JONATHAN  R. PEEDIN
Artist - Figurative and Portrait Paintings
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FORMAL EDUCATION

BFA – East Carolina University 1995 | Concentration in Painting and Drawing

While at ECU I focused primarily on drawing and painting the figure and portrait work with a healthy dose of commercial art classes as well. ECU has one of the best painting programs on the East Coast in my opinion. I came out of there with a strong understanding of drawing and the abilility to focus figuratively or abstractly. I owe a great deal of my passion and desire to improve as a painter to instructors that I had there like Paul Harley, Ray Elmore, Leland Wallin, Mel Stanforth, James McElhinney, Clarence Morgan, Arlene Burke-Morgan, Michael Voors and Catherine Walker. Other instructors from various locations that I owe a great deal to include Frank Creech, Shane Neal, Ray Kinstler & David Leffel.

WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCES ATTENDED

WORKSHOP | E. Raymond Kinstler NA / 2006, 2005 / Art Students League, NYC
/ Two day workshop focused on drawing and painting the human figure.

WORKSHOP | E. Raymond Kinstler NA / November 2004 / National Academy, NYC
/ Two day workshop focused on drawing and painting the human figure. 

 WORKSHOP | David Laffel / September 2004 / Gainesville, GA
 / Five day workshop focused on painting and drawing portraits and still life.

WORKSHOP | Michael Shane Neal / August 2003 / Nashville, TN
 / Three day workshop focused on portrait painting and drawing.

PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA | 2003-2004
| Annual conference on portrait painting and drawing with the top national and world leaders in the industry.
 

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE | 1998, 2000, 2001-2003
GDC is an annual conference that focus on all aspects on game development, creative processes, conceptualization and game design.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Artspace Artists Association, Raleigh, NC / President / 2004 to present
Portrait Society of America / 2002 >
American Society of Portrait Artists / 2003 >
Oil Painters Society of America / 2003 >
Portrait Society of Atlanta / 2004 >
Johnston County Arts Council / Board of Directors / 2004
AIGA / 1999 > 2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

JERRY’S ARTARAMA | Raleigh, NC
Figure Drawing / 2007
Two Intensive Figure Drawing Weeklong Sessions / 2007
Two Workshops at Art of the Carolinas / 2007
Three Weeklong Workshops Upcoming in 2008

ARTSPACE | Raleigh, NC
Painting Faces, Hands & Feet / 2004
Figure Painting in Oil ( 2 sessions) / 2004
Long Pose Figure Study / Moderator / 2001 to present

SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION ARTS | Wakefield, NC
Visual Construction (Drawing & Illustrator) / Winter 2005
Color Construction (Photoshop & Illustrator) / Fall 2004
Figure Drawing / Fall 1999

GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE | San Jose, CA
Art Directors Panel / 2003

LITMUS GALLERY & STUDIOS | Raleigh, NC
Figure Painting in Oil  / 2003

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Microsoft  / Bungie | Redmond, WA | 2005-2006
            | Art Production Manager / Project: Halo 3

As Art PM I helped coordinate the production of the art staff with other departments with the Art Director and Lead Producer. Job required the assessment of skills of the staff and project planning with multiple possible combination for two to three years out in order to ascertain scope of development and staffing needs. Helping to streamline the production in order to avoid pitfalls and roadblocks was also a core task.


America’s Army Government Applications | Cary, NC | 2004-2005
            | Creative Director

AAGA is a company formed by the US Army to build government and military training applications utilizing the Unreal engine technology and assets created for the America’s Army public game. Major Job responsibilities include collaborating with the entire team to develop compelling software solutions utilizing the state of the art in video game technology and university research for the military, government and private sector. Routinely demonstrated training products and worked to find solutions to traing problems like preparing Special Forces soldiers for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.


McKinney | Durham, NC | 2004
            | Digital Imaging Artist / Photo-Retoucher

McKinney is an advertising agency that has had several large high profile accounts including Travelocity, Audi and Nasdaq. Job responsibilities included collaborating with creative director and art directors to find the best solutions possible with both stock photos and agency shot content. Extensive amounts of retouching would be required on every job that resulted in finished digital image ready for final printing for regional, national and international print.


Red Storm Entertainment | Morrisville, NC | 1997-2004
             | Art Director / 2001-2004           | Lead Artist / 1997-2001

Red Storm is a leading developer of squad-level first person shooters on multiple platforms including the PC, Xbox & PS2. Products that I have been directly associated with have routinely won “Action Game of the Year” and “Game of the Year” awards.

Primary responsibilities as Art Director included the following;

• Responsible for approving the visual look and feel of all games developed both internally and externally.
• Worked closely with Art Leads to ensure that the products were achieving the highest quality possible.
• Established thorough, efficient Art production pipelines that ensured consistent high quality of art across all aspects of production.
• Managing the production and career tracks of up to 40 artists across multiple multi-year projects.
• Managing art development and production for single and multiple products simultaneously in collaboration with Art Leads and Producers.
• Providing constructive feedback on all aspects of game design, art & development.
• Working with other directors to establish the scope and schedules for all internal and external development across multi-year plans.

SHIPPED TITLE HISTORY
GHOST RECON / PC - Fall 2001 / Xbox – Fall 2002
GHOST RECON – DESERT SIEGE / PC / Spring 2002
SUM OF ALL FEARS / PC / GBA / Summer 2002
GHOST RECON – ISLAND THUNDER / PC / Fall 2002
RAINBOW SIX / PC
ROGUE SPEAR / PC

Fringe Multimedia | Hillsborough, NC | 1996-1997
            | Concept Artist      | Digital Artist

Worked as a digital artist providing graphic user interactive interface designs for clients ranging from Duke University Medical Center to the United States Coast Guard. The high paced environment required me to adapt quickly at different stages from concept to final output.

 

Rebel Art & Literary Magazine | Greenville, NC | 1995 & 1996 editions
            | Art Director 

Art Director on ECU’s Art and Literary Magazine 'The Rebel' for 1995 and 1996. Interviewed, hired and art directed a staff of twelve Illustrators and two Assistant Art Directors. We won a scholastic Art Director of the Year award.