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1 Bennett Nestok

2 Bennett Nestok EDUCATION WORK 384 Probasco Street, Apartment 3 Cincinnati, Ohio Nestokbt@mail.uc.edu Bennettnestok.com Bennettnestok.blogspot.com University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Cincinnati, Ohio Class of 2015 Graphic Communication Design Major GPA 3.7 Participating in the Professional Practice Program, alternating semesters of classroom study with work in the field of graphic communication design. Mariemont High School Mariemont, Ohio Graduated 2009 Honors Diploma GPA 3.7 Class Rank 30/119 Visa RushCard: Finance Company Blue Ash, Ohio March 2012 June 2012 Full Time Worked as digital designer. Designed and coded s. Redesigned iconography and website for a more modern corporate identity. ArtWorks Cincinnati: Public Art Company Cincinnati, Ohio May 2011 September 2011 Part Time Worked as apprentice artist. Converted designs to murals. Projects included Newport Mural and Van Gogh Van. Inlight Studio: Art Gallery Eastgate, Ohio June 2009 Current Part Time Work as assitant designer. Design and produce marketing materials. Design images for clients. Also work as customer service representative. COLLEGE HONORS HIGH SCHOOL HONORS SKILLS Dean s List: seven out of eight quarters Digital Design Guest Speaker, Mariemont High School: 2011 Production Assistant, The Vineyard Church: May 2010 September 2010 Cartoonist, The News Record Student Newspaper Freelance Designer (clients include college organization, fraternities, internet show, and comedian) Member, Youtube Revenue Share Program: November 2010 Current Fine Arts Association Scholarship: 2009 Savannah College of Art and Design (Artistic and Academic) Scholarship President, Art Club: 2009 Illustrated furniture and pamphlets, designed posters and parade float armatures, and created animations for websites Cartoonist, Warpath Student Newspaper Government Student of the Year: 2009 Physics Student of the Year: 2008 Mac OS X Adobe Creative Suite 5 HTML and CSS ActionScript Processing Arduino ExactTarget Microsoft Office Digital and film photography Spanish and some French Printing and production References and portfolio available upon request. Member, Interactive Design Association: May 2010 Current Member: Junior Engineering Technical Society, Junior Varsity: 2008 (First in State) Member, National Society of Collegiate Scholars: May 2010 Current Most Improved Band Member Award: 2007 French Student of the Year: 2006 Member: Spanish Club Member: Academic Team Member: Art Club Member: Band

3 Industrial Product Representations drawn design i winter 2012 designed cohesive series of representations of an industrial product using four different drawing processes in order to more fully comprehend stylization and serial unity freehand analytical drawing linear technical illustration rendered illustration graphic representation

4 KAPH: The Hand!s Palm Take hold of this body of text, hold it up to a mirror, and look at the letter that is three from the upper right; you are looking at a very famous symbol. You are looking at a Kaph. The Kaph is numerical, representing the number 20. It is vocal, representing the sound of a k (scientifically known as a "voiceless vocal plosive!). It is symbolic of a hand, having evolved from a pictogram of one, and is based on the idea of a firm grip. KAPH: THE HAND!S PALM Thus, step away from the mirror and look at your hand, gripping the board upon which this text sits. You are still looking at the Kaph. Take hold of this body of text, hold it up to a mirror, and look at the letter that is three from the upper right; you are looking at a very famous symbol. You are looking at a Kaph. The Kaph is numerical, representing the number 20. It is vocal, representing the sound of a k (scientifically known as a!voiceless vocal plosive"). It is symbolic of a hand, having evolved from a pictogram of one, and is based on the idea of a firm grip. Thus, step away from the mirror and look at your hand, gripping the board upon which this text sits. You are still looking at the Kaph. Text Dominant Composition Symbol Dominant Composition text design winter 2012 text design winter 2012 designed text conveying early letterform known as Kaph, emphasizing the text, in order to better understand composition and typographic hierarchy designed text conveying early letterform known as Kaph, emphasizing the symbol, in order to better understand readability and legibility

5 Portrait Points of View Study photo design i fall 2011 Nikon D3100 (DSLR) explored multipled points of view of portraiture using tripod and digital camera in order to gain a better understanding of composition and focus

6 1 2 Leaf Graphic Refinement design aesthetics i fall collected and photographed three types of leaves from three different stages of life using three camera angles 2. explored leaf simplification in sequence of hand sketches (4 of 80 sketches) 3. synthesized exploration and discovery into final, refined leaf form that incorporates the least amount of elements in order to preserve economy of form 3

7 Book Design and Spread Mockup personal project summer 2011 created cohesive cover designs for childishly stylized surrealist poem trilogy that I wrote, illustrated, and self-published in paperback through Lulu.com explored design practices such as storyboarding, thumbnail spread sketching, visual narrative mapping, and mockups

8 Thank you. I appreciate that you ve taken the time to look at my work. To see more, visit