A Fresh Start

Along with all the web design I've done in the past couple of days, I figured it was time to give the blogging thing another try.

For anyone who doesn't know me, I'm Rita Moore, the Lead Artist for CCP Comics and a freelance designer for my company Electric Chinchilla Entertainment.  I hold a BA in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of Colorado, but I specialize in web design, graphic design, and illustration with expertise in Photoshop and high proficiency in Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash.  I've been in business since 2007 and have developed a reputation as a very business oriented, hardworking individual that knows how to give and take direction.

As I've mentioned before, I work for CCP Comics with our Editor-in-Chief McLain McgGuire, Editors C.S. Humble and Rob Bass, and approximately 30 other artists, writers, and creators.  For CCP Comics, I've drafted and negotiated contracts, built and managed the web site, served as an artist, reviewed portfolios, trained and advised other artists, and participated in many promotions and charities.  We've been on a white-knuckled growth since we began just a few short years ago.  We started as a small group of creators and built a business that is recognized as the "farm team" of the comic industry with the gazes of DC, Marvel, and Image cast upon us.  With our recent inclusion to Comics Plus, Comixology, B&N Nook, Diamond Distributors, and the ComicCon Circuit, our future looks blindingly bright.

For the comic conventions I attend with CCP Comics, I developed a site specifically for the art I do for those conventions at comixartyst.com.  I prefer to keep that art separate from the work I do with Electric Chinchilla Entertainment as a means of keeping professional business from my convention business.  For conventions, I've enjoyed much success with my watercolor work but my real passion lies with promoting CCP Comics and my pet project FLIP Relapse, a comic about a group of unlikely heroes based on the quirks and personalities of my long time friends.

My business, Electric Chinchilla Entertainment, is where I display all of the recent design work and illustration I've done in my professional career.  I highlight web design, print design, and illustration.  I currently manage CCPcomics.com, FLIPrelapse.com, comixartyst.com, BestPetiteSweets.com, as well as my own site at ElectricChinchilla.com.  I've designed logos for Smash Wear and The Sprinkled Frog, educational materials for the National Center for Farmworker Health, illustrations for Amalfi Designs, and countless other print designs for various other clients.

Enough of that.  I'm a huge fan of humor and I surround myself with people who make me laugh and things I find fun.  One of those people is my husband, Brian, who is a very silly guy and always makes me feel better.  I love that guy.  I've gotten to travel to quite a few places in the US but haven't ventured outside the borders yet.  Most of these posts are going to be pretty humorous (at least in my opinion) simply because it's easier to type that way.  I mean jeez... I've drafted dozens of contracts....nobody wants to read like that.  This post itself is like a mullet.  Business upfront but party in the back.....hopefully more appealing though.

So I hope anyone out there reading this enjoys!
-R