Dan Johnson is a digital artist who worked for years as an art director, illustrator, visual effects artist, and animator. He has worked on effects for film and television. He served for several years as the team leader of the Digital Matte team at Pixel Corps in San Francisco and has worked on visual effects for film and TV, including as a digital paint artist on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Dan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and taught computer graphics at the College of Marin in Novato, California and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco before coming to the University of North Georgia in 2017. As a digital artist with a traditional media background, he is largely self-taught and now shares his experience and techniques gained through years of trial and error. He is always looking for interesting projects to create new and exciting art for his clients.

Dan Johnson is a digital artist who worked for years as an art director, illustrator, visual effects artist, and animator. He has worked on effects for film and television. He served for several years as the team leader of the Digital Matte team at Pixel Corps in San Francisco and has worked on visual effects for film and TV, including as a digital paint artist on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Dan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and taught computer graphics at the College of Marin in Novato, California and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco before coming to the University of North Georgia in 2017. As a digital artist with a traditional media background, he is largely self-taught and now shares his experience and techniques gained through years of trial and error. He is always looking for interesting projects to create new and exciting art for his clients.

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Dan Johnson is a digital artist who worked for years as an art director, illustrator, visual effects artist, and animator. He has worked on effects for film and television. He served for several years as the team leader of the Digital Matte team at Pixel Corps in San Francisco and has worked on visual effects for film and TV, including as a digital paint artist on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Dan is an Adobe Certified Instructor and taught computer graphics at the College of Marin in Novato, California and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco before coming to the University of North Georgia in 2017.

As a digital artist with a traditional media background, he is largely self-taught and now shares his experience and techniques gained through years of trial and error. He is always looking for interesting projects to create new and exciting art for his clients.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Intermediate
Russian
Beginner

Work Experience

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Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at Brigham Young University
May 10, 1996

Qualifications

Adobe Certified Expert in Illustrator
March 29, 2013
Adobe Certified Expert in Photoshop
December 31, 2012

Industry Experience

Gaming, Education, Media & Entertainment, Telecommunications
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