[SKILLS]

Adobe CS3
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
DreamWeaver
Flash
Acrobat Pro
Quark
Microsoft Office
FTP / file archiving
Mac OSX
Windows

[Graphicking]

Print production
Web graphics
photo retouch

[Comication]

Cartoons
Caricature
technical drawing
Multimedia design

 Raymond Larrett is an accomplished designer, illustrator, and print production artist, with a broad range of creative projects, including graphic design, illustration, print production, web design, multimedia, and photo retouching. Recent focus on packaging production & design, for clients like Wild Planet, Tilia, Brand Engine, many more.

As Norman Dog, He is also a renowned cartoonist and illustrator. Plus, he really enjoys referring to himself in the third person.
[abridged history]
Freelance design & production - 2006-2008
  • Design & print production for Zazzle.com, Stone Bridge Press, Wild Planet, Y&R, Williams Sonoma, ELH Productions, East Bay Regional Parks District, many others.
  • Designer for Corbeau Films independent production "Barefoot To Jerusalem". Designed poster, website, and credits, assorted collateral materials.
  • Taproot Foundation - 2007/8. Design for the Taproot Foundation, an organization which creates pro-bono marketing materials and strategies for non-profit social service clients.
Project Manager / Designer, Winterland, San Francisco CA - 1980-2001
  • Designed T-shirt, poster and other branded merchandise for music, entertainment & fashion clients including DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Todd Oldham, Madonna, N’SYNC, Backstreet Boys, Marilyn Manson, Pokémon, Universal Films, Jurassic Park, and others too numerous to mention.
  • Researched marketplace trends, generated project estimates and developed multiple projects and product lines within constraints of time and budget.
  • Managed a team of designers and programmers to create a series of interactive multimedia catalogs of merchandise, as well as sales and promotional materials for print, video, and online. Spearheaded the company’s first database-driven catalog for print and interactive disc.
Graphic Artist, Tilia, Inc, San Francisco, CA- 2002-2006
  • Design, layout, and prepress production of marketing materials for consumer kitchen products, including packaging, labels, manuals, advertising, flyers, brochures, web-based promotional materials and other collateral materials.
  • Designed multi-lingual versions of FoodSaver product packages and manuals for International division, including their first Japanese-language package.
  • Photo retouching, archiving of completed project files, print proofing, and dealing with printers and outside design firms. Managed own schedule with multiple deadlines for various in-house clients.
Norman Dog Cartooning & Illustration - 1980-Present
  • Providing the finest in illustration and cartoon fun since late last century. Ilustrations and cartoons have appeared in many national periodicals, magazines, books, etc. Clients include SPIN Magazine, Nickelodeon magazine, The Nation, The East Bay Express, RAW Magazine, Anarchy Comics, Fanatgraphics, more.