Complete portfolio of artist Mary Weis

1. Illustration
High School Portrait
done in ‘06
from a photo
} Sam Powell

2. Illustrations
Top - Tommy
Bottom - Kayla
done in ‘06
Tommy’s was
created from
a photo.
you’ll notice
two
different
styles
for fun }

3. Illustrations
from photos
For customers of a
}JK Photography
creative
photographer.
Created in ‘10.

4. AJWC } Created
these illustrations
from photos
of AJWC
from members
the p
lays
in ‘09and
‘10

5. } for fun
Castles from
my imagination
in ‘05

6. Engaged create their save-
to be married,
the-date card. After
this couple
getting to know their
hired me to personality and style,
Katie Driscoll } they loved it!
I suggested this idea.

7. &
Aurora Junior Woman’s Club
Aurora Children’s Dental Services
Illustrations Sleeping
Beauty
March 19, 7pm
presents
March 20 at 11am & 2pm
created in For tickets call
Laurie (630) 897-5880 or
‘08, ‘09 & ‘10 Margaret (630) 400-7993
$5 non-refundable
for non-profit
West Aurora High Auditorium
aurorajuniorwomansclub.org
All proceeds benefit Aurora Childrens Dental Services, an
Illustrations & designs by Mary Weis:
organization which strives to improve the lives of local children. illustrativemusings.com | cyberdimmensions.com
}AJWC

8. Inventor
of a different
style PS2 gun
hired me to
illustrate this for
him. I created
different views,
Marc Rowe }
colors, etc which he
then took to
production.

9. Egg Poacher
Stem Egg pods with
ip up tops
Egg pods with
ip up tops
} Pat Bruno
Pot Top View
size actual
© 2009 Pat Bruno
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Bottom - Garlic Press

10. One of the best
I receive the
perks? product once
Pat Bruno }
it’s out of
production!

11. } Mike Anderson
Retired cop
has an award design
company. He has hired
me from time to time
to create detailed
illustrations.

12. Animal
illustrations
created for
a variety of
companies and
animals }
purposes. See the
little pig? That’s
my son’s favorite
stuffed toy.

13. Copying
}other’s work
is the best form of
flattery.
These are not
my original ideas.
They are however my
illustrations. I can
illustrate anything
with Adobe!

14. Character
development
All of these
are my ideas born of a
conversation with the
client describing what
she wanted. In just a
mcfroo.com }
few discussions, I
developed and
perfected them to her
desire.

15. } artistic illustration
Illustrated
from a
photograph.
Creative licence
was taken.

16. logos}

17. } logos

18. logos }

19. } logos

20. ACDS
Aurora Children’s
Dental Service
logos}

21. } logos

22. non-profit
operate differently than
public sector companies
in that these types of
decisions are done by
committee. While this
is more challenging to
work with, I daresay I
have
perfected
non profit } the art of working
by committee~

23. Front-end
graphics and
wire-frames
created
}transportation
for this off-shore
company. This
site is entirely
database driven.
Worked very
closely with the
programming
team.

24. The challenge
in working with
companies in the
financial industry
is they often have
difficulty in
expressing their
desires for designs. To
overcome this, I ask
many questions and
be sure my
communication is
financial }
precise.

25. By contrast,
those in alternative
medicine and
alternative fitness
} alternative
industries
desire
very creative
designs and have
good communication,
but like to be part of
the design process. I
work well with this
type of client too.

26. I can’t begin to tell
you how many times
I have revised my
design } own website.
Current revision uses
Flash.

27. Vanilla websites
made as a 24/7
brochure.
} consulting

28. Database
driven
with a highly
creative design
dance }
...not very commonly
seen. Also, this
customer was located
out of state adding a
level of complexity.

29. Flash site
portfolio
} photography

30. Flash
website with a lot
of information to be
placed on the site
this is my 3rd
revision for this client.
insurance }

31. } education
Again, lots of
content was the
challenge.
The key to
overcoming this
issue is
organization!

32. Different industries,
different databases,
different functions.
On all of these I
worked with a team of
developers.
On some, they
were offshore...
India, China,
Russia,
Germany.
database driven }

33. Common
theme?
I was the
Project Manager
as well as the
Designer..
created in
‘08, ‘09 & ‘10
} database driven

34. letterhead }

35. &
Aurora Junior Woman’s Club
Present
Aurora Children’s Dental Services
&
Aurora Junior Woman’s Club
Aurora Children’s Dental Services
S & now
White the
Seven Dwarfs
Friday, March 20, 2009
7:00 pm
Saturday, March 21, 2009
11 am & 2 pm
West Aurora High School Auditorium
$5.00 non-refundable
Sleeping
Beauty
March 19, 7pm
presents For tickets contact:
Diane (630) 897-6690 or
Pat (630) 897-2835
Illustrations & layout by AJWC member Mary Weis: illustrativemusings.com | cyberdimmensions.com
March 20 at 11am & 2pm Proceeds will benefit Aurora Children’s Dental Services, a program that
provides free dental care to low-income children in the Aurora area.
For tickets call
Laurie (630) 897-5880 or
Margaret (630) 400-7993
$5 non-refundable
West Aurora High Auditorium
aurorajuniorwomansclub.org
All proceeds benefit Aurora Childrens Dental Services, an
Illustrations & designs by Mary Weis:
organization which strives to improve the lives of local children. illustrativemusings.com | cyberdimmensions.com
} posters

36. ad pieces }

37. } brochures

38. Creativity
is key to this
industry.
A trained monkey
can type out a
brochure for you.
showing off }

39. The question is
will that
brochure have
the right message
and do the right
job for you?
I will.
} my creativity

40. home: 630.966.0748 | cell: 630.740.5279
located in Aurora, IL
Traditional Digital Personal Conceptual
Drawing PC/MAC Creative Strategic brainstorming
Watercolor / oil painting CS4 Programs: Illustrator, Project Management Branding
Rendering PhotoShop, In Design, Time Management Creative execution
Cartooning Dreamweaver, Acrobat, Organized Concept development
Typography Flash, Fireworks Self Starter Story boarding
Script Writing HTML, CSS, ASP Team player Website management
Acting JavaScript, ActionScript Leadership skills Creative writing
Jewelry Making Office, Claris, Corel, Jasc Dependable Publication design
Sculpting Social Networking Great client relationships Print production
Hardware familiarity Strong negotiation skills Theatrical effects
Peer to peer networks Spanish semi-fluency Directing
Education
Feb 04 - AIU, BA Visual Communications, Deans List all 4 semesters
Sep 04 - ELCA Theosophical Education. Graduated & Ordained as Deaconess
Jan 96 - COD, AA Graphic Arts PrePress
Sep 87 - Kaiser College, AA Computer Management
Experience
Industry related
Cyber Dimmensions - Jan 95 to current - Illustrator | Graphic Artist | Web Designer
Performed Project Management duties for completion of several large scale web projects. Created print materials,
websites, logos and more for many customers. Supervised sales force. Performed sales, accounting and nur-
tured client relationships.
Washington Middle School - Feb 10 to current - Creative Director
Cast and directed 38 children. Performed all technical direction including promotional materials, scrim creation,
costuming, prop design. Saw project from start to completion.
Aurora Junior Woman’s Club - May 09 to current - Communications Chairperson
Created branding materials and plan for organization including logo, website, brochures, posters, cards. Educated
all members on usage of marketing materials.
Other
Blast Communications - Sept 07 to June 09 - No title, many duties
Performed Office Manager tasks for a small business including project management,
web maintenance, accounting, scheduling, customer service and product procurement.
Portfolio can be viewed at http://www.illustrativemusings.com