My Top 10 of 2013 – Entertainment

Every year I tried to write down my favorite things from the past year. It’s just a little reminder to me but I like to share it with everyone. Here is my list from 2013.

  1. Pacific Rim (Warner Bros.)
  2. Gravity falls  (Disney)
  3. The last of us  (Naughty Dog)
  4. Cintiq Companion (Wacom)
  5. Hyrule Historia (Nintendo)
  6. The Art of Journey (Sony)
  7. Star Trek Into Darkness (Paramount Pictures)
  8. TombRaider (SquareEnix)
  9. Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo)
  10. The legend of Korra Book Two: Spirits (Nickelodeon)

Growing up on the shores of Maui, Hawaii, Norm has always loved drawing. Since leaving the islands’ beautiful beaches and landing in Oregon, he went to college and received a degree in graphic design as well as an additional degree in digital prepress technology. After graduating, he worked for an interactive media firm in Corvallis, Oregon. While there, he was the company’s lead illustrator/designer and was responsible for creating illustrations, animations, and interactive products like video games. Now living in Beaverton, Oregon, Norm worked as an in-house illustrator for 10 years at a large education company in downtown Portland, Oregon. While at this position, he was the creative mind behind nationally marketed campaigns, numerous brand identities, toy and product designs, children’s books, as well as Web and interactive designs for the company’s design team. After leaving this position to raise his son, he now spends countless hours perfecting his craft as a freelance illustrator. He has worked with companies like Highlights Magazine, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reading A to Z, Kaiser Permanente, KinderCare, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI). He has created projects such as marketing illustrations, children’s books, coloring and activity books, video games, and educational products for these companies and others. Norm’s ability to draw has given him the chance to do the thing he truly loves: Create.

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