EVAN HAYDEN // photography, illustration, comics

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© 2009 Evan Hayden

Hello all, I'm Evan Hayden. I like to do photography, illustration, and comic books. I particularly like to combine my photography and illustration together into a hybrid of sorts... For fun, I also like to make music (made on the computer, using various WAV editing software), and occasionally design clothing. Have fun checking out my wares, and let me know what you think. I do art on commission too, feel free to email me with any art job proposals. Free time is scarce for me, so I can't take on all projects, but if it's a project that I'm particularly interested in, I'd like to help you out.

EMAIL ADDRESS: skeletron AT gmail.com
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LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
LANGUAGE: English, passable Japanese
GEAR: Canon 30D (D-SLR), Canon S5 IS (digital prosumer), Pentax ZX-M (film SLR), Profoto 1200 strobe pack w/ three heads, softbox, umbrellas, grids, beauty dish (soft light reflector), Smith-Victor tungsten lights.

My resume follows....
(for a .doc file of my resume, click here.

5/07 - 10/08 GRAPHIC DESIGNER Spleak Media Network San Francisco CA	In my position as the in-house graphic designer at Spleak Media Network, I gave the product an entirely new look for the company relaunch, and handled all of the day-to-day graphics needs. Major accomplishments included visual design for the company websites, the broadcast widget, activity windows for the AIM and MSN platforms, social networking pages, emoticons, email & Powerpoint templates, business cards, and t-shirts, redesign of the company mascot, logos, color theme, and user-interface design. My position expanded to include product planning for the company’s multimedia widgets, and the co-founding & maintenance of the video game site, gamespleak.com.
12/03 – 8/04 & 3/07- 7/07 PHOTOGRAPHER Trader Publications Hayward CA, Columbus OH	Worked as a photographer for the Columbus Ohio branch - and later the Hayward California branch - of Auto Trader magazine. Took photos of customers' vehicles for Trader Publications' various magazines (ie: Auto Trader, Truck Trader, Tradin' Times, Cycle Trader, Classic Car Trader, etc). Also helped customers to place ads for the magazines, utilizing various keywords and formatting to emphasize the traits of their vehicle. I currently work on an on-call basis, helping to run the booth at auto shows, as occur.
6/05 - 5/07 PHOTO ISSUE ROOM CLERK Academy of Art University San Francisco CA	Worked as photo issue room clerk in the Academy of Art’s Van Ness warehouse photo studio and the Sutter studios. Responsibilities included checking equipment out to students and faculty, operating and positioning the Chimera overhead light bank (a large rail-mounted soft box with 12 strobe heads), opening and closing the studios, helping photography students, fixing equipment, cleaning, inventory and repair of equipment between semesters, and various office tasks.
9/02 to 4/03 & 9/04 to 1/05 PHOTO LAB ASSISTANT Center for Visual Arts University of Toledo San Francisco CA	Worked as a lab assistant in University of Toledo’s student photo lab. Responsibilities included operating the Jobo film processor and Hope C-41 print processor, checking equipment out to students, mixing B&W chemicals, helping photography students, running errands, opening and closing the lab, and various office tasks.

1998 - 2004 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO Toledo OH	Received a BA in Art w/ an emphasis in photography, and a minor in Japanese. Graduated in summer of 2003, and took an additional class in 2004. Also, I completed two study abroad programs to Japan, and participated in two internships – at city hall in Kakamigahara, and at two elementary schools in Gifu. I also participated in the Japanese student & culture association, helping with various events. These experiences helped me to attain an intermediate ability in the Japanese language, and helped to really grow as a person.

PHOTOGRAPHY Proficiency with the following camera types: digital SLR, 35mm SLR, 4x5 view camera , and Hasselblad medium format film camera. Operation of strobe kits (Profoto, Broncolor, Norman, Speedotron, Visatec, and Dynalite) and tungsten lights. Operation of Chimera rail-mounted overhead light bank. Operation and cleaning of Hope C-41 roller transport print processor. Operation and cleaning of Jobo C-41 tank and reel processor. Experience with various alternative processes: Van Dyke brown, Cyanotype, Kodalith, etc. Hand-processing of T-Max film and 4x5 sheet film.
SOFTWARE Proficient in: Adobe Photoshop, Corel Photopaint, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign , Microsoft Front Page, Microsoft Expression, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, Sony Soundforge, Goldwave, some experience in Flash.
MAGAZINES & WEBSITES
TBA 2009 Upcoming Camilo Pardo Documentary I am currently taking photos of famed car designer and fine artist Camilo Pardo for an upcoming documentary. He is the designer who penned the Ford GT supercar. The project will be done this summer.
11/08 Electric Ant San Francisco, CA In November 2008, Ryan Sands and I launched our magazine / comic & literary anthology “Electric Ant”. I have handled the graphic design and layout, as well as illustration, and some of the comics. Working with Ryan, I also helped to curate several indie comics stars such as Derek Kirk Kim, Hellen Jo, and Derek Yu, to make interesting and funny content. It is available for purchase online, and sold in various stores, including Giant Robot and Quimby’s.
9/08 - 10/08 Infectious San Francisco, CA I have done several product & model photo shoots for the website of the car / laptop / wall art company, Infectious. Responsibilities included lighting and photographing their vinyl cling graphics in various lifestyle shoots that have will be used as “hero shots” on the main page of the website when the fall / winter line launches.
2/05 - present Same Hat San Francisco, CA Co-founder and co-editor of a blog that includes manga news & commentary. In addition to writing & illustrating original web comics for the site, I also have done production work for Japanese language materials, focusing on unlicensed indie/underground manga. These responsibilities include scanning, lettering, color formatting, file formatting & resizing, and touch-up art. Actively participate in the online manga community. The site receives around 1500+ unique visitors per week., and 100+ people via Livejournal syndication
1/07, 10/07 Intersection Magazine London UK October 2007: Assistant to the photographer for the Tokyo Motor Show concept car shoots. I also shot many different interesting details and themed photos around the show. The shoot was used in the Winter 2007 issue. January 2007: Assistant to the photographer Alex Freund for the Nissan Bevel concept shoot. The shoot was used in the Spring 2007 issue.
1/05 Co-Ed Magazine Hoboken NJ My photo of Zachery Starkey was used on pg 69 of issue 2.
2003 Messiah Lutheran Church Toledo OH Photography for the mailing brochure.
2003 Ohio Theater Toledo OH Photography for the mailing brochure.
1/03 Intermission (Stanford Daily) Palo Alto CA Illustration, photography and design for the covers of four issues of The Stanford Daily newspaper's entertainment section.
MUSIC-RELATED
12/07 "Get the F_ck into It" various artists, Pish Posh of North America Cover illustration / layout.
7/07 "Club Hits to Hit the Clubs With" All Teeth & Knuckles, Pish Posh of North America Cover & foldout photography.
7/06 "Katie EP" Such Broken Glass, Aritao Records Cover photography.
6/06 "Single LP" Such Broken Glass, Aritao Records Cover photography.
2004 Digital Empire Group photos and headshots for the band The Digital Empire, and video of two of their live shows.
2002 The PB Army Live performance photography of the band PB army for the packaging of their debut CD.

12/08 "CPOPpor2nity" C-Pop Gallery, Detroit MI Juried group exhibition
7/03 "85th Annual Toledo Area Artists Show" Toledo Art Museum, Toledo OH Juried group exhibition
4/03 "Visual Narratives" Clement Gallery, Toledo OH Juried group exhibition
1/03 "University of Toledo Student Art Exhibition " University of Toledo CVA Museum, Toledo OH Juried group exhibition.
5/02 "Club Hits to Hit the Clubs With" Stanford University, Palo Alto CA Runway fashion show
4/02 "Club Hits to Hit the Clubs With" Stanford University, Palo Alto CA Juried group exhibition
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.