Gary Shipman Email & Phone Number

Zion, IL, US

In this time period 519 page of comic book called Pakkins’ Land were collected in one omnibus volume.

Lake Forest, CA, US

To be announced.

Artist / Writer / Creator / Owner of the graphic novel series Pakkins' Land.

Provided original painting of Baby Groot to be presented as a gift to the Disney corporation.

Glendale, CA, US

Storyboards for a TV spot "The Game".

Lake Forest, CA, US

Produced fully paint sketch cards for the Adventure Time Trading Cards set.

Illustrated a Star Trek book project.

Independent Contractor

Lake Forest, CA, US

Produced more than 125 fully paint sketch cards for the Superman: The Legend Trading Cards

Lake Forest, CA, US

Produced 50 fully paint sketch cards for the Batman: The Legend Trading Cards

• Responsibilities included illustration graphic design.
• Creating and laying out graphic publications from raw manuscript to final digital output or camera-ready art.
• Produced a fully paint 92 paged color graphic novel.
• Lettering a 92 paged story

• Responsibilities included spot illustration.
• Laying out educational publications and executed those editorial plans from raw manuscript to final digital output or camera-ready art.
• Creation of cartoon character.

• Developed character
• Produced 300 comic book pages for volume #4 and #5 of the graphic novel series “KINGDOMS”

• Co-created the characters for an animated TV series
• Developed the final art
• Collaborated on writing the pilot script for the series

• Created an ensemble cast of characters seeing it through from conception to final art
• Product storyboards for an opening title sequence
• Logo design

• Created spot illustrations for items
• Generated items and pages for testing materials
• Prepared final testing materials for print in prepress

• In this time period seventeen issues of a 32 page comic book called Pakkins’ Land were produced, published, and distributed.

Portland, Oregon, US

In March 2000 Image Comics published Issue #4 of Pakkins' Land: Forgotten Dreams.

• Began with company just as it was changing from traditional typesetting and paste-up to desktop publishing. Initial responsibilities included spot illustration and paste-up. Assisted the production department in.
• Worked with editors in laying out educational publications and executed those editorial plans from raw manuscript to final digital output or camera-ready art.
• Contributed to over 300 educational publications during my seven and a half year tenure with the company. Some of my work included:
• Creation of cartoon character for 12 book intermediate science series.
• Created several Teacher “Clip Art” books that continue to be on the company’s bestseller list.
• Produced a series of full color posters for Evan-Moor’s theme books. Some of these included realistic animal renderings; others used cartoon characters to demonstrate educational concepts.