Sol Amstutz

Illustrator

SolAmstutz

Lancaster, PA

Objective:

To gain experience and knowledge working in the illustration/graphic design industry and to work with clients to produce a high quality of work and to develop a substantial portfolio.

Freelance Work


  • Clients

    Various Freelance Clients:

    Bands/Labels

    -Equal Vision Records
    -Victory Records
    -Ferret Records
    -Fueled By Ramen Records
    -Fearless Records
    -Good Fight Entertainment
    -Sons of Nero
    -Bravado International Group
    -Blood Company Management
    -Bon Jovi
    -Lamb of God
    -Slightly Stoopid
    -Black Veil Brides
    -The Country Throwdown Tour
    -Blood On The Dance Floor
    -Buddy Guy
    -August Burns Red (Solid State)
    -Megadeth
    -Asking Alexandria (Sumerian Records)
    -Breathe Carolina (Fearless Records)
    -Rise Against
    -Story Of The Year
    -Yellowcard
    -Abandon All Ships
    -For Today (Facedown Records)
    -Slipknot (Nuclear Blast)
    -City and Colour (Vagrant Records)
    -Saosin (Virgin Records)
    -Every Time I Die (Epitaph Records)
    -Circa Survive (Equal Vision Records)
    -Saving Grace (Universal Recordings)
    -Motionless in White (Fearless Records)
    -Wretched (Victory Records)
    -The Audition (Victory Records)
    -Silverstein (Victory Records)
    -Phantom Planet (Fueled by Ramen Records)
    -Mychildren Mybride (Solid State Records)
    -Bring Me the Horizon (Visible Noise Records)
    -This or the Apocalypse (GoodFight Records)
    -Texas in July (Equal Vision Records)
    -The Right Coast (Darklight Management)
    -A Hero Named Hope
    -Every Avenue (Fearless Records)
    -Pierce the Veil (Fearless Records)
    -Lets Get It (Fearless Records)
    -The Word Alive (Fearless Records)
    -Winds of Plague (Century Media)
    -ABACABB (Sumerian Records)
    -Born of Osiris (Sumerian Records)
    -LoveHateHero (Ferret Records)
    -Between the Buried and Me (Victory Records)
    -Children of Bodom (Century Media)
    -Chelsea Grin (Artery Foundation)
    -Impending Doom (Sony Music Ent.)
    -I Am Abomination (GoodFight Records)
    -Rosaline (Eulogy Records)
    -Chiodos (Epitaph Records)
    -Silent Screams
    -The Reapers
    -The Gracious Few
    -Like Wild
    -Josey Lee
    -The Battle Within
    -One Year Later

    Design is sold in Hot Topic stores

    Companies

    -DemonSeed Skateboards
    -Perfect Chaos Clothing
    -Lock&Load Apparel
    -Machete Premium Cuts
    -Subzero Apparel
    -Suck! Clothing
    -Prestigious Clothing
    -Bluffton University

    Contests

    -Two shirt of the day wins at www.designbyhumans.com

    -Winner of the CrowdSpring contest to design a tour shirt for Phantom Planet. My design was selected out of over 100 participants.


Education

  • BFA
    Bluffton, OH
    Aug 2005 - May 2009
    Bluffton University

    Four years of study with a major in fine arts and a minor in graphic design.

    Won one of two given art scholarships for the duration of schooling.

    Nominated for the AICUO Art Award for Excellence (1 of 2 candidates).

    Recieved high marks from professors in all areas of art classes.

    Awarded the Academic Award for Excellence in Art

Experience

  • Design Intern
    Lancaster, PA
    Jun 2008 - Aug 2008
    DavCo Advertising

    Responsible for the construction and modification of ads using Adobe InDesign for the 2008/2009 Business directory.


    Responsible for producing/modifying between 10-12 ads per day, with a range in size from 1/4 page to full page.

    This was a paid internship for which a positive review was received.

  • PR Designer
    Bluffton, OH
    Aug 2007 - May 2008
    Bluffton University

    Designer for the Public Relations Office at Bluffton University.

    Responsible for producing ads, handouts, flyers, pamphlets, posters etc. using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.

  • Volunteer for the design dept.
    Derry City, Northern Ireland
    Nov 2008 - Nov 2008
    Verbal Arts Center

    Spent the first semester of the 2008/2009 school year studying in Northern Ireland.


    Assigned to the Verbal Arts center for a volunteer work placement. Had the opportunity to do some work for the design department, which included an illustration for their monthly newspaper, among other minor jobs.

Awards


  • Art Awards / Recognition
    • Silver Key Award for pencil drawing (2005)


      Bluffton University Art Scholarship (2005-2009)


      Various Awards in student art shows at Bluffton University (2005-2009)


      Winner of the CrowdSpring contest for Phantom Planet (2008)

      Winner of the Tee of the Day shirt contest at DesignByHumans.com (2008 and 2009) for Old Man in the Sea and Earth Mother designs

      Nominated for the AICUO Art Award for Excellence (2009)

      Awarded the Academic Award for Excellence in Art at Bluffton University (2009)

  • Press

  • Testimonials

    "I have had the pleasure of working with Sol on a few projects now. He is an exceptional artist with the understanding of how to take direction from the client, no matter how strenuous the direction may be. He has a firm grasp on meeting strict deadlines. Its also very comforting to know that he only a phone call or email away and sends regular progress reports without being hounded. I fully endorse Sol as an artists and freelance designer and look forward on hiring Sol for more projects in the future."

    - Portland / Owner, operator, creative director for Sons of Nero

    "Working with Sol has been easy, efficient, and worth the money. His artistic skill is evident in each and every piece of work that he does. He is someone that you can depend on to produce an amazing design at the right price and within the time frame that was agreed upon."

    -Ryan Nelson, Blood Company Management

    "Sol is great, both professional and easy to work with.. versatile enough to handle work for everyone from Children of Bodom to Every Time I Die and Chiodos while not sparing anything on the creative end."

    -Tim Zahodski, GoodFight Management

    "I have been working with Sol for over a year now on a regular basis. I can always rely on him to come through with an amazing product. I'm more and more impressed with his work every time!"

    -Mike Farrell, Fearless Records