PROFILE
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Lauren is an illustrator and art lead with experience in the fields of publishing, comics and
gaming. She specializes in digital illustration, pencil, ink and mixed media.

EDUCATION
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2004-2007     Moore College of Art & Design     Philadelphia, PA
Illustration Major (BFA Candidate)

1998-2000     Art Institute of Philadelphia     Philadelphia, PA
Multimedia & Web Design (Associates Degree of Specialized Technology)

HONORS
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Honorable Mention, The Art of Sequential, The Philadelphia Sketch Club

ASI Award for Excellence in Applied Illustration, Senior Show, Moore College of Art & Design

Moore College of Art and Design:
     Dean's List (2)

Art Institute of Philadelphia:
     Best of Quarter award (4)
     4.0 Award (2)
     Academic Recognition
     Dean's List (2)

ASI Award for Excellence in Applied Illustration

SKILLS
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-Proficient in creating illustrations with Computer Graphics, Watercolor, Pencil and
 Mixed Media.
-15 years experience with Windows platforms, 5 years experience with
 Macintosh platforms.
-10+ years experience with Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office and HTML.  5+ years experience
 with Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign and Corel Painter.

EXPERIENCE
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2009		Udon Entertainment	Canada
New Moon Magazine - Cover illustration
 Cover illustration for Jan/Feb 2009 issue. 

2009		New Moon Publishing	Duluth, MN
New Moon Magazine - Cover illustration
 Cover illustration for Jan/Feb 2009 issue. 

2007-Current	CorraLabs, Inc.	Glenside, PA
Art Lead
 Art Lead for an online web game company. Project management duties include managing two
 production artists, managing a team of outsourced artists, keeping task lists updated,
 coordinating with client’s Art Director to plan and approve artwork, and coordinating with
 programmers to resolve technical issues. Artistic duties include creating backgrounds,
 characters, interfaces and various objects in Illustrator and Flash.

2007-Current	GameStop, Inc.	Huntingdon Valley, PA
Game Advisor
 Retail position; duties include helping customers, working register, answering & making phone
 calls, organizing shelves and making price changes.

2007		Culture Kids Inc.	Alberta, Canada
Clothing Illustration
 Created character-based illustrtions for “Culture Kids” line of children’s clothing.

2007		F.A. Davis Company	Philadelphia, PA
Image Processing & Layouts
 Edited, cataloged and organized image files.  Created news flyers by modifying and customing templates.

2006	Rough Sketch Studio	Cherry Hill, NJ
The Art of Koni Waves - 1 illustration
 Character illustration for an art book based on the comic book "Koni Waves".

2006     New Moon Publishing
New Moon Magazine - Cover illustration
 Cover illustration for Nov/Dec 2006 issue.

2006     Gravity Co., Ltd.
Illustration
 Interior illustration for the “Ragnarok Online” artbook.

CONTACT
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Email: lnicolo (at) gmail (dot) com