black cloud portfolio
DESCRIPTION
ÂTRANSCRIPT
C H R I S W E I S S
P O R T FOLIO
C O N TENT4 – 7 I N T R O
8 – 1 7 A P P A R E L
1 8 – 2 7 B I K E S
2 8 – 3 7 I L L U S T R A T I O N
3 8 – 5 1 P R I N T
5 2 – 5 5 I D E N T I T Y
5 6 – 6 1 O N L I N E
YAY, H E R E I T I S . F I N A L LY A F T E R Y E A R S
O F R E S E A R C H , A N A LY z I N g A N D
S E A R C H I N g I N T H E D E E P D E E P D E E P
A B Y S S O F M Y H A R D D R I V E , Y O U C A N
F I N A L LY S E E S O M E O F M Y C R E AT I V E
W O R K S O F T H E PA S T 2 Y E A R S .
L E A N B A C K A N D E N J O Y !
I N # TRO
CV
6
C H R I S T I A N W E I S S2 1 . 0 4 . 1 9 8 5 B O R N • N E U S S • g E R M A N Y
08/1991 – 10/1991 PR IMARY SCHOOL • N E U S S - R O S E L L E N •
11/1991 – 06/1995 PR IMARY SCHOOL • g U M M E R S B A C H W I N D H A g E N •
08/1995 – 06/2001 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL • g U M M E R S B A C H D E R S C H L A g •
08/2001 – 06/2004 COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL • M A R I E N H E I D E •
10/2004 – 09/2006 B.I .B. INTERNAT. COLLEGE •B E R g I S C H g L A D B A C H • M E D I A D E S I g N E R { S T A T E C E R T I F I E D }
10/2006 – 03/2009 A K D A K A D E M I E F Ü R KOMMUNIKATIONSDESIGN • C O L O g N E • COMMUNICAT ION DES IgN
02/2006 – 04/2006 UNKONOWN DES IGN • C O L O g N E • I N T E R N S H I P g R A P H I C D E S I g N
02/2011 – 11/2011 P O L I V O X G M B H • C O L O g N E • F U L L - T I M E J U N I O R - A R T - D I R E C T O R
12/2011 – 04/2014 W E M A K E T H I N G S G M B H • C O L O g N E • F U L L - T I M E g R A P H I C D E S I g N E R B I K E I N D U S T R Y F A S H I O N , R E T A I L
2006 – TODAY B L A C K C L O U D D E S I G N • C O L O g N E • S E L F E M P L O Y E D F R E E L A N C E - g R A P H I C - D E S I g N E R I L L U S T R A T O R A R T D I R E C T O R
06/2006 – 03/2008 T AY L A N G M B H • C O L O g N E • P A R T - T I M E S A L E S - A S S O C I A T E S T R E E T W E A R
04/2008 – 07/2008 D I E W E R K S T A T T G B R• C O L O g N E • P A R T - T I M E B A R - T E N D E R R U N N E R
07/2008 – 08/2009 A M E R I C A N A P PA R E L D E U T S C H L A N D G M B H • C O L O g N E • P A R T - T I M E S A L E S - A S S O C I A T E
09/2009 – 01/2011 A M E R I C A N A P PA R E L D E U T S C H L A N D G M B H • C O L O g N E • F U L L - T I M E S A L E S - A S S O C I A T E B A C K S T O C K - A S S O C I AT E
EDUCATION& W O R KE X P E R I E N C E
B R E U E R S T R . 2 4 D - 5 1 1 0 3 C O L O g N E g E R M A N Y
+ 4 9 ( 0 ) 1 5 1 4 2 4 3 2 5 1 3 C H R I S @ B L A C K -C L O U D D E S I g N . C O M
7
BLACK CLOUD
M A S T E R
A D O B E C R E AT I V E S U I T E : P H O T O S H O P I L L U S T R A T O R I N D E S I g N D I g I TA L I L L U S T R AT I O N T Y P E - & L O g O - D E S I g N C O M P O S I N g S L A Y O U T
I N T R O D U C T I O N
The past 5 years took me through several stages in design & art
direction:
Once the work as a full time Art Director in an advertising agency,
as well as a freelance graphic designer with my own design-studio
called Black Cloud over the past 5 years.
The most recent station in my professional career, brought me to the
company Wemakethings, well known for popular international bmx
brands like Wethepeople, Eclat, Almond Footwear or the young ur-
ban cycling brand Bombtrack.
As a full time graphic designer, I worked almost 3 years for the
WMT in house graphic and product design department, brought 3
bike collections to life, developed multiple advertising campaigns
& catalogs, contributed designs for several clothing- and merchan-
dise-collections as well as accessoires and safety gear. I designed
and published most of the brands websites in that period, as well
as building corporate designs, marketing utilities and POS for all
company owned brands, retail stores and the in house distribution.
Another important part of my work was to communicate with in-
ternational customers, distributors and manufacturers, where I was
directing projects from concept through production.
I‘m looking forward to work in a inter-disciplinary and international
design-team based in fashion, music, lifestyle or corporate design.
S H O R T F A C T S
Working on long term projects as well as doing daily business
Experience in working as a freelance- and full time designer in
national & international design teams
Ability to put layouts and drafts to a final file,
work with tech-packs, use color spaces, fabric- & material-
catalogs and knowledge of machining techniques
High sense of creativity and interdisciplinary creative interests
E X P E R T
A D O B E C R E AT I V E S U I T E : F L A S H Q U A R K E X P R E S S A N I M A T I O N M A S T E R D R A W I N g S C R E E N P R I N T I N g P H O T O g R A P H Y {DIgITAL, ANALOg & STUDIO}
F A M I L I A R
A D O B E C R E AT I V E S U I T E : D R E A M W E A V E R A F T E R E F F E C T S P R E M I E R E 3 D S M A X E D I T I N g JAVASCRIPT, ACT IONSCRIPT C S S , H T M L , P H P
M I S C
L A N g U A g E S : gERMAN(MOTHER TONgUE) E N g L I S H { F L U E N T } F R E N C H { B A S I C } DR IVERS L ICENSE (C LASS B ) J O O M L A W O R D P R E S S M A C O S X O P E R AT I N g
S K I L L S
W E A P O N S O F M A S S C O N S U M P T I O N
R E S U M E O F S O M E R E C E N T A P PA R E L
A N D M E R C H A N D I S E D E S I g N W O R K S .
B A S E D I N P U N K - R O C K , H A R D C O R E &
H I P H O P M U S I C I L O V E T O W O R K F O R
B A N D S A N D A R T I S T S A S W E L L A S F O R
FA S H I O N B R A N D S O R A g E N C I E S .
APP# AREL
APPAREL
1 0
BLACK CLOUD
1 1
APPAREL
1 2
BLACK CLOUD
1 3
APPAREL
1 4
BLACK CLOUD
1 5
APPAREL
1 6
BLACK CLOUD
1 7
A BIKE D E C A L IS LIKE A T-SHIRT
W H I L E W O R K I N g F O R W E M A K E T H -
I N g S , I H A D T H E O P P O R T U N I T Y T O
W O R K O N S E V E R A L B M X B I K E - A N D
U R B A N C Y C L I N g C O L L E C T I O N S A S
W E L L A S O N A F T E R M A R K E T P R O D -
U C T S . I WA S I N V O LV E D I N T H E F U L L
P R O C E S S O F C R E AT I N g C O L O R
S H E E T S , D E V E L O P I N g D E C A L S A N D
g R A P H I C S O R S E T T I N g U P T E C H PA C K S .
B I # KES
BIKES
2 0
BLACK CLOUD
2 1
BIKES
2 2
BLACK CLOUD
2 3
BIKES
2 4
BLACK CLOUD
2 5
BIKES
2 6
W H E N I S TA R T E D AT W M T, O N E
O F M Y F I R S T P R O J E C T S WA S T O
C R E AT E A V I S U A L C O N C E P T F O R
A C O M P L E T E LY N E W B R A N D I N
T H E U R B A N C Y C L I N g S E C T O R .
A F T E R K E E P I N g T H I S F I R S T C O N -
C E P T O V E R A L M O S T 3 Y E A R S , I
R E C E N T LY W O R K E D O N A B R A N D
R E D E S I g N , T H AT I S N ’ T R E L E A S E D Y E T.
BLACK CLOUD
2 7
P A S S I O N
D R AW I N g A N D I L L U S T R AT -
I N g H A S A LWAY S B E E N O N E
O F M Y B I g g E S T PA S S I O N S .
I N T H E M I D 2 0 0 0 ’ S I S TA R T E D W O R K -
I N g A S A P R O F E S S I O N A L I L L U S -
T R AT O R A N D A R T I S T F O R B A N D S ,
B R A N D S O R M Y O W N P R O J E C T S .
I L L U S T R A T I O N
3 0
ILLUSTRATION
BLACK CLOUD
3 1
BLACK CLOUD
3 1
OFOF
3 2
ILLUSTRATION
BLACK CLOUD
3 3
3 4
ILLUSTRATION
BLACK CLOUD
3 5
ILLUSTRATION
3 6
BLACK CLOUD
3 7
P R I N T IS NOT D E A D
P R I N T I S N O T D E A D !
g R O W I N g U P I N A D I g I TA L
W O R L D H A S I T A D VA N TA g E S ,
B U T I S T I L L L O V E T O H O L D
P R I N T E D W O R K I N M Y H A N D S .
D E S I g N I N g P O S T E R S A N D M A g -
A z I N E S I S S T I L L O N E O F M Y
B I g g E S T PA S S I O N A N D W I L L
A LWAY S B E M Y R O O T O F C R E AT I V I T Y.
PR# I N T
4 0
BLACK CLOUD
4 1
4 2
BLACK CLOUD
4 3
4 4
BLACK CLOUD
4 5
F I R S T C O M P L E T E B I K E C ATA L O g F O R B O M B -
T R A C K B I C Y C L E C O M PA N Y. T H I S C ATA -
L O g WA S T H E S T Y L E T E M P L AT E F O R T H E
E N T I R E B R A N D I N T H E F O L L O W I N g Y E A R
4 6
T R A F F I C g M B H I S O N E O F g E R M A N Y ’ S B I g g E S T
D I S T R I B U T O R S F O R B M X A N D U R B A N C Y C L I N g
P R O D U C T S .
I R E D E S I g N E D T H E I R D I S T R I B U T I O N C ATA L O g
C O N TA I N I N g O V E R 3 0 0 PA g E S O F P R O D U C T S
A N D A S E PA R AT E C I N E L L I B R A N D B O O K .
A N O T H E R B I g C H A L L E N g E A F T E R D E S I g N -
I N g A N I N D I V I D U A L L I N E O F B I K E S WA S
T O C H A N g E T H E L O O K A N D S T Y L E F O R
C A M PA I g N S A N D C ATA L O g S E A C H Y E A R .
BLACK CLOUD
4 7
4 8
BLACK CLOUD
4 9
5 0
BLACK CLOUD
5 1
O N T H E F O L L O W I N g PA g E S Y O U ’ L L
F I N D S E L E C T E D L O g O S B A S E D O N
F R E E L A N C E A N D W M T I N H O U S E - P R O J -
E C T S A S W E L L A S A C L O S E R V I E W O N
T H E P E O P L E S S T O R E C I - R E D E S I g N .
I D E N T I T * Y
IDENTITY
5 4
BLACK CLOUD
5 5
T A K E O V E R T H E W E B
M Y F I R S T S T E P S I N D E S I g N H AV E
B E E N C R E AT I N g W E B S I T E S .
B E F O R E A N D W H I L E S T U D Y I N g
M E D I A D E S I g N I L E A R N E D S E V E R A L
T E C H N I C A L A S P E C T S I N W E B D E -
S I g N A N D C O D I N g , L I K E C S S ,
H T M L , J AVA S C R I P, P H P, O R A C L E &
M Y S Q L D ATA B A S E S A S W E L L A S
A C T I O N S C R I P T A N D J AVA , W H I C H
M A K E S I T E A S Y F O R M E T O U N -
D E R S TA N D T H E P R O C E S S F R O M T H E
C R E AT I V E A N D D E V E L O P E R S S I D E .
ONL I N E
ONLINE
5 8
F U L L W E B S I T E D E S I g N : W W W. W E T H E P E O P L E B M X . D E
BLACK CLOUD
5 9
F U L L W E B S I T E D E S I g N : W W W. P E O P L E S S T O R E . D E
F U L L W E B S I T E D E S I g N : W W W. B O M B T R A C K . C O M
6 0
ONLINE
F U L L W E B S I T E D E S I g N : W W W. R A D I O B I K E S . C O M
BLACK CLOUD
6 1
C H R I S T I A N W E I S SB R E U E R S T R . 2 4 D - 5 1 1 0 3 C O L O g N E g E R M A N Y + 4 9 ( 0 ) 1 5 1 4 2 4 3 2 5 1 3 C H R I S @ B L A C K C L O U D D E S I g N . C O M W W W. B L A C K C L O U D D E S I g N . C O M