Hi there! I'm D'Angelo Simms, a Baltimore-based illustrator and graphic artist with three years of freelance experience in book illustration, comic art, graphic design, poster design, screen printing, and presentation illustration. I love collaborating with clients to bring stories and ideas to life with thoughtful color, clean layouts, and polished visuals. I'm always open to new projects in illustration or graphic design. I enjoy matching a story's tone and style, delivering work that flows smoothly with text and images, and creating designs that feel fresh yet professional.…

D'Angelo Simms

Hi there! I'm D'Angelo Simms, a Baltimore-based illustrator and graphic artist with three years of freelance experience in book illustration, comic art, graphic design, poster design, screen printing, and presentation illustration. I love collaborating with clients to bring stories and ideas to life with thoughtful color, clean layouts, and polished visuals. I'm always open to new projects in illustration or graphic design. I enjoy matching a story's tone and style, delivering work that flows smoothly with text and images, and creating designs that feel fresh yet professional.…

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Hi there! I’m D’Angelo Simms, a Baltimore-based illustrator and graphic artist with three years of freelance experience in book illustration, comic art, graphic design, poster design, screen printing, and presentation illustration. I love collaborating with clients to bring stories and ideas to life with thoughtful color, clean layouts, and polished visuals.

I’m always open to new projects in illustration or graphic design. I enjoy matching a story’s tone and style, delivering work that flows smoothly with text and images, and creating designs that feel fresh yet professional.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Illustrator at The Body Analogy
January 1, 2025 - May 1, 2025
Created all final illustrations and applied colors personally, ensuring the artwork matched the story's tone and style. Handled letter formatting for the pages, ensuring text and images flowed smoothly and looked polished. Formatted letter layouts for publication pages.
Graphic Designer at Timothy Schafer / University of Nebraska – Department of English
August 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Designed a poster for a guest speaker event; used Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to edit and format the final poster; adhered to client guidelines for a compliant final product.
Illustrator / Designer at Titanic Survivors Book Club
February 1, 2023 - August 1, 2023
Created a series of illustrations for The New York Times best-selling novel Titanic Survivors Book Club, working with direction from the author to ensure illustrations matched the era of the novel.
Graphic Designer at Ethena Inc
November 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Created a full-color series of work featuring sports, editorials, graphic design, and sequential illustrations for Ethena online compliance training courses. Created designs for characters, backgrounds, infographic charts, and small comic pieces. Featured in Forbes and Business Insider print and online publications.
Illustrator / Designer at The Horne Initiative
August 1, 2021 - January 1, 2024
Commissioned and approved by the Board of Directors to design a Thank-you card. Utilized Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to design, character-building, and final layouts. Vibrant color scheme and current pop comic hero style motifs to appeal to children.

Education

Bachelors of Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art
January 31, 2017 - May 12, 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art
January 11, 2030 - May 30, 2026

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Industry Experience

Non-Profit Organization, Education, Media & Entertainment, Other, Professional Services, Software & Internet
    uniE621 Ethena Illustrations
    This is one example of the many illustrations that I did for Ethena. The company creates compliance training courses but in a way that is more modern. I had the pleasure of working with them on three compliance trainings involving diversity, inclusions and other topics. each set of works are based on the different nudges and themes. illustrator graphicdesigner…
    uniE621 Space Carrier service Logo Concept
    this piece was inspired by work from an artist collective I am part of Called Astrothunder. I wanted something simple that gives off a cute, slightly vintage space theme. logo graphicdesigner illustrator…