Anthony M. Grimaldi - Designer

New York, NY, United States

Illustrator & Graphic Designer who blends illustration and digital art to create with unlimited creativity and visual imagination.

Reedsy profile URL

Reedsy profile URL https://reedsy.com/anthony-m-grimaldi

Overview

My technique of combining and blending illustration and graphic design allow virtually no limits for interpreting whatever my imagination is inspired to create, enabling me to design with unlimited creativity and visual imagination. With this technique, I offer greater flexibility, variety, and choices that assure maximum artistic achievement in every design for every client. Though each medium has its own tools and character, the true artist not only masters each one individually, but combines and blends each together to achieve the ultimate artistic vision. As an illustrator & graphic designer, this artistic vision is my constant thought and primary goal.

Services

Languages

English

Fiction

Adventure

Anthologies

Children's Picture Books

Comics & Graphic Novels

Fantasy

Horror

Literature

Poetry

Science Fiction

Short Story

Awards

I was granted a Certificate of Excellence from ArtAvita on April 28, 2015 for being among the best 100 artists out of 485 who participated in ArtAvita's 13th Online Contest.
I was among the group of illustrators chosen as one of the '32 Best Illustration Examples That Will Blow Your Mind' on Shocase.

Work experience

Illustrator & Graphic Designer

Self-employed

February, 2011 – Present (over 7 years)

• Adobe CS4 to create and design logos, advertisements, posters, banners, flyers, tattoos, t-shirts.
• Custom illustrations with pencil, colored pencil, colored marker, pastel, charcoal, pen and ink.
Clients include:
Eschar Publications
Balcony 7 Media and Publishing
Queens Center for the Arts
Innovations in Creative Arts and Martial Arts, Inc.
Amelia Picklewiggle
BDP Design
Dark Ink Pictures
Beer Without Borders
The Angelika Film Center
TunaHAKI
The Essex House
Capri Pizza
The Quad Cinema
CUNY Summer Institute
U.S. Navy
Occupy Wall Street
La Vigna Restaurant
Circle of Friends
African Food Initiative
Raven Commercial Real Estate

Illustrated Children's Books and Publications
• Faith, the Ugly Dog - Published December 8, 2014
• Red Riding Hood and The Wolf - Published November 19, 2014
• Sophie and Mimi (Series) - I'm Thinking About Something in My Refrigerator / I'm Thinking About Something Under My Christmas Tree / I'm Thinking About Something in My Classroom / I'm Thinking About Something in My Garden
Published July 17, 2015 - November 17, 2016

Mass Communications Specialist

United States Navy

October, 2005 – October, 2009 (almost 4 years)

• Adobe CS4 to create and design posters, promotions, and advertisements aboard the USS Saipan
• Designed layout, banners, text and photo corrections for USS Saipan yearbook
• Adobe CS4 to create and design posters, promotions, schedules and advertisements for US Navy Active Reserve Drill Unit FFG-39.

Portfolio (3 selected works)

Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (Fractured fairytale Series™) (Volume 1)

Amelia Picklewiggle

Never trust a girl in a red cape carrying a wicker basket through the forest, you might not like what you find. Meet Red Riding Hood, Granny and the Wolf in this hilarious twisted fairytale for young children. Written by best selling author, and Ambassador for Board on Books for Young Readers, Amelia Picklewiggle and beautifully and skillfully illustrated by Anthony Grimaldi. Your child will n... read more

Faith the Ugly Dog: The Adventures of Buzzardillopossum

Kelly Davis Beckley

The beautifully illustrated book is the first children's book in a planned series written by Kelly that showcases Faith, a Jack Russell Terrier with a skin disease that has left her with no hair on her head, her tail or her ankles. Some have said that Faith is an ugly dog, but Kelly and Faith refuse to believe them. Inspired by her rescue dog Faith, that she adopted seven years ago, the book t... read more

I'm Thinking About Something Under My Christmas Tree (Volume 2)

Ms. Josette Stanton

'I'm Thinking About Something Under My Christmas Tree' is an alphabet children's book based on a reading and guessing game that Ms. Josette Stanton played with her granddaughters Sophie and Cali. Each letter of the alphabet begins with the phrase 'I'm Thinking About Something Under My Christmas Tree'. The book then offers the child several written clues for each letter, and must find the corre... read more