Education

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va. 23220
· Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with Honors, from Virginia Commonwealth University as a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Communication Arts and Design, with emphasis in Illustration.
· GPA 3.5
· Study Abroad program in Florence Italy through VCU and The Institute of Lorenzo de'Medici in the summer of 2001. Classes included Drawing from the Masters and History of the Italian Renaissance.
· Selected to attend the Illustration Academy in Richmond Va. during the summer of 2002.

Experience

Illustrator

Feb 2006.-Current Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc
· Full pencil duties for a number of issues of Cable & Deadpool

Aug-Oct 2005 Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc
· Fully penciled a 25 page story for the 2005 Marvel Holiday Special

March 2002-2004 Oddgod Press, Richmond, Va.
· Fully penciled and inked a 9-page comic story for the independent press anthology, Oddgod #1.
· Penciled, inked and scripted an 8-page comic story using my own concepts and character designs for Oddgod Anthology #2.
· Fully penciled, inked and scripted a 10-page comic story for the Ignatz Award Nominated anthology, Big Dumb Fun, published by Oddgod Press in September 2003.

March 2004 Kelly Alder
· Penciled five pages of preliminary comic book artwork for local artist Kelly Alder.

January-February 2004 Homeward, Richmond, Va.
· Penciled The Fourth Wheel, a 4-page comic story for the charity's homelessness prevention campaign.
· Full color cover for the comic book.

September 2003 AC Comics
· Finished pencils for a 5-page Femforce backup story using established character concepts and designs by AC Comics.
· Pin-up art of characters from the story

February 2003 Kids Techno, Richmond, Va.
· Fully painted, full color, wrap-around CD cover along with 3 pen and ink spot illustrations for the CD insert.

Bullpen Internship
May 2002-Aug 2002 Marvel Comics, NY, NY
· Page setups and compositing using computer software such as Photoshop and Quark.
· Scanning, printing and photocopying both black and white and color artwork.
· Organizing and cataloguing the archives.
· Gained valuable insight into the publishing process and the responsibilities and business processes of large illustration publishing companies.

Storyboards
Nov 2002-Dec 2002 2001 Films, Richmond, Va.
· Responsible for interpreting movie storyline into full illustration of storyboards for the independent film, Shot.
· 20 complete penciled storyboards depicting various scenes from the movie.

Web Design
Feb- April 2003 · Fully designed and developed multi-page company web site for independent comic book publisher, Oddgod Press, using Dreamweaver and HTML. Incorporated own comic book illustrations into the site's design for introduction and marketing of new comic book company. www.oddgodpress.com
· Fully designed and developed my own personal web page that shares information about myself and includes several gallery pages that showcase my artwork and comic book stories.
www.oddgodpress.com/reillybrown

Gallery Exhibitions
Feb-Aug 2003 · Exhibited original artwork from many of my short comic stories at a one-man-show in the Virginia Commonwealth University Student Commons Art Space. February 2003
· Accepted into the VCU Anderson Gallery's Communication Arts and Design Show. April 2003
· Invited to exhibit artwork at Barnes and Noble show in Richmond Va. July-August 2000

Technical Skills

· Skilled in illustration using a variety of media, including graphite, pen and ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and digital media.
· Familiar with artistic use of black and white photography.
· Skilled in using various illustration software programs such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Freehand, Quark and Dreamweaver.

Accomplishments

· Graduated Magna Cum Laude, with Honors, from Virginia Commonwealth University.
· Co-founder of the independent comic company Oddgod Press
· Selected to attend the Illustration Academy
· One-Man show at the VCU Art Space
· Selected for the VCU 2003 Communication Arts show