Peter Pohle / SteamBirdDesign
Peter Pohle / SteamBirdDesign
Digital & Traditional Artist - Professor of Visual Art
Siloam Springs, AR , United States
peter@peterpohle.com

• Over 45 years of professional experience in art, design and illustration.
• Eight years teaching experience as Professor of Art, and Digital Media Art at John Brown University.
• One-year teaching experience as Professor in Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
• Experienced in a wide range of traditional illustration media.
• Experienced with various 2D & 3D computer graphics applications.
• Resourceful and curious to explore new techniques and solutions in the creative process, using traditional or digital tools.
• Caring, understanding and interested in the success of others.
• Able to share knowledge and experience.
• Cross cultural experience: German and American citizenship.
• Fluent in English and German.

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS

2013 Expose 11“The Best of Digital Art World Wide”: 2 pieces of digital art in the Steampunk category.

2012 Expose 10 “The Best of Digital Art World Wide”: Winner and Master Artist in the Steampunk category (2 pieces of digital art)

2010
3D world magazine August issue 132,
Portfolio entry winner for image of the month “The Departure”

E-onsoftware.com website
Image of the day May 31, 2010 “Discoverers”

1994 and 1995
Accepted entry into the
Governor’s Invitational Art Show of Loveland Colorado

1994
Accepted entry into the Exhibition of
The Society of Illustrators 36th Annual of American Illustration
Category: Institutional.

1994
Accepted entry of two illustrations for the
Dallas Society of Illustrators, Ninth Annual Exhibition

1992
Accepted entry of a book cover illustration for the
1992 Print’s regional Design Annual

1986
Book cover design and illustration
Gold Medallion Book Award
Presented by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association

Skills

Illustration3D ModelingOil PaintingTeachingFigure DrawingCut & Assmble ModelsJigsaw Puzzle Illustrations

Software proficiency

Blender
Blender
Photoshop
Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
ZBrush
ZBrush
Groboto
Groboto
Gaea
Gaea

Experience

  • Professor of Visual Art at John Brown University
    Siloam Springs, Arkansas, US
    August 2001 - Present

    Teaching classes:

    Drawing 1

    Illustration 1 & 2

    3D computer modeling 1 & 2 & 3 (Maya, ZBrush, Blender)

    Digital illustration (Photoshop)

    Figure drawing 1 & 2

    Oil painting 1 & 2

    Oil pastel

    Sequential art & storyboard

    Flash animation

  • Professor of Illustration at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
    Savannah, Georgia, US
    August 2005 - May 2006

    Teaching classes:

    Drawing & design for illustration

    Material & techniques

    Editorial illustration

  • Greeting Card Designer and Greeting Card Animator at Hallmark Cards
    Kansas City, Missouri , US
    September 1995 - December 2000

    Responsibilities:

    Development of concepts and creation of greeting cards using conventional media (oils, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, colored pencils, airbrush and other media.)

    Development of animated greetings using various computer graphics applications (Director, Flash, Photoshop, 3D Studio Max)

  • Illustrator and Greeting Card Artist at Dayspring Cards
    Siloam Springs, Arkansas, US
    January 1989 - April 1991

    Responsibilities:

    Development of concepts and creation of greeting cards and calendars using conventional media (oils, watercolors, pastels, mixed media, colored pencils, airbrush and other media

  • Freelance Illustrator and Oil Painter at Selfemployment
    Loveland, Colorado, US
    May 1991 - August 1995

    Developing and creating 3D content for e-onsoftware/cornucopia3D and Turbosquid.com

    Creating Flash animations for Hallmark.com and Federal Express, through Hallmark Loyalty, Kansas City, Missouri

    Designing and creating Flash animations and greeting cards for Dayspring Cards, Siloam Springs, Arkansas

    Designing and creating paper-cut-and-assembly models for Candle Books, London, UK

    Creating fine art paintings for various Galleries including, Talisman Gallery, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, American Legacy gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

    Jigsaw puzzle design and illustration for Ravensburg Publisher, Germany

    Paper-cut-and-assembly models for Dover Publications, New York

    Calendar and greeting card art for Dayspring Cards, Arkansas

    Book cover illustrations or Navpress, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Sequential art illustration for Medienteam, Giessen, Germany

    Magazine and poster illustrations for Group Publishers, Loveland, Colorado

    Spot illustrations for Iconomics, Fort Collins, Colorado

  • Designer, Illustrator, and Photographer at Campus für Christus (CRU)
    Giessen, DE
    September 1977 - December 1986

    Responsibilities:

    Development and implementation of design, illustration, photography and layout for print, multimedia and exhibitions.

  • Education: Master of Fine Art in Illustration at Syracuse University
    Syracuse, New York , US
    July 1989 - August 1991

    Independent study.

    Classes: Illustration, Histroy of Graphic Design, Figure Drawing, Children Book Illustration, Oil Painting.

    Master thesis: The Influence of the Ashcan school on Modern Day Illustrators

  • Education: Undergraduate Degree in Visual Communication at Hochschule der Künste Berlin (Academy of Art, Berlin)
    Berlin, DE
    August 1973 - May 1977

    Undergraduate Degree in Visual Communication

    Classes: Printing Techniques, Illustration, Drawing, Figure Drawing, Corporate Identity, Photgraphy Darkroom in Color and B&W, Lettering

  • Education: Staatlich Geprüfter Tiefdruckretuscheur at Dreuckhaus Tempelhof (Printing house in Berlin)
    Berlin, DE
    May 1970 - May 1973

    Apprenticeship in retouching and prepress for the Gravure printing process.

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