Yidi Yu

www.deadend-detour.com
yidi [at] deadend-detour.com

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Technical Skills

Abilities

  • Digital and traditional illustration and portraiture.
  • Web and graphic design.
  • Sequential art and comics.
  • Writing, proofreading, and editing.
  • Photography.
  • Very good organizational and management skills.
  • Thrives in high-stress environments.

Traditional Mediums

  • Proficient in ink, marker, and watercolor.
  • Comfortable with graphite, pastel, charcoal, acrylic, and gouache.

Digital Software

  • Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and the Microsoft Office suite.
  • Competent with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign.

Programming

  • Proficient in HTML, XHTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  • Competent with PHP, mySQL, and Java.

Experience

Intern: Ipreo, LLC. (2007-2008) Information architecture, prototyping, web and graphic design.
Intern: i-Deal, LLC. (2006) Marketing and graphic design, some minor programming.
Freelance artist (2001-Present) Freelance illustration and design work for over 150 private clients.

Exhibitions

SCAD Society of Illustrators: “Artists for Animals” Humane Society Benefit Exhibition
Savannah Mall Gallery, February-March 2010

SCAD Society of Illustrators: “Monster Masquerade” Group Exhibition
Savannah Mall Gallery, October-November 2009

Education

2007-2010: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sequential Art — Graduated Summa Cum Laude with a 3.96 GPA

2006-2007: University of Texas, Austin
Bachelor of Science, Turing Scholars Computer Science (transferred)