Artists Biography

Tamian’s artistic career had its humble beginnings at Corporate Visual Productions in Coral Gables. Previously a bookkeeper by trade, she decided it was time to do something more creative with her life. She trained with the resident artist at C.V.P. and began learning programs such as Corel 4.0 and Photostyler on the PC. Throughout the three years spent at C.V.P., Tamian enjoyed learning about slide and video duplication, E6 and kodalith developing, copystand and product photography, for companies such as Exxon, and Visa.

In 1994 she worked with a maniac at Applied Imaging in Miami Lakes. Though this experience was thankfully short lived, it was an excellent opportunity to get involved with the Macintosh and some new programs such as Persuasion, Powerpoint, Pagemaker, Astound, Super Q, Freedom of the Press and Adobe Dimensions. At A.I. she had the opportunity to work with companies such as Disney and Royal Caribbean.

Later Tamian worked with Carlos Littlepage at Littlepage Photography. She enjoyed the position of photographic assistant, office manager and layout editor. It was there that she gained the greatest experience using the standard “big three” in desktop publishing, Quark, Illustrator and Photoshop. Among the many projects created at Littlepage Photography were swimsuit and Judaica catalogs, various brochures, product packaging, magazines, newsletters and ad campaigns.

It was in 1995 that Tamian decided to start her own freelance company, "Beyond Design." Working part time, after hours and on the weekends, she worked towards building a clientele. From February, 1996 through September of the year 2000 Tamian worked as a technical support representative for Deneba Systems, a graphic software developer in Miami. She was hired at Deneba because of her experience in graphic design and extensive use of mainstream software packages. As a tech support rep. her job was to answer customer questions regarding the “Canvas” software and resolve software related system issues. Frequent customer questions included how to use Canvas to create various graphic effects. She did significant bug testing and reporting through 4 versions of this exciting software. As part of the Development Decision Team she assisted in making decisions about what would help the software become more mainstream. Working closely with the Art Director Leyla Arnor, she helped develop several Tips, Tricks and Techniques for the Deneba web site. Sadly, the Deneba team was downsized in 2000. However, this gave Tamian the opportunity to go back to school to pursue an additional degree in Graphic Design.

Between 2001 through 2003 Tamian had the unique and exciting opportunity to work as the layout designer and illustrator for the Miambiance Literary Magazine, published annually by Miami Dade College. Each year the magazine is entered in several national, state and regional competitions. Tamian earned 36 out of the 102 awards the magazine received between 2001 and 2003. Be sure to take a peek at the achievements section for more information about these awards.

Since early 2003, Tamian has devoted her time exclusively to her freelance graphic design company, Beyond Design, creating logos, brochures, web sites and fabric patterns. In March of 2003, working closely with the Industrial Design company Roth*ink, she had the distinct honour of developing a graphic package for the River Heritage Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. This exciting project included logo and 3 dimensional signage, 12'X30' wall murals in both Illustrator and Photoshop. 9' charts and graphs. Graphic representations to guide muralist, kiosk panels, button plates, and artifact layouts for each of the museums exhibit areas. The museum had it's grand opening in late August, 2003. Stay tuned. Images of the museum will be added soon.

Today, the list of projects and clients continues to grow and expand to include:

Logo, hang tag, and product label for Haute Couture dress designer, Ema Savahl
Book cover designs for various individual authors,
CD cover and DVD cover designs for various musicians and lecturers,
Product identity development for Trilogy International, (logo development, product label design, catalog, meditational CD design, instructional DVD design, and web page design.)
Large format trade show booth and exhibit graphics for The Nigerian Space Council, and Teachers Discovery
Billboard designs for various companies
Direct marketing Ad designs for DDM-New York
Corporate identity and investor proposal for Hydro•Jection (Solutions with Water)

And the list goes on.....