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I have been an Artist, Graphic Designer and Art Director in Dallas, Texas for the past 25 years. Ever since I was a kid I liked to do two things...draw and have fun!

I started my career in 1980 as a t-shirt artist, creating college mascot logos and concert shirts for the big rock bands of the era. I worked as a technical illustrator for Rockwell International and ARCO Oil & Petroleum. I received formal art training in watercolors, oils and acrylics from renowned southern painter Elsie Gunter and had several exhibits around Dallas. I was an illustrator at the prestigious Johanson & Associates art studio. I worked as an animator at the Studios at Las Colinas. I worked as a comic book illustrator while freelancing for PressPass, a trading card company. I also worked as a freelance airbrush illustrator for major ad agencies before landing my first Art Director position with MCI in late 1990.

In the mid 90s I worked for CoMedia Creative (now Superior Graphics). It was at this time that I was introduced to the Apple Macintosh and I have been a hardcore fan of Apple ever since. I have 5 Macs at home and yes...I have a couple of iPodsand an iPhone too. I designed several interactive projects while at Superior and traveled with Nortel's trade show group. I was supporting the interactive kiosks I had designed for their exhibit.

In 1999 I lwas hired as Sr. Art Director for Interactive Services at The Integer Group, an Omnicom Agency. Integer was a fun agency with great people. It was a terrific experience and I enjoyed every minute there. I worked on Cingular, Nokia, 7-Eleven and MasterCard interactive and eLearning projects. Great fun!

Since 2003 I have been employed as Creative Director at MultiCam, an international CNC robotics manufacturer at DFW Airport. I handle the graphic design, branding, corporate identity, website, print media, video production, product photography, copywriting and trade show marketing in the USA, Germany, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and 20 other countries around the world. Our automated CNC cutting systems are in 15+ different markets. We've been featured on MTV's Pimp My Ride and we are a fixture at West Coast Customs. I recently interviewed Mad Mike of Galpin Auto Sports on their MultiCam Plasma System.

I still accept freelance projects when I can find the time. I work on a regular freelance basis for Dallas Brass, DCS Global Systems and ShopData. My wonderful wife Kathy and my 3 kids and grandson keep me pretty busy the rest of the time. What little time that is left I walk, hike and play FPS games on my Mac or PS3.

© Copyright 2010 Mark Allen
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