LI HERTZI/Graphics

Illustration, Graphic Design and Surface Design

4786 Dressler Rd. NW • #105 • Canton, Ohio • 44718
cell: 760 908-8665• lihertzi@lihertzidesign.com • www.lihertzidesign.com
www.photoshop4artistsworkshop.com • www.artdolladventures.com

PROGRAMS Expert: Adobe CS Series, Specializing in: lllustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Bridge, Microsoft Office, Sitex
System Software sand all basic Macintosh programs.
Presently Learning:
: Dreamweaver and Flash - I am a quick learner and welcome the challenge of new
programs and hardware.

EXPERIENCE
2008-Present Photoshop4Artists Workshops
Instructor
• Training focused on a hands on, inspirational approach to the programs of the Adobe Creative
Suite. See blog for details. www.photoshop4artistsworkshop.com click on “blog”.

1998- Present LiHertzi Design

Owner/Art Director/Designer/Illustrator/Consultant/Author
• Design, pre-press, production and illustration for a variety of graphic and book clients.
Illustration for web sites, books, including charts and graphs, amusing cartoons, and more
serious paintings for book covers. Most recent clients include: Dandy Design, Rockport
Press/Quarry Books, Primedia, InJoy Video Productions and Executive Insurance.
• Design focused on the apparel industry. Provide surface design for a variety of apparel manu-
facturers including Squadra, Hind, (a division of Sacony, Inc) Pearlizumi, Dude Girl and Kelty,
through to production. I also provide consulting for the apparel industry in setting up an art
department, creating templates for production (overseas and local) using Illustrator, and setting
up a system that makes the work flow easy and productive.
See attached file for portfolio.

July 2003 – Squadra Team Apparel, Carlsbad, CA

May 2007 Creative Director
Squadra’s products are custom printed high end cycling kits - jersey, shorts, jackets, and golf clothing.
• Designed or art directing all of the surface design for cycling, ski and golf apparel. You can see my designs on
Trek, Cal Giant, Dude Girl, Merrill Lynch and scores of teams nationwide.
• Managed the job flow - keeping up to 120 jobs (during our busy season which is basically all year except
June, July and August!) at once on schedule and error free.
• Worked directly with the clients, ascertaining their needs & creating designs that fulfill the riders dreams while
highlighting their sponsors & keeping everyone happy.
• Managed the artists and production team as we created full size separation files for our large format
print shop.
• Managed digital art, printing and application training (Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Office Apps)
For Recommendations, please link to:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/li/hertzi and click on recommendations

October 1995 Pearlizumi, Broomfield, Co

to July 1998 Custom Sub. Graphic Manager
Management of the art department of four to eight artists creating graphics and production files on a
Macintosh Platform to be screen printed and sublimated onto cycling and skiing apparel.
Responsible for design and consultation with key clients (Bikes USA, Saturn, the Postal Service
Team, Geo Rollerblade etc.),as well as art directing all work that went into production and coordinating with
the Printing Department, the Transfer Department and the Sew Floor to get product created on time, within
budget and on the cutting edge of cycle apparel design!
1992 - 1994 Sounds True Audio, Boulder, Co
1987- 1991 Rola Kimmerling Advertising, New York City
 LI HERTZI
1983 - Present TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Workshop Leader, Photoshop4Artists Workshops at the Canton Art Museum and Nestledown Studios.
• Private Lessons, Tutoring in Photoshop, Photoshop Elements and Illustrator onsite and at Nestledown Studios.
• Teacher, On-Line classes at Doll University on drawing and creating art dolls.
• Teacher, Fabric Stores. Teaching Classes in Cloth Doll Making, Quilting and Sewing.
• Teachers Assistant, Parsons School of Design, New York City. Assist and teach watercolor classes.
• Ceramics Teacher, Interlochen Academy for the Arts, Interlochen Michigan. Taught hand building and
wheel throwing to grade schoolers and glaze technologies to high school students.

RELEVANT EDUCATION
1984 Kent State University Kent, Ohio
• BFA Studio Art/Graphic Design
1989-1992 Parsons School of Design, New York City
• Courses included illustration, photo retouching, painting, and industrial design.
MPC Training Center New York City
• Courses included Color Separation on the Mac, production management and
photo retouching.

January 1997 Career Track, Boulder, CO

• Course in Management Skills
July 2000 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
• Certificate in Website Design

2009 Publications
Illustrations:
ReBound, by Jeannine Stein - 197 full color illustrations
Cloth Doll Artistry, by Barbara Willis - 59 B/W illustrations and 21 templates
Creative Cloth Explorations by Patti Medaris Culea - 28 2/c illustrations and 17 templates

Artwork included in:

Paper Puppet Palooza by Norma V. Toraya (June 2009)
Art Dolls: Exhibiting Diversity of Figure and Form - Invitational Exhibit at the Wayne Art Center (May 2009)
Lazers Art Gallery, Canton, Ohio - Exhibiting Sculpture and Pastels (2009-present)

SPECIAL SKILLS/INTERESTS
• Author and illustrator of: Art Doll Adventures: Exploring Projects and Processes through Cultural Traditions,
June 2007 Rockport Press.
• National Artisan for Bernina - Doll Artist showing and teaching art doll classes, ATC, Postal Art and
Journaling Classes on line and in person.
• Doll Artist writing book reviews on Amazon.com and Art Books Reviews. To see website visit:
http://www.artbooksreviews.com/reviewerbios.htm
• Plien Air Painting, Figure Drawing, Illustration, Soft Sculpture.
• Palomar College ASL Interpreters Training 2006 - 2008
• Interests include: hiking and outdoor photography,
blogging, and computer art.