Martheus Wade

About Martheus Wade

Martheus Wade (Graphic Designer/Writer/Illustrator) A graduate of the University of Memphis, Martheus’ love for pop culture, along with his talent as an illustrator, was a natural fit for maintaining a career as a graphic designer and art director. He began as an intern at Signature Advertising. After completing his internship, Martheus worked as graphic designer for the magazine Dateline Memphis. He quickly landed a job as an art director at Oates Design. After two years at Oates Design, Martheus became art director at Redmond Design, a position he held for five years. Afterwards, Martheus struck out on his own as a freelance graphic designer and illustrator working with companies such as the Radison Hotel, Trust Marketing, Senior Services, The YWCA, The Girl Scouts Heart of the South, Special Olympics, The Heal the Hood Foundation, OrthoMemphis and the Memphis Grizzlies. Recently, he has illustrated for such titles as Action Man for IDW, Marvel Masterpiece card series, Star Wars Masterpiece card series for Topps/Lucas Film, Bad Girls Club for the Oxygen Network, and illustrated, wrote, and produced a graphic novel for Action Lab and Scholastic Books titled, Shinobi: Ninja Princess. Currently, Martheus is the graphic designer for the Memphis Redbirds, the Triple-A Affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Specialties: • Competitive brand development skills. • Excellent design sense and an understanding of corporate needs • Ability to Illustrate in many different styles with energetic eye-popping graphics. • Ability to pencil, ink and digitally color a single project or an entire comic book. • Ability to speak directly with clients to get a clear understanding of the scope of a job.

Experience

1. Owner Creative Director

   Maw Productions

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Illustrator and Creator of Shinobi: Ninja Princess• Art Director and Graphic Designer working with brand development and advertising for many different non-profit and businesses including the Girl Scouts of America, The YWCA, The Church of God in Christ.

Education

• University of Memphis

  BFA, Graphic Design, Illustration and Fine Arts

  1993 — 1999

Skills

• Art Direction
• Comic Book Illustration
• Adobe Illustrator
• Publishing
• Brand Development
• Multimedia
• Illustrator
• Conceptual Art
• Film
• Digital Illustration
• Graphic Novels
• Comic Books
• Characters
• Visual Storytelling
• Storyboarding
• Graphics
• Vector Illustration
• Page Layout
• Marketing
• Posters
• Digital Art
• Character Animation
• Concept Design
• Layout
• Comic Art
• Storytelling
• Books
• Art
• Creative Writing
• Magazines
• Comics
• Cartoons
• Graphic Design
• Drawing
• Inking
• Illustration