Alexandra Buciak
Illustration and Visual Development
Education
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2018 - 2022, New England College (Formerly the New Hampshire Institute of Art)
B.F.A. in Illustration, minor in Comic Arts
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Experience
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2014 - Present, Freelance Artist
- Creates artwork for personal projects and clients
- Designs, produces, and sells original merchandise
- Works with clients on freelance commissions
- Manages website and social media
- Scans and photographs work for web and print
- Seeks out opportunities and events for growth
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Volunteer Art Class Instructor
- Provided personalized art instruction to students of all ages
- Provided students with feedback and assistance
- Introduced students to art techniques and mediums
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Concord High School Print Center Intern
- Used specialty equipment to fulfill orders (coil binder, vacuum-seal machine, etc.)
- Completed on-demand graphic design with the Adobe Suite
- Large format printing, high-quality printing, high-volume printing
- Used and a understood several Canon printer types
- Efficiently delivered completed orders
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New Hampshire Bindery Intern
- Safely used heavy machinery to trim deckle edges
- Hand-folded signatures
- Foil stamped and embossed book covers and spine
- Applied leather over boards to create book covers
- Used typesetting to create lead mold to impress on book cover
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Abilities
Traditional illustration, digital illustration, printing, color-correcting, video production, proofing, assembly, sales, graphic design, comic arts, management
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Skills
Traditional: Alcohol marker, watercolor, pen and ink, graphite, charcoal, acrylic, mixed media
Digital: Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Office, Mac and PC Operating Systems, Vector and Raster files