Darren Minke Qualifications • 12 years experience in Design & Illustration & Fine Art • 10 years experience with Photoshop • Experience in Illustrator, Quark, Power Point, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, In Design, • Premiere, Final Cut Pro • Professional Digital Photography • Full Digital Studio • Art Direction, Production Design, Video Editing Work Experience 2002 - 2007 Freelance Artist Digital Illustration, Photography, Graphic Design, Animation, Web Design, Video Editing Artspark 2005 Award "Most Innnovative Production" and "Best Special FX" Staff Photographer/Videographer for SXSW Clients include MDS Advertising, CIS Publishing, Via Viente, Youngevity, Steve Hix Photography, Coles Hairston Photography, Digital Spark Inc., Kreed Designs, Montecito Properties, The Roby Institute, UTIMCO, Revenue Cycle, Natural Awakenings Magazine, Duality Magazine, MaryBeth Greenwood Photography, Envie Boutique, SpiritMama Clothing, Blue Egg Productions, HBMG Corporation, Viridian Network 1994 – 2003 CIS Multimedia Argyle, TX Head of Production, Head of Design • Digital Editing of 5,000 image library • Multi-Media Performance Design on Power Point • Digital Photo Illustration • Photography • Web Design & Graphic Design 2000 - 2001 Between Inc. Advertising & Studio Dallas, TX Freelance Artist • Digital Editing in Photoshop, Design in Illustrator 1990 – 2001 Demand Performance Advertising Denton, TX Freelance Artist, Assistant • Illustrations and Design • Darkroom, Typesetting, Clerical Education 1993 - 1997 Texas A & M University College Station, TX BA – Biology/BS – Psychology/Minor - Chemistry • President’s Endowed Scholarship 4 yrs. • 3.4 GPA • accepted to Penn State Medical School, opted to follow creative pursuits back © 2006 Austin Music Film Media Productions