DraSan' Nitti Graphic Designer, Illustrator
8552 St. Louis Ave., Skokie, IL 60076
Phone: 1-847-530-7274
E-mail: DraSan@silverdragonstudio.com
Online Portfolio: http://www.SilverDragonStudio.com

Extensive experience in print/digital design, on assignments spanning the scope of advertising for newspapers, magazines, corporate collateral, illustration and design for print and the Web. Well trained in the traditional and digital mediums has given me the foundation to bridge tradition and technology. I am very comfortable working on several projects at the same time, I work effectively as a team player or solo and excel under pressure. I am known to be fast and have the computer knowledge to us it to its fullest.

DraSan' Nitti, (Sande) is a seasoned professional, freelance graphic designer/illustrator, consultant and the owner of the Silver Dragon Studio, a full service creative studio in Metro Chicago. Specializing in Web design, animation and graphics. DraSan' was formally trained in Graphic and Fine Art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. An accomplished painter, DraSan's favorite mediums are watercolor and Oriental Brush painting. Bridging tradition and technology, DraSan' makes the computer sing.

Professional Experience:

Web Design and Web Graphics ~ Gif & Flash Animation
Interactive Web site development ~ E-commerce solutions
Copywriting ~ Editing ~ Content Development
SEO Specialist ~ Internet Promotion & Marketing ~ Web site maintenance
Packaging Design
Newspaper & Magazine Display Advertising ~ Catalog ~ Brochure
Print Design & Production
Corporate Design & Branding
Character Creation
Retail Illustration and Design
Software Instruction Corporate & College Level ~ Consulting

Education: Formally trained in Graphic and Fine Art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago for 3-1/2 years working in the traditional mediums. I returned to school to study computer graphics, Illustrator, Photoshop, Painter, Fireworks, Web Design, Web Art, HTML, Animation, and Multimedia.
Current Position: Freelance graphic artist, Web designer, software trainer, consultant.

Technical Skills: Software: Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, InDesign, Painter 10, Fireworks, Flash 5, Dreamweaver, Homesite, Word, also the traditional mediums. I also have some familiarity and some working knowledge of Quark, Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Kais Power Show, and Director.

Experience: Web design, Web graphics and animation, SEO Expertise, Consultant, instructor of HTML, Photoshop, ImageReady, Illustrator, Painter, Fireworks, Flash, Dreamweaver at Oakton Community College and for corporations. Professional experience as an illustrator, graphic artist, designer, layout artist, typesetter, printer (Offset), stripping & opaquing negatives, burning plates. Typographer, Supervisor of the art department for a newspaper, hiring illustrators and directing their work. Lecturing and demonstrating water color painting for various organizations. Artist-in-residence for Evanston grade school. Taught watercolor workshops for the Glenview Park Dist. summer camps. Editor for the Skokie Art Guild Newsletter. Demonstrations & Lectures for various groups. Painting Instructor, Watercolor & Sumi-E.

Team volunteer creating the Holocaust Memorial Foundation Web site. Duties include photographing and photo manipulation of the museum's artifacts and the creation of the graphic art. This Web site is slated to launch in the near future.

Silver Dragon Studio

DraSan' Nitti, illustrator/designer
8552 St. Louis Ave., Skokie, IL 60076 ~ Phone: 847-530-7274