Marcel Blanco
Artist / Founder · PunkRockZen
Los Angeles, CA
Work Experience
Artist / Founder
PunkRockZen2013 – Present
I take your ideas and turn them into a visual reality. Urban Fine Art, Murals, Illustration, Art Direction, Graphic Design.
Art Director/Senior Graphic Designer
Jewel Box Platinum Inc.2011 – 2013
Company designs custom RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) certified awards for worldwide Platinum/Gold record sales. Awards are multi-dimensional shadow boxes containing several design elements. CLIEntS: Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, EMI/Capitol, Activision, MARVEL (movie division).
Graphic Designer
Variety2008 – 2009
Daily/weekly entertainment-trade magazine that covers the motion-picture industry. Responsibilities included creating page layouts, photo composite, and artistic elements in support of issue content and special editions.
Graphic Designer / Illustrator
CMH Records2005 – 2008
Los Angeles based independent music label with subsidiary labels covering genres of punk rock, metal, string quartet, and children’s lullabies. Created cd packaging, illustration, design promotion collateral for print and web.
Production Artist/Graphic Designer
Night Netwerk Productions1998 – 2005
Design studio with clients from the music industry, sportswear, and action sports. Cre- ated magazine ads, catalog layouts, marketing collateral. CLIEntS: Arbor Snowboards, Restless Records, EMI/Capitol, Rhino Records, Otomix Sportswear
