Lahna Johnson
Follow messageInterior Distance Education Of Alaska Class of 2010
SEATTLE, WA
I am Lahna Johnson, a freelance self-taught artist in drawing, photo-manipulation and digital painting; native to Dillingham (Bristol Bay), Alaska. I am studying Media Arts and 3D Animation at the Art Institute of Seattle and am currently in my 3rd quarter. Professionally, I take commissions to create CD covers, Logos, Wallpapers, special effects, portraits, illustrations, fine art prints, digital touchups and the like. I am a leader, role model and motivator among my peers. I will do what I need to do to succeed at my goals, personal and professional. The highest goal I can aspire to is to gain a BFA in animation with the education & skills needed to work for an animation or special effects studio.
Extracurricular
- Instrumental: Flute
- As a middle school student I learned the Boehm flute and played for 3 years. As a home school student I continued to play and also took on the Irish whistle. I would like to continue with learning various other woodwinds and hone my existing skills.
- Digital Paint/ Photoshop CS4
- I have acquired a recent interest that has grown into a passion for digital painting. I will continue to grow in my skills with the resources available to me at college in pursuing a BFA in Animation.
- Junior Varsity and Varsity Volleyball
- I played volleyball all through Junior High and in my 10th grade year of attending public school. While home-schooled during my 9th, 11th and 12th year I continued to play as a hobby and conditioned my body with plyometric and cardio exercise to keep myse
- German (Deutsch) I & II
- Weiter Deutsch zu lernen. Involved with learning the German language and furthering my knowledge of the culture. I indulged in the German culture when I visited Deutschland, von der Schweiz, Ostereich, und Tsechechien in the year of 2006. I would like
- Instrumental: Guitar
- I took a classical beginners guitar class in my first year of highschool. In the recent year I have picked it up again to learn more on my own to play as a hobby.
- Photo-manipulation/Graphic Design
- I am self taught in the art of photo-manipulation and always trying to further my skills. I have basic graphic design knowledge that comes in handy when doing free-lance work for CD covers, wallpapers or t-shirts.
Experience
- HR Assistant/ Receptionist
- Ocean Beauty Seafoods, LLC
- 2010 to
- I applied for and was accepted for a 6 month internship with Ocean Beauty Seafoods in Seattle as an entry level job to the HR department. I learned job skills and professionalism along with basic HR issues. I am still in the duration of completing my inte
- Food Server
- Alien-Ate-A-Moose
- 2006 to 2006
- For the summer of 2006 I worked at a small unique sandwich shop learning the basics of how to run a small business with one of my friends. We prepared unique sandwiches that were not found anywhere else in the community.
- Alaska Commerical Fisherman
- Peter Pan Fisheries
- 1999 to
- Every summer since I was 8 years old I commercial fish with my mom on the beaches of Ekuk Alaska. We gather the hundreds of pounds of fish from our catch and deliver to a land processor at an average of .25 cents a pound per salmon that we catch and deli
- Barista
- Bay Moka
- 2008 to 2008
- For the summer of 2008 I was a barista at the local coffee shop "Bay Moka" located in the Dillingham harbor. I created a variety of coffee and food services to the public. I loved creating specialty drinks that people would love and come back for more. I
- Freelance Digital Artist
- Lahna Johnson Studios
- 2009 to
- I create and sell my own freelance artworks along with taking commissions for designing/illustrating CD covers, wallpapers, book illustrations, wall art, fine art, posters and cards.
Honors & Awards
-Honor Roll (4 years)
-Academic Acheivement Award
- National Honor Society Nominee
- National Physical Fitness Award
-1st Place in community goose calendar drawing contest.
-1st place in online community art contest with over 300
-Academic Acheivement Award
- National Honor Society Nominee
- National Physical Fitness Award
-1st Place in community goose calendar drawing contest.
-1st place in online community art contest with over 300
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
May 29, 2011
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
December 2
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White // Native American
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Citizenship:
US Citizen
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
SEATTLE
Interests
- Animation
- Music
- Digital Arts
- Game & Interactive Media Design
- Graphic Design
- Visual Arts & Design
Favorites
- Movies:
Great respect for the Animated-Disney Classics-Comedies-War Movies-Tragic Romance: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Treasure Planet, The Little Mermaid, Rattatouille, Tinkerbell, Cinderella, Pirates of the Caribbean, Titanic, Tristan and Isolde, Pearl Harbor,
- TV Shows:
- Music:
Varied taste in music that ranges from all genre's. Favorite sub-genre: Folk Metal. Favorite Band: Eluvietie....die new wave of folk metal geht weiter...
- Websites:
http://www.lljohnson.deviantart.com
- Quotes:
"If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world."
"Pay no mind to people who belittle your ambitions, small people do that, but it is the great who make you - Books:
The Bible, Man's Search for Meaning, The Great Divorce, Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Greatest Generation, my childrens book "Lumpest and the discovery".. and anything related to learning more about photoshop, art, scandinavia,
