Cara Dunning caradunning.com 847.651.4325 7502 Madison Unit P Forest park, IL 60130 caradunning@gmail.com

Creative, Professional, Dependable

Objective:

Character Design, Illustration, Storyboarding

Qualif ications: • Graphic Design: Logos, Branding, Print Media, Web Media

• Story Boarding

• Character Development

• Children’s book illustration

• Caricatures

• Murals

• Adobe Photoshop

• Adobe InDesign

• Adobe Illustrator

• Adobe Lightroom

Professional Experience

I l lustration:

Miss Jamie’s Farm: Miss Jamie from the farm is a Chicago based entertainer who hold a longstanding multi store monthly entertainment contract for the Mariano’s grocery store chain. Her music will also be heard in an upcoming major motion picture. I created and branded her entire look, character design, which includes all print and web media, Packaging for various things, Cd art, Two full length Childrens Books, a coloring book, Tshirts, etc etc etc. I have taken all these products from concept all the way to printed completion by myself. Erica Vargas: Children’s Book writer based in Los Angeles, All Illustrations for the Childrens book “Dreaming Awake” (still in preproduction) Digitrax: Character Design: for an interactive ESL program for children. http://www.singandspell.com

Graphic Design: Triton Industries: Triton came to me with a branding job for a branch of their company they were starting. They were looking to

expand into the home goods market, starting with Men’s Hygiene products. I first redid the logo, based off of a logo they had done in the 60’s, this was followed by launching a website, and all other aspect of branding and setting up print media and web media for them.

Frizzy B (Styl ist) Frizzy B, an LA based stylist. Logo Design

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Special Event Floral: Branding and website design City of Waukegan Chamber of Commerce: Print Media, website Design.

Jell iebell ies Daycare: Illustration, logo design, branding

Caricatures: I do high quality, editorial style custom Caricatures and perform live illustration for private events. I have the highest scored reviews and come up first on many directories for Caricature artists. As proof that I am a self starter, I built my own website, do all of my own booking, admin, marketing, etc.

These are just Some of the corporations who have hired me for their events: Astellas Pharmaceuticals State Farm Capital One UPTAKE Berglund Construction Toyota Baxter Pharmaceuticals John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital Accenture Walt Disney World- Banquets and Events Ford Walgreens

Painting: 2013-2014 Losch Beverage Company- Live painting at several events around Chicago promoting PABST Blue ribbon. I entered the paintings that I did into a Pabst annual Art Contest and was a finalist. They subsequently bought my piece to hang in their LA office. Featured artist: Gallery 405 in September of 2013 Featured artist for Dinosaur Studios for August 2013 Solo show at Black Bird in Albuquerque New Mexico in 2012 Solo Show: 2009 Pangea, Clearwater, Florida

Job History (Details available on request) I l lustrator Cara Dunning Art June 2011 to present I am Self-employed as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Painter and Caricature artist. Part-time Researcher Professional Detectives Agency March 2014-November 2014 Oak Park, IL Part Time Graphic Designer, Admin Assistant Chamber of Commerce, Waukegan June 2013-February 2014 Waukegan, IL Part Time Graphic Designer, Executive Assistant Albuquerque, NM January-June 2012 Production Manager

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Organic Solutions Datil , NM April , 2011-November 2011 Art Teacher, Technical Secretary Mojave Academy Datil , NM May 2009 - April 2011 Art Director Clearwater Academy International Clearwater, FL September 2006 - May 2009 Retail Caricature Artist The Walt Disney Company Orlando, FL Caricature Connection/Angies Art 2001-2009 Retail Caricature Artist SEAWORLD, FL Kaman’s Art Shoppes March 1996-December 1999

Education

University of South Florida 2006 130 credit hours towards Fine Arts degree. I am essentially a fine arts graduate but could not pass one Math class (statistics) before my financial aid ran out. High School Diploma West Orange High School Winter Garden, FL 1997

Personal

Family: Son Julian (20) , Dog Scout . I enjoy living in Chicago, but would relocate for the right position.

Hobbies: If I am not working, I am watching trash television, checking instagram, traveling to Florida or LA to see family, or singing or writing music or performing music with my musical Partner, Matt.

Summary

I have gained a lot of experience on my own in the past several years being a freelance illustrator, but I am looking for a team to help challenge me, and I miss being a part of a group. It helps push me. I found that I really care about being a part of a team more

than I realized. I would like to find a company that has a great work culture, challenges their employees creativity in positive ways and will appreciate my aesthetic.