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Hi, I'm Paul Sizer. I’m a designer and illustrator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over three decades of experience building brands, publishing comics, and leading creative teams. I’ve run Sizer Design + Illustrations, collaborated with publishers, universities, and entertainment brands, and enjoyed mentoring students and emerging designers along the way. I’m passionate about storytelling through visuals, character design, and publication design, and I love turning ideas into practical, artful solutions that connect with audiences and clients alike. To see more of my comic-based work, you can go here: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Hi, I'm Paul Sizer. I’m a designer and illustrator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over three decades of experience building brands, publishing comics, and leading creative teams. I’ve run Sizer Design + Illustrations, collaborated with publishers, universities, and entertainment brands, and enjoyed mentoring students and emerging designers along the way. I’m passionate about storytelling through visuals, character design, and publication design, and I love turning ideas into practical, artful solutions that connect with audiences and clients alike. To see more of my comic-based work, you can go here: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

Paul Sizer

Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator, +2

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Hi, I'm Paul Sizer. I’m a designer and illustrator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over three decades of experience building brands, publishing comics, and leading creative teams. I’ve run Sizer Design + Illustrations, collaborated with publishers, universities, and entertainment brands, and enjoyed mentoring students and emerging designers along the way. I’m passionate about storytelling through visuals, character design, and publication design, and I love turning ideas into practical, artful solutions that connect with audiences and clients alike. To see more of my comic-based work, you can go here: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_…Hi, I'm Paul Sizer. I’m a designer and illustrator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over three decades of experience building brands, publishing comics, and leading creative teams. I’ve run Sizer Design + Illustrations, collaborated with publishers, universities, and entertainment brands, and enjoyed mentoring students and emerging designers along the way. I’m passionate about storytelling through visuals, character design, and publication design, and I love turning ideas into practical, artful solutions that connect with audiences and clients alike. To see more of my comic-based work, you can go here: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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Hi, I’m Paul Sizer. I’m a designer and illustrator based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with over three decades of experience building brands, publishing comics, and leading creative teams. I’ve run Sizer Design + Illustrations, collaborated with publishers, universities, and entertainment brands, and enjoyed mentoring students and emerging designers along the way.

I’m passionate about storytelling through visuals, character design, and publication design, and I love turning ideas into practical, artful solutions that connect with audiences and clients alike.
To see more of my comic-based work, you can go here: Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

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Work Experience

Senior Design Director, Owner/Chief Creative Officer at Sizer Design + Illustrations

January 1, 1992 - Present

Lead a graphic design and illustration studio providing logo/branding systems, packaging, identity management, illustration, poster and book design, website design, and related services for clients in publishing, entertainment, and corporate sectors. Responsible for design direction, client management, project scheduling, production workflows, and team coordination.

Assistant Director/Production Manager at Western Michigan University, The Design Center, Frostic School of Art

January 1, 1992 - Present

Collaborate with senior graphic design students in the BFA program; teach design management practices and studio procedures; coordinate client projects, pre-press and digital file workflows; organize press checks with print vendors; assemble and manage design teams; develop client implementation plans. Planned and ran the yearly professional development trip to New York City with graduating seniors; managed alumni databases and social media connections.

Publisher/Artist/Writer at CAFÉ DIGITAL STUDIOS

January 1, 2005 - Present

Self-publishing venture publishing graphic novels and comics. Titles include Little White Mouse (Omnibus Edition, 2006), Moped Army (2005), B.P.M. (2008) and Mix Tape:1984 (2014). Moped Army was nominated by the American Library Association for Best Books for Young Adults and selected for Great Graphic Novels for Teens.