NAME: Jason Thomas Gomez
AGE: Twenty
LOCATION: West Covina, CA
EDUCATION:
+ West Covina High School C/O 2006
+ Mt. San Antonio College 2007-Present

Areas of Study:
Graphic Design, Web Design, Photography, Web Programming, Motion Graphics

Skills Developed:
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Dreamweaver, Flash, InDesign

BIO:  I've been an interested in art for as long as I can remember. My interest began when I was still a child and I've always had a passion for creating.  I started out, as many young artists do, by creating simple sketches and eventually I began to refine my talents by taking tradition art classes beginning in the 8th grade and I've been trying to make myself a better artist ever since.

My interest in Graphic Design, particularly in Web Design, can be traced back to my Sophomore year of high school, even though at the time I didn't have any idea what a graphic designer did.  So, during my Sophomore year of high school, my English teacher had me and the rest of my class make websites that would host all of our classes' coursework.  Mine was a very simple page, and many of you techies will hate me because it looked like one of those horribly designed geocities websites, as it was.  I thought the assignment was really fun, so I started to make mostly text based websites at home, and eventually I grew to really love coding websites.  Eventually I got suckered into the social networking website myspace by a good friend of mine, and I started to delve deeper into messing with CSS and HTML.  As my Senior year of high school drew closer, I had had a lot of web design experience under my belt.  I took a Graphic Arts Multimedia class during my Senior year and in that class, I learned the in's and outs of Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and I grew to practically live on Photoshop, making my own digitalized artwork.  I eventually meshed my passion for coding websites with my passion for creating art with Photoshop, and from there, I began to become very interested in becoming a professional artist.  I started to explore and research different fields of artistic expertise and I'm really fixated on becoming a specialist in all forms of digital art media, such as Graphic Design, Web Design and Animation.

I'm currently attending Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, CA where I'm studying Graphic Design/Digital Art Media and I'm hoping to transfer to Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA sometime within the next few years; whenever I feel I have a strong enough portfolio to present.

PHILOSOPHY:  Although I'm a beginner at what I do, I'm extremely dedicated to pursuing Art and Design as my future career.  I've had a lot of professional experience, and I've satisfied many paying clients in the past.  I don't joke around when it comes to completing a task that is given to me, and I always approach every new project with the utmost efficiency and professionalism and I always put the needs of my clients first as to make sure they and myself stand out to the audience they are trying to communicate with.

- Jason Thomas