Pasefika Designs, LLC
Primary Industry: Fine Art
Jon Apisa is an artist and designer specializing in interactive web design. Jon was raised in Hawai’i and graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) with a degree in Art. Jon developed and improved his fine arts skills including drawing, painting and contemporary forms of “Tatau” (Polynesian style tattooing).
Jon was awarded third place for his cartoon drawing in the UNLV newspaper, Rebel Yell, by the Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards.
While completing college, Jon worked as a contract web designer for companies based in Hawai’i as well as Las Vegas. Upon graduation from UNLV, Jon moved to American Samoa & established his company, Pasefika Designs. Pasefika Designs specializes in various fine art works and web design. Jon has performed professional art work for the Samoan government marketing the Samoa Bowl I and II, the American Samoa Small Business Center, and Samoa Community College. Jon also served as a guest instructor for a summer art and computer art course at Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development (PICED).
Jon continues to improve his proficiency as an artist and designer. He enjoys sharing his knowledge, learned artistic skills and professional perspective with young artists. He was given this opportunity when invited to speak about web design at the 3rd Annual Pacific Islander High School Education Conference 2009.
His artwork may be viewed at the pasefika.com portfolio.
Summary: Artist and Web Designer using various graphics software programs and Microsoft SQL Sever database. Particularly interested in communicating fine art with design. Always interested in projects that use; clear communication, open collaboration, and mutual respect while working with others.
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Art University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Fine Arts Skills: Fine Arts skills include: Color Pencil Drawing, Oil painting, Tattooing.
Graphics Software Skills: Graphics software skills include: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Visual Studio.
Web Design Skills: Web Design Skills include: ASP.NET C#/VB.NET, ASP.NET MVC, CSS, Flash Actionscript, Microsoft SQL Server, XML, Xhtml.
Honors and Awards: Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards : Editorial Cartooning: Third Place: http://www.spj.org/moe00r11.asp
Web Design Speaker for Pacific Islander High School Education Conference 2009 at Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
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Jon Apisa is an artist and designer specializing in interactive web design. Jon was raised in Hawai’i and graduated from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) with a degree in Art. Jon developed and improved his fine arts skills including drawing, painting and contemporary forms of “Tatau” (Polynesian style tattooing).
Jon was awarded third place for his cartoon drawing in the UNLV newspaper, Rebel Yell, by the Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards.
While completing college, Jon worked as a contract web designer for companies based in Hawai’i as well as Las Vegas. Upon graduation from UNLV, Jon moved to American Samoa & established his company, Pasefika Designs. Pasefika Designs specializes in various fine art works and web design. Jon has performed professional art work for the Samoan government marketing the Samoa Bowl I and II, the American Samoa Small Business Center, and Samoa Community College. Jon also served as a guest instructor for a summer art and computer art course at Pacific Islands Center for Educational Development (PICED).
Jon continues to improve his proficiency as an artist and designer. He enjoys sharing his knowledge, learned artistic skills and professional perspective with young artists. He was given this opportunity when invited to speak about web design at the 3rd Annual Pacific Islander High School Education Conference 2009.
His artwork may be viewed at the pasefika.com portfolio.
Summary: Artist and Web Designer using various graphics software programs and Microsoft SQL Sever database. Particularly interested in communicating fine art with design. Always interested in projects that use; clear communication, open collaboration, and mutual respect while working with others.
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Art University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Fine Arts Skills: Fine Arts skills include: Color Pencil Drawing, Oil painting, Tattooing.
Graphics Software Skills: Graphics software skills include: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Flash, Microsoft Visual Studio.
Web Design Skills: Web Design Skills include: ASP.NET C#/VB.NET, ASP.NET MVC, CSS, Flash Actionscript, Microsoft SQL Server, XML, Xhtml.
Honors and Awards: Society of Professional Journalists: Mark of Excellence Awards : Editorial Cartooning: Third Place: http://www.spj.org/moe00r11.asp
Web Design Speaker for Pacific Islander High School Education Conference 2009 at Skyline College, San Bruno, CA.
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