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Megumi Watanabe

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Brooklyn, NY, United States

Creative Fields

Graphic Design, Illustration, Textile Design

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graphic design, fashion, apparel graphics, textile, pattern, print, t-shirts, women's, actionsports, art

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Megumi Watanabe (渡辺恵美, 1975-) was raised in a small town in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. She began showing her creative talent at an early age, and decided to join the art club at her junior high, where she won a poster design contest, and had her painting exhibited in a local museum.

In 1993, after graduating from high school, Megumi moved to New York, briefly attended a collage in Bellevue, WA, and in 1999 she graduated from Fashion Institute of Technology with an Associate Degree majoring in Advertising Design.

Struggling to find a first job, Megumi built her portfolio designing CD /cassette /Record covers, Logos, Brochures, Business Cards and Flyers for friends. In 2001, she was hired as a Graphic Designer at a streetwear brand Triple 5 Soul, and started her 7-year-long career as an Apparel Graphic Designer in fashion industry designing T-shirts, Patterns /Textiles, Trims, Packaging, and Skateboards. Her experience, expertise, keen sense of color, and design style has earned her numerous projects with many clients including special projects such as TRASHED for Fashionpeace, A Novel Art Project for Dazed & Confused, Skatedeck Art Show at Avenue A Sushi.

Megumi's work show influences by various periods of art history of different cultures and nature, with her signature delicate, organic lines. She mainly works with pencil, water color, acrylics, pen and digital, and experiments with printmaking such as lithography, etching and woodcut, at her current residence in Brooklyn, NY.

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SERVICES

trend research / forecasting concept board
apparel graphic design - repeat patterns - trim design
package design illustration consultation

CLIENT LIST AND TIMELINE

Nike ACG 7/2008 - Present Freelance Beaverton, OR

Calvin Klein Jeans Girls 10/2008 - 12/2008 Freelance New York, NY

Eno 7/2008 - 8/2008 Freelance Shanghai, China

Ecko Function 3/2008 - Present Freelance New York, NY

Heartloom 1/2008 - Present Freelance New York, NY

Heatherette 6/2007 - 1/2008 Full-Time New York, NY

Converse (via Creative Council) 4/2007 Freelance

DKNY Jeans 6/2005 - 6/2007 Freelance New York, NY

Aèropostale 12/2005 - 1/2006 Freelance New York, NY

5 Boro NYC 1/2006 - 10/2007 Freelance New York, NY

Rip Curl 2/2005, 11/2005 Freelance Carlsbad, CA

Curvo and Milano 3/2005-6/2005 Freelance New York, NY

Victoria's Secret 5/2005 Freelance New York, NY

Burton Snowboards 3/2005 - 4/2005 Freelance Burlington, VT

Adidas Japan 12/2004, 2/2005 Freelance Tokyo, Japan

Zoo York 6/2004 - 1/2005 Full-Time Womenswear Graphic Designer New York, NY

Analog Clothing (Burton Snowboards) 2/2004, 8/2004 Freelance Burlington, VT

Parigi Group / Baby Phat Girlz 4/2004 - 6/2004 Freelance New York, NY

Triple 5 Soul, Inc. 10/2001 �" 2/2004 Full-Time Womenswear Graphic Designer Brooklyn, NY

OTHER PROJECTS

Uniqlo Grand Prix 09 Kashiwa Sato Award Top 20 Finalist Japan

A Novel Art Project for Dazed and Confused 12/2005 UK

TRASHED Project for Fashionpeace 4/2005 CA
Painted a 90 gallon trash bin as one of 100 selected artists to promote recycling.
Exhibited at various events in California including Coachella Music Festival.

EDUCATION

Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY 5/1999 A.A.S. in Advertising Design US-NY-New York

SKILLS

Adobe Illustrator-Expert (8 years)
Adobe Photoshop-Expert (8 years)
Bilingual: English - Japanese

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http://www.behance.net/MegumiWatanabe

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