Kurt is a veteran Art Director, Graphic Designer and Illustrator. A Skilled, experienced and versatile graphics professional with over 35 years experience in print and web design, publishing, marketing, promotions, production, consulting and training. He has produced projects ranging from brochures, logos, magazine designs, book illustrations to media kits and web sites. This broad range of skills and stylistic approach enables him to execute client’s projects from concept to finished production art.
I've been at this a long time. I've had good training. I know what I'm doing, and I'm pretty good at it. But if you want to read on, that‘s awesome! Love you forever!
Over a diverse career in the industry, he has accumulated skills in Art Direction, Graphic and Web Design, Digital Art, Illustration, Photography, Electronic Publishing, and Design Consulting. He has worked as freelance and as a staff artist, working both solo and with creative teams and workgroups. Having learned his craft in the murky prehistory prior to desktop publishing, he therefore possesses both traditional and digital studio skills.
Kurt has a BFA with honors in Graphic Design and Illustration from the renowned Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. Raised in Brooklyn, he moved with his family to Rockland Country in 2001. Kurt established Fantastic Realities Studio as a versatile source for seasoned and professional design solutions. In 2014, he moved his home and studio to Berkeley Springs, WV where he continues to practice.
ART DIRECTION
GRAPHIC DESIGN
WEB DESIGN
ILLUSTRATION
PREPRESS & PRODUCTION
PHOTOGRAPHY
TRAINING
CONSULTING
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Creative Cloud/Suite
WordPress
Joomla
iMovie / Garage Band
MS Word/Office/Powerpoint
BB Edit / Textwrangler
Apple Pages / Keynote / Numbers
October 2001-Present
OWNER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Fantastic Realities Studio, Graphics and Design Services
Clients Include:
Author Michael Stein, Juliet Stewart International Make-up Artist, Berkeley Springs Water, Morgan Arts Council, SK Risk Actuaries, Shangö Percussion, Four Quarters Interfaith Sactuary. Kelleher Contracting & Consruction, Clarkstown Pharmacy, Cases by Source, Sprice Contracting, Group M Marketing, Directory of Major Malls, Ettinger Engineering Associates, Rob Kron Custom Designs, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Rockland County. RB Works, Four Winds Earth Chorus, The Inanna Company, Patience T'ai Chi Association, RBA Consultants Council.
July 2003 -June 2004
Art Director & Webmaster
Art on Paper Magazine, Fanning Publishing, NYC
January 2001 - October 2001
Senior Art Director
Elite Traveler Magazine, Universal Communications, NYC
Magazine Design, Ad Design, Prepress Technician & Web Design
March 1998 - January 2001
Senior Art Director, Web Designer
Crescent Publishing Group, NYC, New Media Group
May 1991 - March 1998
Art Director, Marketing And Promotions
Universal Media, Inc., NYC
1990
PRATT MANHATTAN, NYC
Continuing Ed., Electronic Publishing
1980
PRATT INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN, NY
BFA w Honors, Illustration and Graphic Design
1976
BROOKLYN TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL, BROOKLYN, NY
Industrial Design Major w Honors
Please Read our Studio Blog - Graphics, Design, Tech, Musings and Rants. Updated Randomly.
Available from FRS:
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Rockland Fall, A chronicle of Digital Photography.
For the artsy toon fans
A is for ART, an Artist's Primer - a Digital Restoration
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