> Pira - Creative/Art Representative/Founder
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Thank you for making it this far through the site, we hope you have enjoyed some of the images. Jungle Pixel Studios is solely operated by Pira.
For prospective clients we have included a Curriculum Vitae indicating a small portion of work completed by Pira.
Jungle Pixel is always on the look out for new exciting productions to be involved with, we are happy to create your image for you.
Please email Pira to discuss your concepts and see what we can do together.
Media & Design history
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1999 - Present. Jungle Pixel Studios - Graphic Design studio, Owner/Operator/Designer.
This is an on-going project that was established in the Cairns area, as a freelance design studio. Work has appeared in many local and National publications through out Australia (Newspapers, Magazines, Bill boards, Brochures, Posters, Corporate branding, etc). Primarily focused on print-based media. Specializing in logo design and colour work. Mac OSX private and group training facilitation.
Skilled in the use of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Indesign), Final Cut Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash, Director, Word.
2006 - 2007. Telemark Films - Documentary film production studio, Animator/Motion Graphics Designer.
A high end production job that was completed in nine months. The studio in Connecticut (USA) completed two broadcast television documentaries in collaboration with Pira. One was titled 'The Real McCoy', a historical account of the rum-running trade and the character of William McCoy in the 1920's prohibition era of the US. This was a 90 minute feature.
Pira was responsible for all animation and graphics content used in this film.
The second film was about the Cod fishing industry regulations and the decline of fish stocks in the North Atlantic, this was a 60 min feature. Entitled; ‘Fisheries - A Cautionary Tale’. Pira’s role was to produce motion graphics and to train interns in the process of design for animation.
2001 - 2004. CityLife & Backpacker Magazines - Magazine publishing & advertising, Head Designer.
Advertising design and all publishing requirements were performed. Full-production and content generation for monthly publications produced in Cairns. Freelance/contract based and interspersed over 3 years. Produced content material for a wide range of clients from Cairns and surrounding areas.
2004. Bolton Imprint - Print house, Head Designer.
Managed a head design position within the oldest print shop in Cairns. Dealt with many clients and briefs, as well as landing high-end clients through creative submissions. Prepared CMYK plates for delivery to an off-set press.
2003 - 2004. Peter Lik Publishing - Photography & Publishing, Head Designer & Photoshop-guru.
Used as the 'secret' photo retouching expert, within the Peter Lik group in Cairns. Daily jobs included, high end scanning and colour correction. Also created and retouched published books for the company. Personally edited and mastered over a hundred gallery prints. The galleries operate in Australia and the United States, with 150 core images used. Contributed to brand enhancement effectively lifting sales from $1M AU per a year to over $30M per year for gallery sales of Limited edition prints.
2002 - 2003. Adpower - Advertising agency Cairns, Graphic Designer.
As part of a rapidly growing design agency, the most awarded in North Queensland, Pira was a designer for the team. Duties were mainly for print based news media, advertising sector. Many corporate clients were satisfied including; Toyota, Stockland Australia, Daikyo, etc. Very demanding deadline oriented work was completed. We won numerous low-budget creative pitches and Telstra Media awards of which Pira contributed toward.
1997 - 1998. Peter Jarver - Wildscape Photographics, Photo - retouching.
Mastered landscape photographs using Photoshop for high-end printed media. Professional masking, burning and dodging and colour correction work. Images appeared in galleries throughout Australia, and various published books.
Qualifications
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Bachelor of Communication Design, JCU, Townsville, 2001.
Certificate IV Business Management, TAFE, Cairns, 2005.
Certificate IV Training & Assessment, RediTeach, Cairns, 2009.
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