Graphic Design

2002

Chair, sequential art department, SCAD; professor of sequential art, SCAD; inker, Archie Comics; inker, Marvel Comics; inker, DC Comics

Wrote a series of articles for Varoom! magazine in 2011 about Angoulême International Comics Festival; edited SCAD Annual Sequential Art Anthology distributed by Top Shelf; "Author-Working Methods: A Visual Approach to Storytelling," TwoMorrows Publishing; Published Illustrations in Golden Books, Dark Horse Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Archie Comics, Image Comics, Cartoon Network, Acclaim Comics, Milstone Media, Warner Brothers Animation; Editor and publisher of "Little Moments: 17 Stories of Youthful Folly," distributed by Top Shelf Productions

Presidential Fellowship, SCAD, 2006; Outstanding Graduate Student Fellowship, SCAD, 2002; Board of Trustees Fellowship, SCAD, 2002

National Council of Arts Administrators, Southeastern College Art Conference, Foundations in Art

"Chair-Beyond Ka-blam! Teaching Comics in College," panel at SECAC in Richmond, Virginia, 2011

• SEQA 100 Introduction to Sequential Art
• SEQA 202 Drawing for Sequential Art
• SEQA 215 Materials and Techniques for Sequential Art
• SEQA 325 Environments, Props and Structures
• SEQA 354 Speed Sketching for Sequential Art
• SEQA 382 Visual Storytelling I
• SEQA 394 Advanced Inking Techniques
• SEQA 410 Sequential Art Senior Project
• SEQA 716 Sequential Art Studio I
• SEQA 768 Figure Drawing

2005

Professor, Art Institute of Atlanta; artist, Moonstone Books, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Devi's Due Publishing, IDW; contributor to "Working Methods" by John Lowe, TwoMorrow Publishing; publishing, character and environment designer, Karma, LLC.

"Pat Quinn's Basic Perspective for Comics and Illustration," Blue Line Pro

"My family is full of teachers and I luckily had a high school art teacher who accepted my love for drawing comics, which can be fairly uncommon. Having the opportunity to teach students who are passionate about comics is a great inspiration. And comics are awesome."

• DRAW 206 Drawing for Storyboarding
• SEQA 716 Sequential Art Studio I
• SEQA 726 Sequential Art Studio II
• SEQA 756 Sequential Art Studio III
• SEQA 766 Sequential Art Studio IV
• SEQA 382 Visual Storytelling I
• SEQA 405 Visual Storytelling II
• SEQA 717 Exploring the Narrative

"Serve the story. Make it clear first, then cool."

patquinn.blogspot.com

2006

President, creative director, Waters Design Associates; adjunct professor, School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, Syracuse University; juried shows for ADC, SPD, AIGA and D&AD Global

Creativity 36, 2007; American Corporate Identity, 2006; Graphis Interactive Design, 2005; Ninth Annual Webby Awards, 2005

AIGA, Design Management Institute

Publications

• "The Real Business of Web Design," author, Allworth Press, 2004
• "Web Design Now," contributor, Graphis Press, 1998
• "Design in Depth," contributor, Rockport Publishers, 1997
• "Graphic Design: New York," Vol. 1 and 2, contributor, Rockport Publishers, 1992, 1997
• "The Business of Graphic Design," contributor, Watson Guptill, 1995

Presentations

• "Emerging Possibilities," SECAC, Mobile, AL 2009
• "The Fine Art of Web Technology," MABCA Montgomery, AL 2006
• "Mkanig Snese from Nsosnese," Syracuse University 2005
• "Forum for New Ideas," moderator, BCA, New York 2005

Recent exhibitions

• "Ever Present and In Motion," Pei Ling Chan Gallery, ACA Gallery
• "Words Implied Words Denied," Indigo Sky Gallery, Savannah, Georgia

"My thirst for continuous learning."

• GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design
• GRDS 205 Typography I
• GRDS 229 History of Graphic Design
• GRDS 243 Digital Page and Web Graphics
• GRDS 353 Typography II
• GRDS 358 Production Design
• GRDS 374 Publication Graphics
• GRDS 376 Business Practices for Graphic Design
• GRDS 386 Package Design
• GRDS 392 Exhibition and Environmental Graphics
• GRDS 394 Design and Technology: Contemporary Issues in Visual Communication
• GRDS 408 Graphic Design Portfolio
• GRDS 755 Typography Studio II

2004

Graphic designer, AMRS Inc.; graphic designer, HANOOL Design Group; professor, Robert Morris College; adjunct professor, Art Institute of Chicago; creative art director, Pyrrha Studio

Working with these clients: MB Financial Bank, Charter One Bank, NOA Bank, Manufacturers Bank, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Apple Tree Financial, CBMC, ING Inc., Target, Knoll, CDH Partners Inc., INO Architecture LLC, ADC Architecture, The Pastry Institute of Seoul, DeKalb Medical Center, DnD Consulting, Fit Atlanta LLC, Golden Stella, Grady Health System, J Mart, Kani House, Publix, Phat Boys, Star Towers, Universal Financial

AIGA Seed Award

AIGA, SEGD

Adobe Magazine; Adobe.com; Graphic Design Magazine; Impress Magazine; Chosun Daily Newspaper; Worship and Music Conference, Columbia Theological Seminary; "Communication After the Age of Structuralism"

• GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design
• GRDS 205 Typography I
• GRDS 233 Vector and Raster Graphics
• GRDS 243 Digital Page and Web Graphics
• GRDS 348 Graphic Design Studio I
• GRDS 353 Typography II
• GRDS 358 Production Design
• GRDS 370 Information Design
• GRDS 372 Corporate Identity
• GRDS 374 Publication Graphics
• GRDS 380 Alternative Design Approaches
• GRDS 386 Package Design
• GRDS 392 Exhibition and Environmental Graphics
• GRDS 400 Graphic Design Studio II
• GRDS 402 Design for Social Issues
• GRDS 408 Graphic Design Portfolio
• GRDS 705 Design Methodologies
• GRDS 709 Typography Studio I
• GRDS 715 Print Studio I
• GRDS 726 The Role of Graphic Design in Social Awareness
• GRDS 730 3-D Graphics Studio
• GRDS 759 Print Studio II
• GRDS 773 Portfolio Design

"Everything is design.
I design everything.
Design is everything."

• pyrrha.net
• iemdesign.com