Contestant
Jason Schirmer | ESD & Associates
Jason has been interested in graphic design for quite some time and has been working as a designer for several years. He enjoys daily studies, his main practices being Vector, 3D, and Typography. For the better part of the past year he has been working as a web developer. When not working Jason spends his time cooking for family and playing Tetris Friends.
Contestant
Cesar Rivera | Chimaera Design
Cesar was born and raised in San Antonio, TX. He developed a curiosity for art and design at an early age. While attending high school, he decided to learn more about his passion by enrolling in his first commercial art class. He entered his first competition for art and design and took 2 first place ribbons. After serving in the US Army, he attended San Antonio College (SAC) and earned two Associate's degrees. Cesar garnered awards artistically and academically from SAC and external competitions. He transferred to Texas State University – San Antonio where he was habitual about the Dean's List, earning several more design awards and graduated with his BFA in Communication Design (ComDes) in 2007. The ComDes program gave him the concept development tools needed to succeed in a very competitive field.
Cesar has designed for several national and local brands. His work has been published in the 2007 Graphis New Talent Annual and continues garnering awards and recognition from top competitions such as Art Director's Club of Houston, Dallas Society of Visual Communications, Advertising Federation and the AIGA TxShow.
In 2010 through early 2011, he co-founded the AIGA San Antonio chapter and served as the first Vice President and it's second President (interim). He also serves on the SAC Professional Advisory Committee that helps decide course curriculum. Currently, Cesar is attending Texas State University – San Marcos studying for his Master of Fine Arts in Communication Design.
Contestant
Alexis Souza | Souzamaphone
I have been doing graphic design professionally since 1997 after doing my time at San Francisco Academy of Art. Upon taking business courses at Texas Tech, I found a job at a printing press in Lubbock. At the forefront of the on-line printing emergence, I found my calling in print design, in all aspects. From interpreting print "lingo" to customers in the beginning, I have worked my way through owning an arts newspaper to publishing regional magazines, from start-up level local ads to international print ad campaigns, from minor screen-printing to packaging & apparel. I work out of the house (under the business name Souzamaphone) near Boerne, Texas preferring my oak trees to traffic in town. Industry recognitions include international awards for cover designs and poster designs from AIVA's Communicator in 2010-2012. (Completely nervous about this Furious Pixel competition!)
Contestant
Samantha Muscat-Sherr | The Broadway Agency
As a child, spent unreasonable amounts of time choosing the right fonts for the lemonade stand poster and editing MS Paint drawings pixel by pixel. Today, she does basically the same thing and loves every minute of it. Her specialties include logo design and print advertising, and her work often features traditional and digital illustration and hand-drawn type.
Contestant
Rikky Möller | Rikky Möller Design
Rikky Möller is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, and all around geek. Drawing inspiration from psychology, science fiction, and a constant exploration for knowledge, his tagline says it all: "Need brilliant design? Hire a nerd."
Möller delves into every project with a holistic approach to design and detail. As a multicultural communicator, Rikky Möller is familiar with almost any language that might come his way (Klingon included).
Möller's work has led to over 30 awards from respected institutions such as the American Advertising Federation and The Art Director's Club. With experience ranging from Fortune 500 companies to grassroots start-ups, no project is too immense or too small. A few of his past projects include American Airlines, Clear Channel Communications, Fulbright & Jaworski, IBC Bank, Jack Daniels, Kodak, SA♥Japan, Rackspace, Time Warner, and USAA.
Find out more about Rikky Möller and his eye for otherworldly innovation at www.rikkimoller.com.
Contestant
Doris Palmeros | University of The Incarnate Word
Doris grew up on the colorful Texas/Mexico border which helped shape her vision of finding beauty in things mundane yet authentic, gritty yet perfect in their imperfection. From the Texas border to the heart of Texas at UT Austin, Doris made her move northeast to pursue a masters degree in her passion, graphic design, at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She spent the following 9 years working with her mentors, Seymour Chwast and DK Holland, at Pushpin Studios in NYC before founding her own company, Twinpop Design. The road back to South Texas beckoned, and with her husband and young kids in toe, Doris continued developing her creativity at Giles Design in San Antonio. Today, her main pursuit is sparking the internal fire of her students at the University of the Incarnate Word and helping clients express their vision thru freelance projects. Doris lives on a quiet street close to downtown SA and when she's not busy teaching her students, she sits at her kitchen table helping her son, Luca, and daughter, Maya, express their own inner artist.
Contestant
Rick Lopez | Black Pearl Intelligence
Rick's professional work experience comes from his passion for the creative process. His first memories of creativity are when he was a kid sitting in church drawing with crayons. Now he has over 16 years of advertising experience, and has been involved as a professional designer and artist for 20 years. Though Rick is talented in several visual art disciplines, he has been focused on the art of moving pictures in commercials, short films and music videos. When not busy working and creating,Rick spends his time writing in third person and relaxing with his beautiful wife and two boys…and yes, he still loves to sit quietly and doodle in church.
Contestant
Alejandro Perez-Segnini |
Bromley Communications
Born in Maryland, USA.
Raised in Caracas, Venezuela.
With a degree in Visual Communications specialized In Multimedia and Motion Design.
My experience in Venezuela came by working with major production companies, T. V. stations and lots of freelancing. Move to Texas in Feb. 2007 where I decide to open Kreazione Kolective with my Brother.
Kreazione defines itself as a multidisciplinary creative group since it offers a wide rage of services: Design+Motion+Sound+Web
Currently, I am a Senior Art Director at Bromley Communications.
The Master of Ceremonies
Cleto Rodriguez | Reporter & Comedian
Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Cleto Rodriguez is living his lifelong dream of becoming an elite stand-up comedian.
Rodriguez has been performing since 1995 and has worked with comedians George Lopez, Carlos Mencia, Daniel Tosh, Wayne Brady, Brett Butler, Tim Hawkins and Bob Smiley. He has even opened for living legend B.B. King.
Rodriguez performs nationwide in comedy clubs, corporations, colleges and churches. He was chosen as the comedian for the 2008 Promise Keepers events in seven U.S. cities. Rodriguez connects with audiences by relating everyday life experiences. Anything and everything is fair game, from marriage mishaps to the challenges of dieting. His comedy is high-energy, observational and hilarious with a brilliant Latino twist.
He has strong San Antonio roots going back to his grandfather, San Antonio native Cleto Rodriguez I, who was one of Texas first Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Rodriguez also contributes his time and talents to the community by helping raise money for disadvantaged youth and the homeless.
From clean comedian to TV personality, you can catch Rodriguez daily as the latest morning personality on News 4 San Antonio Today.
