NAME : Francesco Maisto
DATE OF BIRTH: 06/11/1970
FAX U.S.A.: (801) 659-4295
FAX Italy : 06 233 243 041
E-MAIL: francesco@maisto.org
ONLINE PORTFOLIO : www.maisto.org

	Graduate Biological Sciences, Summa cum Laude, 1996 University of Naples, Italy.
	2 years illustration course, Italian school for Comics, Naples.

	Italian (mother tongue)
	English (excellent knowledge, spoken and written)
	Portuguese (understanding)

DIGITAL GRAPHIC SKILLS

	Operative Systems: MacOs Windows
	Bitmap Graphic: Adobe Photoshop - Master Adobe ImageReady - Master Macromedia Fireworks - Proficient
	Vector Graphic: Macromedia Free Hand - Master Corel Draw - Master Corel Xara - Master
	3D Graphic : 3D Studio Max - Functional Newtek Lightwave - Functional Swift 3D - Expert Micrografx Simply 3D - Expert Bryce - Functional Fractal Design Poser - Functional
	Video Editing: Adobe Premiere - Functional
	Web Design: Macromedia Flash & ActionScript - Master Macromedia Dreamweaver - Expert Microsoft Frontpage - Expert

ILLUSTRATOR'S SKILLS

Airbrush
Tempera
Acrylics
Pantone Markers
Watercolours
Pastels

 

EXPERIENCE

11/2001- Present : Ultimate Arcade Inc., Calabasas, CA - USA. Sub-contractor.
I'm tele-commuting for this online games company, writing tutorials about Macromedia Flash game developing and implementing special functions for the games that the company has already developed.

10/2000 - 10/2001: Gold Yard project
I developed this game entirely with Macromedia Flash. The game has won a number of prizes and recognitions from sites all over the world, and it has been reviewed on Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine in the U.S. I strongly reccomend to visit it by following the link above.

4/2000 - 7/2001 : FancyMedia Inc., New Orleans, LA - USA. Art Director and Senior Graphic Designer. Full Time.
In this small but hyperactive web design company based in New Orleans, I was in charge of a number of tasks, from site design to graphic production, from Flash-based sites creation to HTML troubleshooting, from sound editing to Actionscript programming. Also, I supervised all of the graphic designers working for the company.

1/2000 - 11/2000 : Aracaju, Brazil Freelance Graphic Designer.
I worked as an external collaborator for an internet provider (NetDados) and a web design studio (Aracaju Web Design) in Aracaju, Brazil. My tasks were the ones of a Graphic Designer who works for the web: HTML coding, layout and page design, GUIs and so on. I started to work with Macromedia Flash. I kept working for Aracaju Web Design, even long after I left Brazil, tele-commuting from wherever I was at the moment.

5/1999 - 10/1999 : GLOBAL LINK S.r.l. Catania, Italy. Senior Grafic Designer. Full Time.
My responsibilities included functional and graphic design of web sites and CD-ROMs, graphical user interfaces (GUI) design, plus supervision and coordination of the graphic staff together with personnel education and training.

11/1997 - 3/1999 : InterMedia MMH. Naples, Italy. Senior Grafic Designer. Part Time.
I carried out designing, graphics, GUI design and layout of multimedia CD-ROMs. I also developed internet sites and drew free-hand illustrations for digital publishing and I focused on the knowledge of different graphic formats and images compression techniques.

2/1998 - 5/1999 : Ikomedia S.a.s Naples, Italy. Freelance collaborator and sole responsible for graphics.
I designed and created graphics for internet sites and the Ikomedia promotional CD-ROM.

4/1995 - 5/1999 : Freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer.
I did illustrations, internet sites and print material for several clients. I learned to use a variety of illustrative tecniques according to the final destination of the work and I learned to master and get the best results from most used 2D graphics packages.

1990 - 1995 : Musician, keyboards player.
I played keyboards in several bands, performing live in Naples and Campany. I learned how to use the computer to compose songs and musical arrangements as well as how to create synthetical sounds and effects.

 

REFERENCES

Avalaible on request