About Me

Within context of teaching and learning I discovered a passion for interactive art when I was illustrating technical book manuals and company developing branding. Out of need to combine my technical and creative development skills I became consistent with eLearning projects. As a student within Master’s of Science I’ve realized that the act of learning is a creative process, not a transference, and inside it is revelation of our individual differences.Like storytelling, instructional design doesn’t require writing. Instructional design, in principle, is a creative form form that I’m tempted to call art. I believe the process for developing an effective teaching course can’t be automated. Automative technologies will produce content that fit parameters within descriptions, but it lacks the creative spirit to make the content become true, meaningful, and effective at changing the spirit thus a learning experience. This is my passion.

Education

Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA

Master's of Science, Instructional Technology Aug 2026 (Anticipated Graduation)

College For Creative Studies Detroit, MI

Bachelor's of Fine Arts, Illustration 2013

Experience

Empowermefirst, Remote

Instructional Designer | April 2025 - Present

SMS Data Products Group. Inc McLean, Virginia

Technical Illustrator | March 2018 - Jan 2025

Unified Business Technologies Troy, Michigan

Technical Illustrator | October 2016 - June2017

Color Detroit Detroit, MI

Illustrator | February 2016 ‑ June2016

MCM Learning Warren, MI

Technical Illustrator | July 2015 ‑ January 2016

Skill

Software

CorelDraw | CorelDesigner | CorelPainter | Photoshop | Illustrator | Moho | After Effects | Indesign | Acrobat | AutoCAD | Rhino | Storyline | HTML/CSS/JS | Word | Excel | Powerpoint | Stable Diffusion 

Studio

Digital & Traditional Panting | 3D CAD Modeling | Vector Drawing | Ink & Pencil Sketching | Comic Illustration | Vector Animation | Manual Illustration | Ink & Pencil Sketching

Certification

Michael Londen Smith

Illustrator/Graphic Artist

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