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PROGRAMS

EXPERIENCE

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1998- Present LiHertzi DesignOwner/Art Director/Designer/Illustrator/Consultant/Author

October 1995 Pearlizumi, Broomfield, Coto July 1998 Custom Sub. Graphic Manager

Management of the art department of four to eight artists creating graphics and production files on aMacintosh Platform to be screen printed and sublimated onto cycling and skiing apparel.

Responsible for design and consultation with key clients (Bikes USA, Saturn, the Postal ServiceTeam, Geo Rollerblade etc.),as well as art directing all work that went into production and coordinating withthe Printing Department, the Transfer Department and the Sew Floor to get product created on time, withinbudget and on the cutting edge of cycle apparel design!

1992 - 1994 Sounds True Audio, Boulder, Co

1987- 1991 Rola Kimmerling Advertising, New York City

LI HERTZI/GraphicsIllustration, Graphic Design and Surface Design

4786 Dressler Rd. NW #105 Canton, Ohio 44718cell: 760 908-8665 lihertzi@lihertzidesign.com www.lihertzidesign.com

www.photoshop4artistsworkshop.com www.artdolladventures.com

Squadra Team Apparel, Carlsbad, CACreative Director

July 2003

May 2007 Squadras products are custom printed high end cycling kits - jersey, shorts, jackets, and golf clothing.

Designed or art directing all of the surface design for cycling, ski and golf apparel. You can see my designs onTrek, Cal Giant, Dude Girl, Merrill Lynch and scores of teams nationwide.

Managed the job flow - keeping up to 120 jobs (during our busy season which is basically all year exceptJune, July and August!) at once on schedule and error free.

Worked directly with the clients, ascertaining their needs & creating designs that fulfill the riders dreams whilehighlighting their sponsors & keeping everyone happy.

Managed the artists and production team as we created full size separation files for our large formatprint shop.

Managed digital art, printing and application training (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Office Apps)

For Recommendations, please link to:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/li/hertzi and click on recommendations

Design, pre-press, production and illustration for a variety of graphic and book clients.Illustration for web sites, books, including charts and graphs, amusing cartoons, and moreserious paintings for book covers. Most recent clients include: Dandy Design, RockportPress/Quarry Books, Primedia, InJoy Video Productions and Executive Insurance.

Design focused on the apparel industry. Provide surface design for a variety of apparel manu-facturers including Squadra, Hind, (a division of Sacony, Inc) Pearlizumi, Dude Girl and Kelty,through to production. I also provide consulting for the apparel industry in setting up an artdepartment, creating templates for production (overseas and local) using Illustrator, and settingup a system that makes the work flow easy and productive.

See attached file for portfolio.

2008-Present Photoshop4Artists WorkshopsInstructor

Training focused on a hands on, inspirational approach to the programs of the Adobe CreativeSuite. See blog for details. www.photoshop4artistsworkshop.com click on blog.

Expert: Adobe CS Series, Specializing in: lllustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge, Microsoft Office, SitexSystem Software sand all basic Macintosh programs.

Presently Learning: Dreamweaver and Flash - I am a quick learner and welcome the challenge of newprograms and hardware.

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1983 - Present TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teacher, On-Line classes at Doll University on drawing and creating art dolls. Private Lessons, Tutoring in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Illustrator onsite and at Nestledown Studios Workshop Leader, Photoshop4Artists Workshops at the Canton Art Museum and Nestledown Studios.

Teacher, Fabric Stores. Teaching Classes in Cloth Doll Making, Quilting and Sewing. Teachers Assistant, Parsons School of Design, New York City. Assist and teach watercolor classes.

Ceramics Teacher, Interlochen Academy for the Arts, Interlochen Michigan. Taught hand building andwheel throwing to grade schoolers and glaze technologies to high school students.

1984

RELEVANT EDUCATION

Kent State University Kent, Ohio BFA Studio Art/Graphic Design

1989-1992 Parsons School of Design, New York City Courses included illustration, photo retouching, painting, and industrial design.

MPC Training Center New York City Courses included Color Separation on the Mac, production management and

photo retouching.

January 1997 Career Track, Boulder, CO Course in Management Skills

July 2000 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Illustrations:

ReBound, by Jeannine Stein - 197 full color illustrationsCloth Doll Artistry, by Barbara Willis - 59 B/W illustrations and 21 templatesCreative Cloth Explorations by Patti Medaris Culea - 28 2/c illustrations and 17 templates

Artwork included in:Paper Puppet Palooza by Norma V. Toraya (June 2009)Art Dolls: Exhibiting Diversity of Figure and Form - Invitational Exhibit at the Wayne Art Center (May 2009)Lazers Art Gallery, Canton, Ohio - Exhibiting Sculpture and Pastels (2009-present)

Certificate in Website Design

SPECIAL SKILLS/INTERESTS

LI HERTZI

Author and illustrator of: Art Doll Adventures: Exploring Projects and Processes through Cultural Traditions,June 2007 Rockport Press.

National Artisan for Bernina - Doll Artist showing and teaching art doll classes, ATC, Postal Art andJournaling Classes on line and in person.

Doll Artist writing book reviews on Amazon.com and Art Books Reviews. To see website visit:

http://www.artbooksreviews.com/reviewerbios.htm Plien Air Painting, Figure Drawing, Illustration, Soft Sculpture.

Palomar College ASL Interpreters Training 2006 - 2008

Interests include: hiking and outdoor photography,blogging, and computer art.

2009 Publications