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Crystal Marie Hubbard 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.
Crystal is a self-taught artist. Currently, she is attending Wayne State University to strengthen her drawing/illustration/graphic design skills as well as business management. She recently graduated from the Digital Design program from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh Online Division 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, landscapes, business cards, logos, fliers clip art, and vector art.
Studying:
Human anatomy, cityscape's, buildings, full-figure poses, typography, and layout.
Favorite traditional mediums:
Watercolors, pastel pencils, conte pencils, 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
2009-Present
Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Digital Design Diploma
2008
Corporate and brand identity, logo creation, advertising,
brochures, letterheads, photo editing, and direct mail campaigns.
Thompson Education Direct
Certified Artist
2005
2-D design, color theory, perspective, figure drawing, portraits, animal, art, cartooning, and mixed media.
Wayne State University
Certified Word Processor
2003
Maintained highest speed in typing (65-75 wpm), Word Perfect, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, transcription, and dictation.
Cameron University
Multimedia Design Courses
2001
Production techniques, fundamentals of multimedia design, and instructional design.
