About the Faculty


Each chapter in this book is adapted from a lesson developed by a Sessions faculty member. The Sessions faculty is a team of industry-leading artists, educators, and designers who combine an expertise in design with a passion for teaching.

COURSE DEVELOPER: GORDON DRUMMOND

Gordon Drummond is the chief learning officer at Sessions.edu. Gordon is an editor and instructional designer with more than 15 years of experience in developing print and online courses. Prior to joining Sessions.edu, Gordon served as a curriculum director at Kaplan, designing courses for K12, precollege, and graduate students, and coauthoring two test preparation books. As knowledge architect at Boston-based learningbrands.com, he created interactive, adaptive Web-based courses for corporate clients.


COURSE DEVELOPER: DONALD GAMBINO

Donald Gambino is a computer artist, consultant, educator, and trainer who has taught students of all levels and abilities since 1983. Donald was the chairman of the computer art department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he taught innovative computer art courses for more than 12 years and created the BFA Computer Art program. Since then, Donald has trained thousands of students in the corporate, design, educational, and private sectors. An avid digital photographer, he has presented seminars on creativity, productivity, and the computer as an artistic tool.


COURSE DEVELOPER: MICHAEL HAMM

Michael Hamm is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator with more than nine years of experience. He is a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), and his work has been featured in various magazines and books including The Adobe Illustrator CS2 WOW! Book. Michael is an Adobe Certified Instructor in Adobe Illustrator. He is founder of PointsandPaths.com, a Web site that grew from his passion for the illustration software and all things vector. He has served as technical editor on two books published by Friends of Ed (Illustrator CS Most Wanted Effects and Extreme Photoshop CS) and recently wrote Web Design Using Macromedia Dreamweaver for Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.


COURSE DEVELOPER: MATT KLOSKOWSKI

Matt Kloskowski is an education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (www.photoshopuser.com). He has authored and coauthored several books on Photoshop and Illustrator. Matt is an instructor at the Photoshop World and Mac Design conferences and is featured on various DVDs from www.photoshopvideos.com. Matt also writes regular columns for magazines such as Photoshop User, Layers Magazine, and Create Magazine, and for the Photoshop Elements Techniques newsletter.


COURSE DEVELOPER: YOUNG MO YOON

Young Mo Yoon is a digital illustrator who hails from San Francisco and lives in New York and South Korea. Young has worked on all kinds of design projects from illustration to new media for clients such as JP Morgan, Bowman International, and Samsung Electronics. He has received an award from the Society of Illustrators in L.A. and plans on producing animations in the future. Young holds a BFA in illustration from California College of the Arts and an MFA from School of Visual Arts.


COURSE DEVELOPER: PIPER NILSSON

Piper Nilsson is a graphic designer and information architect. In her four-year career for a leading Web design agency, she blueprinted sites for such global clients as MetLife, Pepsi, ETS, and Citibank. Her current projects include building an e-learning prototype for children with learning disabilities and teaching technology in New York City public schools. She received her degree in graphic design from Pratt Institute in New York.


COURSE DEVELOPER: THOMAS MCKENNA

Thomas McKenna is the owner and senior creative director of Flatiron Industries LLC, a graphics and multimedia design firm based in New York City. Thomas has more than 15 years of experience in the graphic design industry, including multimedia and broadcast work within the advertising, design, and publishing worlds. His clients include American Express, AIG, Berlitz International, CCH Incorporated, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, National City, Sports Illustrated, Thomson Financial, Thomson Publishing, Tower Air, TowerData, and the United Nations. As art director of Emerging Markets, a magazine covering the major IMF/World Bank and Regional Bank meetings, Thomas published editions on-site in 16 countries.


COURSE DEVELOPER: CAROLINE ZARLENGO SPOSTO

Caroline Zarlengo Sposto founded Sposto Interactive, LLC, with her husband James Sposto in 1996. Though it began as a cottage industry, Sposto Interactive (www.sposto.com) has become an award-winning interactive development studio employing an outstanding team of media professionals. The firm provides strategic interactive communications solutions to a wide spectrum of nationally and internationally known businesses. Caroline holds an M.S. in Electronic Media.


COURSE DEVELOPER: TARA MACKAY

Tara MacKay is the director of curriculum at Sessions, responsible for course development and production. Prior to Sessions, Tara was a Web and multimedia designer who has designed award-winning exhibit sites for the American Museum of Natural History and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. She has worked with design teams at AOL, Yahoo, and other major online companies on product integrations with Sage Online and iClips.com, as well as building several popular e-commerce sites.


COURSE DEVELOPER: LAURA SCHWAMB

Laura Schwamb is the cofounder of the Steam Design Group (www.steam-design.com) and founder of Sign Off, a press-check quality control company. Before starting STEAM, she worked as senior art director for L'Oreal's European designer fragrance division, running brands such as Giorgio Armani, Guy Laroche, and Lanvin. Laura has been responsible for the creative direction of several fragrance launches, including all related packaging, print, point-of-purchase, promotions, parties, and events. With Steam she launched the Surface line of men's skin care by Aramis for Estée Lauder and Maxwell's Apothecary line of men's skin care. Since 2000, when STEAM began, her client list has continued to grow and includes work for new clients such as Carolina Herrera, Davidoff, Georgette Klinger, Kenneth Cole, La Mer, Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Lauren and Shania Twain.





Sessions. edu Graphic Design Portfolio-Builder(c) Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Projects
Graphic Design Portfolio-Builder: Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator Projects
ISBN: 0321336585
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 103
Authors: Sessions.edu

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