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Christopher J. Navetta
Christopher J. Navetta has been a professional freelance graphic designer for over 17 years. His diverse career boasts an eclectic group of clients and employers--from large corporations to small businesses and individual customers--which have given him a unique sampling of the many facets of... show more

Christopher J. Navetta has been a professional freelance graphic designer for over 17 years. His diverse career boasts an eclectic group of clients and employers--from large corporations to small businesses and individual customers--which have given him a unique sampling of the many facets of design.Christopher's earliest experience in the world of graphic design came years before any formal scholastic training in the fi eld. Starting in the early 1990s, he was a regular participant in computer-generated graphic competitions on Quantum Computer Services' Q-Link, an early online service for the Commodore computer platform (a service that eventually became known as America Online). He later became a judge for some of those competitions, and through his exposure there, got his first taste of the professional graphic design world when he started freelancing for companies such as Wendy's and Long John Silver's.Throughout the next several years, Christopher continued to freelance, particularly for national retail franchises such as Kay-Bee Toys, Natural Wonders, and New York/New Jersey comic book/collectible chain Comic Attitudes. It was then that he assumed the position of digital colorist for the New Jersey-based comic and magazine publisher Southpaw Publishing (later Axess Comics). His duties there quickly expanded to complete book layout, advertising, packaging, public relations, web design, and story/script editing.After his stint in the comic book world, Christopher returned to school and spent the next years at Kean University, where he earned a BFA in Visual Communications/Graphic Design. During that time, he was awarded two Art Directors Club of New Jersey (ADCNJ) scholarships for design and a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society writing scholarship. All the while at Kean, he continued his freelancing, gaining clients of all sizes such as Jersey City Public Schools, Thomson Delmar Learning, music promoter TigerClaw Enterprises, PFLAG, Prentice Hall, and the ADCNJ. In 2004, he became an executive board member of the ADCNJ (later serving as vice president), and a designer for the 2005 Awards Show and Exhibition, as well as being involved with the Kean University/ADCNJ "Thinking Creatively" annual design conference. He has been a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the Graphic Artists Guild (GAG). He has continued working for many of the aforementioned clients, adding new ones such as Six Flags, the Mall of America, and Nickelodeon.In September of 2007, Christopher became a professor of design at Kean University, and has instructed courses including Digital Prepress, Promotional Design, Introduction to Design and Visual Culture Understanding Images and--of course-- Studio Skills.On the personal side, Christopher is a lifelong student of history, fine art, literature,and film. Bastien-Lepage, Dürer, van Gogh, Munch, Boccioni, Lichtenstein, and Warhol rank among his infl uencing artists. Also included are eclectic interests such as Gothic and Baroque architecture, and medieval European and Japanese armor/swordcraft. His studies in history have included heavy focus on the Roman Empire, the Hundred Years War, and the history of New Jersey. Most recently, modern film costume/set/prop design has come to the forefront of his artistic endeavors, with particular focus on the design and fabrication of science fiction and fantasy-based film props. This appreciation and unyielding love of history and popular culture has guided his design style throughout the years, and serves as an ever-changing source of artistic inspiration.
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