What is shadowworx?
Shadowworx is a website, a web portfolio... a showcase of the varied artistic pursuits of David M. Littlefield.
Who is David M. Littlefield?
David is a comic book artist, illustrator... and story teller. Based in Los Angeles, California he draws story boards, creates and developes character and concept designs for start up studios and upcoming personal projects using traditional and digital tools.
Fascinated with comic books and animation at an early age, David initially traced the images out of his favorite comics, eventually moving on to drawing them. David went on to attend the Duke Ellington, School of the Arts in Washington, DC, where he received fine art training in drawing, painting, photography and sculpture. After years of taking art and design courses at the University of the District of Columbia, David transfered to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, completing his Bachelor's Degree in Cartooning and Illustration. David has also taken graphic design and production courses at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland as well as a variety of continuing education courses at SVA, covering a broad range of subjects from Computer Art to Animation.
Although much of David's experience is concentrated in graphic and web design, he has contributed production work and consultation to several start up studios, including Big Head Scientist and two now aborted comic companies. David continues to develop his own creations for future graphic novels and animated projects.
What shadowworx is not...
Shadowworx is not a showcase for David’s web design or graphic design work. For those samples please go to www.dmlworx.com
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
BFA: Illustration
Awards: Chairman’s Merit Award for three years, Illustration Department scholarship, Published in 1995 Cartooning Portfolio
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
January 1996-August 1996.
Major: Graphic Design and Production using Quark Xpress, Adobe Photoshop & Adobe Illustrator.
Computer: Mac OS X, Windows XP
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Indesign, Quark Xpress, Corel Painter, Microsoft Office, XHTML, CSS
Areas of Expertise:Web Design, Interface Design, Graphic Design, Illustration, Cartooning, Storyboards, Conceptual Design, Digital Photography, Video Camera Work, Video Editing
Adjunct Instructor
ITT Technical Institute, Torrance, CA | 12/2008 – Present
- Teach Instruction Design and Digital Information Management classes
Freelance Web Designer
ScriptPIMP.com, Los Angeles, CA | 09/2008 - Present
- Designing and coding version 5.0 of scriptpimp.com
- Designed and storyboarded Flash animations
- Coordinate with programmer and flash artist
Freelance Web Designer
RealSportFight.com, Los Angeles, CA | 09/2008 - Present
- Building website
- Designed user interface and look and feel for website
- Designed company logo
Web Designer
Kelly IT Services, Beverly Hills, CA | 08/2008
- Created HTML & CSS templates for Cal State Dominguez Hills College of Extended Education
- Created section header banners for Extended Education departments
Contract Web Designer
Faye Pollack & Associates, Encino, CA | 06 - 07/2008
- Designed mock ups for the redesign of the company website
- Conceptualized and storyboarded Flash animations for main banner
Visual Media Instructor | Project Advisor
Musicians Institute, Hollywood, CA | 05/2008 – Present
- Advise students on planning and putting together final projects
- Taught aspiring musicians Photoshop, illustrator, and other software packages
- Taught visual design concepts for self promotion
- Provide individualized tutoring sessions
Freelance Web Designer | Illustrator
MacArt Films, Los Angeles, CA | 05/2008 & 01/2006
- Designed and coded website using XHTML and CSS (05/2008)
- Illustrated storyboards and splash page for original website (01/2006)
Pringo Networks, Los Angeles, CA | 12/2007 – 02/2008
- Designed interface, creating wireframes and look and feel for upcoming social networking component of the Adam Carolla Show website for CBS Radio
- Designed the proposed ModelsTXT model portfolio and networking site
- Designed and did preliminary coding for turnkey social networking template
- Completed look and feel for Hoops Network wireframes
Web Designer
Transamerican Auto Parts, Compton, CA | 11/2006 – 09/2007
- Worked in a production environment
- Designed and hand coded web pages and email blasts
- Visual Designer for the redesigned Smittybilt.com
- Created web banners, icons, and illustrations for the various Transamerican web properties
Graphic Arts Instructor
Los Angeles College International, Los Angeles, CA | 01/2004 – 04/2007
- Taught Graphic Arts courses utilizing traditional and digital methods
- Taught Web Design students how to build websites with Dreamweaver and Photoshop
- Assisted Department Chair developing course curriculum, and suggested resources for library
Freelance Web Designer
RayMobley.net, New York, NY | 8/2003 – 2/2005
- Designed website
Freelance Web Designer
Capicu-film.com, New York, NY | 5/2003 – 3/2004
- Designed website
Freelance Graphic Designer | Production Artist
MusicSymbols.biz, New York, NY | 5/2002 – 8/2003
- Redesigned the company logo and clothing labels
- Designed the graphics for the Music Symbols product line which includes leather wristbands, t-shirts, and tote bags
- Designed company website
Freelance Graphic Designer
Communications Careers for Latinos, Inc., New York, NY | 8 – 10/2002
- Creating all of the visuals for the 3rd Latin Communications Conference that took place at Columbia University
- Created Digital Divide logo for event
Freelance Web Designer
EnterValentine.com, New York, NY | 8 – 9/2002
- Designed website
Designer | Graphic Artist | Media Lab Manager
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY | 02/1999 - 08/2003
- Recreated, updated and maintained BFA Computer Art website
- Designed and produced all of the promotional material for the Computer Art Department
- Designed and modified graphics for the 2002 Siggraph Electronic Theatre for Chair