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Freelance Designer

I am an artist, designer, and creator. I use my formal artistic background and intuitive sense of design to create new concepts and translate them into cohesive visuals for multiple platforms. My skills include drawing, painting, typography, graphic design, film, photography, collage, zines and printmaking. I am naturally collaborative and adept at providing clients with both technical skills and creative insight.

•	Editorial Illustration working with art directors 
•	Logo design for business’s and Bands
•	Work with clients and art directors to produce one of a kind work
•	Frequently work with short turnover time


•Lead teams of carpenters alongside other trades to finish projects on time and to excellent standards
•Plans and executes work with proper tools and materials to maximize efficiency
•Constructs custom built designs according to specifications
•Highly detailed finished work

Journeyman Carpenter

•	Organizing print jobs by fabric and size, sending each order to the printer that will complete the job the best
•	Knowledge of Printers and how troubleshoot, fix, and align large format digital textile printers. 
•	Quality Control of fabric, looking for flaws in the printing, in the fabric, and from fixation
•	Knowledge of multiple industrial fixation machines as well as dye sublimation process


Print Operator 

•	Competitive analysis in action sports industry
•	Market research for new technologies, materials, and advertisement 
•	New Product development 
•	Take to market plans for new line of products
•	Development of archives and product history 


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Printer

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Erik Leighland: Freelance Designer in Santa Barbara, CA

Erik Leighland

Leighland Design

Ben Ewart Construction

Spoonflower

Quiksilver

Foundation Press

Art Center College of Design

san marcos high school