ARTIST'S RESUME Abdul H. Rashid Education Interlochen Arts Camp 1988-1989 Drawing Major II and Painting Major II College of Wooster 1992-1994 Collegiate background in figure drawing, surrealistic expression, and graphic designing Related Work Experience The College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio October 1991-April 1994 Cartoonist - The Voice (College of Wooster campus newspaper) Duties: Wrote, penciled, and inked the weekly action comic strip for the college paper. Omega 7 Entertainment Kansas City, Kansas June 1996-October 1996 Artist Duties: Laid out and penciled comic book pages for the one-shot comic Shadow Knight. Indo City Productions New York, New York October 1996- June 2000 Artist Duties: Laid out and penciled comic book pages for the promotional ashcan comic book series Wildseed, which the studio produced. Arrow Comics Flint, Michigan November 1997- June 1999 Artist Duties: Penciled for the comic Korvus vol. II, a sword and fantasy period story, and one-shot comic Allison Chains, a sci-fi action adventure-taking place in the not so distant future. Tiamat Studios South Carolina Artist Duties: Penciler for comic book mini-series concept Descendants of Toshin: Sword of Saints. Urban Style Comics Detroit, Michigan June 1999-Present Artist Duties: Current artist (pencils and inks) for the comic studio's flagship mini-series Dreadlocks: Revelation. Previous Projects *Men of Harambee comic strip: Weekly comic adventure featured in the College of Wooster campus paper. (Creator/Artist/Writer) 1991-1994 *Shadow Knight: A one-shot comic project centering on a hero powered by African mysticism.(Artist) 1996 *Wildseed: Promotional comic book for independent New York production studio featuring teenage superheroes. (Artist) 1996-99 *Korvus vol. II: A one-shot revamp on a barbarian comic book hero. (Artist) 1998 *Allison Chains: Comic book one-shot project about a genetically enhanced female super-solider that seeks freedom from her creators (Artist) 1998 Current and Developing Projects *Descendants of Toshin: Sword of Saints: Comic book fantasy taking place in ancient Asia involving super-powered beings in battle for the fate of man. (Artist/Co-Writer) 2000-2001 *Psychopath and Bucktooth Earl: Graphic novel about a crazed man living in a delusional world where he is a super-powered being hunting for (and hunted by) a monster seeking to drain the life of all that cross its path. (Artist) 1999-2000 *Darklore: Screenplay about a revenge driven scientist on the trial of the vampire that destroyed his hometown 20 years ago and looks to do the same in present day Cleveland. (Writer, Illustrator, Creator) 2000 *Dreadlocks: Revelations: Comic mini-series which ushers in the re-vamp of the independent comic hero and the introduction of a trilogy based storyline. Premieres August 2001 (Artists) *Underlords: Trendal's Legacy: Comic book mini-series in the spirit of science fiction and fantasy. This story mixes the old school mysticism and futuristic settings to create a new and exciting galaxy that dives into the concepts of theology and mythology. (Artist) *Black Sun, Red Moon: Comic mini-series about a hero living with both a human soul and the presence of the Angel of Vengeance in his body destined to battle a prophesied evil that could bring about a foretold Armageddon. (Writer, Artist, Creator) 2001 *Gemini: Comic mini-series taking place in a dark future where the only hope for a better life lay in the hands of 6 sets of gift twins that must find each other to prevent mans own self-imposed destruction, but one of the pair have an alternative agenda to rule as supreme high lords. (Writer, Artist, Co-Creator) *The Men of Harambee: Comic mini-series/graphic novel that spans over thousands of years centering around of band of immortal heroes with angelic abilities fighting a secret war against other of their kind seeking dominion over any and all things that live. This story explores the mythology, theology, and traditions of various cultures to put a new/different spin on legends of old and the very history of the world.