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normgrock

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My Bio
Growing up on the shores of Maui, Hawaii, Norm has always loved drawing. Since leaving the islands’ beautiful beaches and landing in Oregon, he went to college and received a degree in graphic design as well as an additional degree in digital prepress technology. After graduating, he worked for an interactive media firm in Corvallis, Oregon. While there, he was the company’s lead illustrator/designer and was responsible for creating illustrations, animations, and interactive products like video games. Now living in Beaverton, Oregon, Norm worked as an in-house illustrator for 10 years at a large education company in downtown Portland, Oregon. While at this position, he was the creative mind behind nationally marketed campaigns, numerous brand identities, toy and product designs, children’s books, as well as Web and interactive designs for the company’s design team. After leaving this position to raise his son, he now spends countless hours perfecting his craft as a freelance illustrator. He has worked with companies like Highlights Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reading A to Z, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). He has created projects such as marketing illustrations, children’s books, coloring and activity books, video games, and educational products for these companies and others.

Norm’s ability to draw has given him the chance to do the thing he truly loves: Create.

Favourite Visual Artist
Jim Lee
Favourite Movies
Independence Day
Favourite TV Shows
30 Rock
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Jack Johnson
Favourite Books
Hunger Games
Favourite Writers
JK Rowling
Favourite Games
Mega Man 2
Favourite Gaming Platform
Playstation 3
Tools of the Trade
Sketch Book Pro
By now we should all know that to be successful in our industry you need to have an online presence. Freelance artists must promote their work in as many places as possible to gain exposure and attract as many clients as we can. This infographic made by the PrintRunner Blog shows statistics and sites that designers and illustrators can use to promote their portfolios. It was originally intended for designers but it is definitely applicable to illustrators' work. They discuss using seven different sites to promote your work as well as statistics for each site. I have used most of these but a few I haven't tried yet. The sites are Carbonmade.c
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For all those illustrators and designers out there that want to do publishing for the iPad but not write a line of code, Adobe is here to help, kind of. Earlier this year Adobe announced that it's Digital Publishing Suite (DPS) is now part of the Creative Cloud software collection. Using DPS, illustrators and designers can mock up their projects in Adobe InDesign CS6 and then build a .folio file that can then be taken into the DPS App Builder, where then the app will be compiled. For the PC user out there, sorry, this app is heavily Mac-oriented because iOS apps can only be created on Apple computers (I'm guessing). This diagram shows how Ad
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Last weekend I finished up my Gesture drawing class at Schoolism.com with Alex Woo. This is the second class I've taken at this site and so far I've found both classes to be very helpful. The first class I took at Schoolism was character design (Read my review of that class here). When I took my first class I took it as the Video Feedback option where you take the course, watch the videos, do the homework and then the instructor gives you a 5 to 10 minute review of your work. I found the video feedback very helpful but it was double the price. This time trying to save a few bucks I took the class as a Self-Taught. Self-Taught classes let you
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thanks for the favs and watch!!
Welcome to your new page Bro! ;)
WILSON! Thanks man. This whole "Changing Your User Name Thing" has not been to bad so far. I have had a few new people take a look.