Resume

Education

• 1998-2000 – Completed 2 years of my BA in Fine Arts
• 1999 – Began self-taught Photography
• Spring 2001 – Began Jewelry Making
• Summer 2003 – Began self-teaching of Photoshop
• Spring 2005 – Began Photo-manipulation & Photo Re-touching
• November 2005 - Began “Mixed Medium” works & Digital Painting
• January 2006/Present - Working towards perfecting skills in Digital Painting & Mixing Mediums

Employment & Volunteer Work

• Nov 2000 – Dec 2001 – Art Gallery Sales Associate.
• Summer 2002 – Manager of an Art Sales company.
• April 2006 – Joined the #DigitalMedia Staff for *DMchat
• September 2006 – Joined the aFc Staff for a limited time [link]
• Summer 2007 – 2009 – Digital Art Gallery Moderator for deviantART.com
  

Commission Work

• Fall 2003 – Commissioned artworks for fans of the MMORPG Everquest (Fanart)
• November 2005 – “Frozen Mist” releases their CD “Cemetery Rain” Featuring “Song for the Dead” for the cover
• February 2006 – Licensed “Light the Way” for the cover of “Fantasy Magazine” Issue #2
• March 2006 – Musician Kat Vipers licensed “Will ‘O Wisp” for a London Concert Poster.
• March 2006 – “Frozen Mist” releases their CD “Foreshadowed” Featuring “Lady of Darkness” for the cover
• April 2006 – Commissioned by “Royseven” for their debut CD Cover “The Art of Insincerity” with Universal Records
• May 2006 – “Toilsome” releases 3 song CD (EP) entitled “Constant Comfort” Featuring “Nature’s Child” for the cover
• June 2007 – Commissioned by “Belcher Town Bridals”
• September 2007 – Licensed “Polaris” for the cover of “Trail of Indiscretion” Issue #6
• October 2007 – Commissioned for the San Fransisco “Spider Ball” Event
• November 2007 – Commissioned for several covers of a Fantasy Book series “Filles de Lune” by Canadian Publisher Editions de Mortagne
• November 2007 – Licensed 2 fairy artworks to “Duirwaigh Gallery” for their publication “Knock at the Door”
• January 2008 – Contracted by Stab & Stash for Cross Stitch Patterns
• March 2008 – Commissioned 3 covers for a childrens book series by Canadian Publisher Editions de Mortagne
• July 2008 – Designed the Tampa Bay Ex-Girls Street Team Logo
• July 2008 – Designed the Dreamweaver Logo
• August 2008 – Commissioned by “Intencity Records” for the band Eden, “Return to Innocence”
• August 2008 – Commissioned by “Orion’s Bell” for “OZ The Collectible Card Game” (2 Cards)
• August 2008 – Licensed 2 artworks to “Duirwaigh Gallery” for their Calendar publication of “Knock at the Door”
• March 2009 – Licensed “Madame Butterfly” to Hasbro/Milton Bradley for a 1000 piece puzzle in the France Territory in 2010.
• March 2009 – Signed a contract with Applejack Art Partners, an art agent, who will work on marketing my artworks for larger scale & corporate companies.
• December 2009 – Commissioned for “Panverse Two” book cover, “Fire Dance” (release Sept. 2010)

Awards

• October 2005 – My piece “Black Widow” received a Daily Deviation on deviant Art
• June, 2006 – Top 10 Club at Artwanted.com
• August, 2006 – Promoted to`Senior Member on deviant Art
• October 2006 – Awarded the Deviousness Award at deviantart
• November 2006 – “The Marionette” receives a Daily Deviation at deviantart
• May 2007 – “Fairy Song” receives “Image of the Day” at ImagineFX
• May 2007 – Awarded the Excellence Award at ImagineFX
• August 2007 – My deviantART Wallpaper design receives a Daily Deviation at deviantART
• November 2007 – “Fire Dance” receives a Daily Deviation at deviantART

Features

• Jan/Feb 2006 – “Photoshop Creative Magazine” Features “Welcome to My World” Issue #4
• March 2006 – “Imagine FX” Features “Below the Surface” Issue #3
• March 2006 – Special Guest for a Featured Chat in the dmChat room on dAmn [link]
• May 2006 – Exposure Magazine features my artwork [link]
• May 2006 – “Storm” is featured in a PoserPros Herald email
• June, 2006 – Featured in DA community/e-zine =Arts-Magazine
• August, 2006 – 3 Works Featured in ImagineFX Magazine Aug. Page 19
• August, 2006 – “Fairy Song” in “The Making of…” Feature by ^nighty [link]
• December 2006 – My work was shown at two BT and Thomas Dolby Shows (Alabama & Atlanta)
• February 2007 – Interviewed by $chix0r on dA for International Womens Week
• March 2007 – Interviewed by `kuschelirmel on dA for the new Mixed Media Gallery
• July 2007 – 3 Works appeared in the ImagineFX Issue 19
• November 2007 – “In Dreams II” appeared in the in-flight Middle Eastern magazine “Cedar Wings”
• December 2007 – Featured at Illustrophile.com
• February 2008 – Featured Artist in a chat for Professional Artists, An Audience with: Susan McKivergan!
• June 2008 – Fan Art piece for World of Warcraft “Andromeda & Sydnie” makes the www.blizzard.com front page.
• July 2008 – I have sold over 1,000 prints!
• April 2009 – A few short months took me to a Top Seller at Renderosity.

I resigned my position as Gallery Director/Moderator on the Community Relations Team in the summer of 2009.  After 2 years volunteering for deviantART it was time to move on and focus more on my career as an artist.  I am lucky to have been apart of such a fantastic team.

`cosmosue’s beautiful gallery is testament to hardwork, dedication and commitment to making dreams become reality. Her journals are always resourceful, inviting other artists to participate in the many contests which she develops. As well as being a valued member of #digitalmedia on dAmn, you can always count on `cosmosue to provide thoughtful critique on other artists work, encouraging artists to develop new styles and techniques. It is therefore with great pleasure that we award this months deviousness to `cosmosue

-awarded October 2006