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Crystal Marie Hubbard (aka starduskmoon) was born in Detroit, Michigan but raised in the Lawton, Oklahoma area.
Her sketches and paintings are inspired by the beauty of life, the song of nature, and the lure of the wild. Native American and African designs play a key role in her abstract art.
She normally takes own reference photos of subjects at zoos, parks, gardens, etc. She enjoys helping her fellow artists by offering unrestricted stock photography at sxc.hu, wetcanvas,com, and deviantart.com. She only asks that the original photograph do not be redistributed.
Crystal is a self-taught artist. Currently, she is attending Wayne State University to strengthen her graphic design skills as well as business management. She graduated from the Digital Design program from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division in 2008 and completed the artist program with Thompson Education Direct (now known as Penn Foster) in 2005.
Strengths:
Wolves, horses, big cats, birds, people (portraits), flowers, and abstract art.
Studying:
Fashion illustration, buildings, landscapes, backgrounds, and full-figure poses, typography, and layout.
Favorite traditional mediums:
Watercolors, graphite, color pencils, charcoal, India ink, acrylic ink, markers, and acrylic paint.
SKILLS:
Artistic
Portraits, concept sketches, clip art, photography, illustrations.
Business Software
Peachtree Accounting Software, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
Design Software
Adobe Acrobat Professional, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Painter, Manga Studio.
Miscellaneous
Basic HTML and CSS, document editing and formating, line art, coloring.
Print Design
Brochures, cd labels and covers, business cards forms, resumes, letterheads, logos, postcards, newsletters.
EDUCATION:
Wayne State University
Drawing/Business Management
