Joe Eckstein

Author, Illustrator & Artist
www.JoeEckstein.com

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Experience

• Published children’s book author and illustrator (2013–Present)
• Staff illustrator, artist, and book designer for leading children’s educational publisher Carson-Dellosa Publishing, Greensboro, NC (2006–2012)
• Digital artist & greeting card illustrator, Naptime Productions, Rossford, OH (2001–2002)
• Freelance illustrator, graphic designer, and artist (2000–Present)

Skills

• Illustration, drawing, painting, inking, line art, cartooning
• Digital art, image editing, and scanning
• Experience illustrating in variety of media: pencil, colored pencil, pen & ink, ink wash, watercolor, acrylic, and oil paint, digital (raster & vector)
• Expert computer skills and proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud software including Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop, plus QuarkXpress
• Book cover and interior design
• Art direction
• Concept art and storyboards
• Graphic design
• Digital prepress and printing
• Website design
• Traditional 2-D animation and 3-D computer animation and modeling
• Creative writing, copy editing, and proofreading

Education

• Bachelor of Fine Art, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2001
  Computer Art & Animation major; Drawing minor; Additional study in art history, film studies, theatre, music, creative writing, and business

Published Work

Children’s Books Authored and Illustrated:

• Herby Gets a Life, Imagine! Books, 2013

Children’s Picture Books Illustrated:

• Twee’, Coda Grove Publishing, 2013
• I Am Twee’, Coda Grove Publishing, 2013
• Two Homes for Daniel, Alpine River Press, 2013
• Twee’ for Two, Coda Grove Publishing, 2014
• Two Sisters for Daniel, Alpine River Press, 2014
• Time Out for Meg, Alpine River Press, 2014
• Stanley’s Colors, Penzance Junction Press, 2015
• Animals: Counting, Colors & Sounds (Board Book), Harbor Media Group LLC, 2015
• The Max Stories, Harmonic Press, 2016
• I Love My Ponytail, Golden Arrow Press, 2016
• Welcome to the World, Little One, Islandbrzy Press, 2017
• The Ride of Your Life, Cairn Trail Publishing, 2019

Children’s Chapter Books Illustrated:

• The Lost Locket by Bonnie Black, 2013
• Summer Camp by Bonnie Black, 2013
• The Wedding Cake by Bonnie Black, 2014
• The Ghost of Black Hawk Island by August Derleth, The August Derleth Society, 2015

Children’s Educational Books Illustrated:

• Little Stories for Little Readers, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, 2006
• Learning in Motion series of resource books, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, 2007
• A New Trip Around the World, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, 2008
• Craft & Gifts, Carson-Dellosa Publishing, 2011

Shows & Exhibitions

• BGSU School of Art Undergraduate Summer Work Juried Exhibitions, 2000
• BGSU School of Art BFA Show, Bowling Green, Ohio, 2001

Awards & Honors

• Journalism Association of Ohio Schools Superior, Excellent, and Honorable Mention for Editorial Cartoons, 1996–1997