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ILLUSTRATION

Siri uses a combination of traditional and digital media to illustrate for children's publishers, design clients, and the editorial market.

 

In addition to "Booker T. Washington: Teacher, Speaker, and Leader," a trade biography published by Picture Window Books, Siri's illustrated for Ladybug, Highlights, Cricket and Highlights High Five magazines (including covers) as well as dozens of books for the classroom.

 

• 2008 SCBWI Los Angeles Illustrator's Day Portfolio Competition: People's Choice Winner

• 2008 SCBWI Ventura/SantaBarbara Writers' Day: Spotlight Presenter

• Cover illustration: Ladybug and Highlights

• Highlights Illustrator of the Month

 

WRITING

Mainly a children's writer, Siri also comes up with a mean headline, writes copy for print and radio ads, catalogs, and technical manuals.

 

• Two poems published in Ladybug magazine

• One appears in a Scholastic poetry anthology

• Manuscripts in progress: young adult novel, two easy reader series, plus five picture books written and in various stages of dummying

 

DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Siri has a thing for production knowledge and always works to optimize projects for publication, because the more thought put into the beginning of a project, the better, and more cost-effective, the results.

 

• Logos

• Book and Book Covers

• Advertising, Email and Print

• Copywriting/Technical Writing

• Simple Websites, Custom Blog Headers

• Catalogs/Brochures/Annual Reports/Postcards

• Letterhead/Envelopes/Business Cards

• Signs, Interior and Exterior

• Photography/Photo Editing

Production Award, Haagen Printing: 4-color bleed, saddle-stitched 6-page gloss cover brochure with pocket for Staal, Gardner & Dunne, Inc.

PROGRAMS/EQUIPMENT

• Adobe CS3: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat, PowerPoint, and Dreamweaver, Microsoft Word and Excel

• Mac PowerPC, Flatbed Scanner, 12.25" x 16.25"

 

 

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Member SCBWI

Past SCBWI Board Member, Ventura/SantaBarbara

 

BFA Graphic Design, University of Connecticut

Independent Studies: Illustration and Drawing

Member: Design Center

 

“I represent Siri as an illustrator, but it is she who keeps us in the limelight with her thoughtful design of print ads, email marketing and our easy to use website."

~Ann Remen-Willis

Children’s Illustration Representative

Booker T. Washington

Re: "Booker T. Washington: Teacher, Speaker, and Leader"

"I'm glad you're pleased with the book. I had so much fun designing it. Your artwork is amazing, so it was pretty easy. Thanks, and I hope to get the chance to work with you again."

~Hilary Wacholz

Graphic Designer, Picture Window Books

"Siri co-created a new and highly successful SCBWI event called ArtWORKS: The Business of Illustrating for Children — for beginners eager to break into the business, as well as for published illustrators hoping to extend their reach into fresh arenas."

~Alexis O'Neill

SCBWI Regional Advisor

 

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