updated the institution's logo in celebration of their 50 year anniversary.
• Designed the company logo. Provided various illustrations for greeting cards/stationery. Consulted on typography, card design compositions, et. al.
• Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign): 10+ years experience — Expert aptitude
• Corel Painter: 5 years experience — Advanced aptitude
• Design & Aesthetic Sensibility: 10+ years experience — Expert aptitude
• Draftsman, Painter: 10+ years experience — Expert aptitude
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook): 10+ years experience — Expert aptitude
• Windows: 10+ years experience — Expert aptitude
• Web-design – HTML, CSS: 3 years experience — Moderate aptitude
• SQL, XML, Javascript: 1 year experience — Basic aptitude
• Fast Typist/Data Entry: 65+ Words per minute.
• "Order and Chaos" - Family Show (with Father and Brother). Elan Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA. February 2008
• "Opposites Define" - Solo Show. WOM Space, Chicago, IL. October 2007
• "Threshold" - 2 Person Show. New Space Chicago. Chicago, IL. July 2007
• Annual Open Studio Events - The Splat Flats. Chicago, IL. October 2005 & 2007
• Group Show - Watermark Gallery. Washington, PA. November 2003
• Community Charity Art Event - The George Washington Hotel. Washington, PA. July 2002
• Annual Show, Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators - World West Gallery. Washington, PA. 2001
• Presented slides and spoke in depth to a group of 30+ attendees on the subject of 16th and 17th C. European Painting (Art History).
• Award winning piece was a large scale portrait done in charcoal on rag paper.
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