Lori Bowden

bdog@sonic.net
http://www.sonic.net/~bdog
(707) 578-0923 or (707) 578-4065

Over 15 years of experience designing and implementing Computer Graphics projects. My experience includes graphic design, animation, programming, game design, user interface design, documentation review and quality assurance.

Software: Fractal Design Painter, Macromedia Director, Adobe Photoshop, Net Objects Fusion, GIF Construction Set, Adobe Illustrator, Autodesk Animator Pro, Adobe Streamline, Kai’s Power Tools and MS Word.

Programming Languages: C, C++, Lingo, HTML and JavaScript

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows and Mac platforms

Sample URLS:

Get In-Line Skate Shop, Wily Eye Productions, Barking Dog Multimedia, Boyd Droppings Cartoons, Water Whiners Bulletin Board.

• Created/prepared hundreds of high-quality, low bandwidth images for the web from original artwork and scans.

• Designed and implemented GIF and Shockwave animations.

• Built web sites with hand-written HTML and web authoring tools.

• Gained extensive knowledge of HTML programming including tables, frames, forms, single pixel GIF tricks and browser quirks and bugs.

• Created an educational children’s game in Macromedia Director - my activities included project management, game design, creation of game characters and pieces, animation and Lingo programming.

• Coordinated sounds and music with animation.

• Managed and programmed computer graphics products for headlining, painting, layout and presentation graphics with output to video, film and print.

• Implemented projects using Object Oriented design and programming.

• Wrote software for creating vector animation, interpolating between key frames and animating game characters.

• Designed and implemented user interfaces for graphics programs.

• Performed Quality assurance testing for graphics applications and multimedia and internet projects.

• Handled grading, tutoring and individual student interaction for a creative problem solving class of 250 students.

Inventor on US Patent #5588107: “Method and Apparatus for Selectably Expandable Menus”.

First Prize winner in 1/2 sheet category of the American Plywood Association/Popular Science One  Sheet Plywood Contest.

1996 - Present:

Designer/Artist/ Programmer, Wily Eye Productions - Santa Rosa, California

1994 - 1996:

Designer/ Artist/ Programmer, Barking Dog Multimedia - Santa Rosa, California

1986 - 1994:

Senior Software Engineer, Island Graphics Corporation - Larkspur, California

1982 - 1986:

Software Engineer, Computer Graphics Laboratories Inc. - Long Island, New York

1980 - 1982:

Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Illinois

1977 -1979

Freelance Graphic Designer - designed and painted wall graphics and signs for local businesses. Research Assistant for the Young Adult Conservation Corps, U.S. Forestry Service.

1982

MS in Environmental Design, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Illinois
Masters Thesis: Computer Animation Film
Designed and implemented software for generating computer animation and produced a 2 1/2  minute film synchronized to a soundtrack. The project involved programming, storyboarding, graphic design, coordinating computer images with sound, and filming.

1978

BA in Comprehensive Planning and Design,  Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Illinois
Areas of concentration: Product Design and Development, Graphic Design, Systems Analysis and Products for Special Populations.