Kazuko Ashizawa
Graphic designer / Illustrator
1445 A Willow Lake Dr. Atlanta, GA 30329
Phone / Fax: 404/636-1455
e-mail:kaz@mindspring.com
To provide professional works fully utilizing my skills and knowledge for the clients' needs, and to strive for continued self-improvement.
Tokai University (Japan)-Bachelor of Arts, Major in English Literature
Art Institute of Atlanta- Associate Degree in Arts, Visual Communication
Experience
Present
Working as a free-lance artist for several Japanese translation agencies and other clients. Main works are web-page building, page layouts and illustrations.
Mangajin, Inc. 1991-1998 (January)
Free-lance base. Began with the company from start-up. Produced most of
Mangajin magazine's covers, including design, illustrations and layouts.
Other services include laying out feature stories, providing black and white
illustrations, scanning photos, correcting images using Photoshop, producing
in house ads, catalog production and book production. Produced original
Mangajin catalog Web site.
Access Japan 1989-1991
Free-lance base. Produced brochures, business cards in Japanese. Major clients are Ritz- Carlton, Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism
Graphic representatives 1985-1989
Responsible for producing monthly catalogs, involved in all aspects of production from design, set-up for photographer, paste up, and pre-press. Also responsible for mediating among clients, printers and distributors.
Deep South Images, Inc. 1997-present
Produced web- page for Mangajin's Japanese site and JETRO ( Japanese External Trade Organization in Atlanta) web site, and other clients.
Provided illustrations and other services for many other clients through years.
Skills
Hardware: Macintosh PowerMac 7200 (Zip drive equipped), Scanner: Umax Astra,
Software : Photoshop 4.0, Painter 4.0, Free hand 7, Illustrator 5.0, QuarkXpress 3.3.1, QuarkXpress 3.3.J, PageMill 2.0 , HTML Editor, GifBuilder
