Education |
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Graduate Certificate | 5-year degree (licenciatura) in Applied Biology in Animal Resources |
| Certificate Science Illustration Program Autonomous University of Lisbon, Institute of Arts and Crafts, 2002/03 |
Introduction to Drawing Program National Fine Arts Society Lisbon, 1995/98 |
Skills |
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| Illustration experience using traditional black and white and color media such as graphite, carbon dust, pen and ink, watercolor, acrylic, gouache and colored pencil. Digital 2D and 3D illustration, graphic design (including creation and customization of computer fonts), animation and web services on both Windows and Mac platforms using Photoshop, Illustrator, Maya 3D, Fontographer, InDesign, Dreamweaver, HMTL, Drupal, Flash, ToonBoom, Acrobat, PowerPoint, FileMakerPro | |
Experience |
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| Freelance illustrator 2003-present |
Instructor of Science Illustration workshops in different countries |
| Collaborator illustrator Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Entomology, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA Washington DC, November 2004-present |
Instructor of the Introduction to Digital Science Illustration Workshop Center for the Research and Studies of Anatomy and Science Illustration, Fine Arts Faculty of Lisbon, March-May 2006 |
| Program Coordinator Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Washington DC-Chapter, January 2008-present |
President Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Portugal-Chapter, September 2009-present |
| Teacher Assistant to Introduction to Natural Science Illustration University of California, Santa Cruz September-December 2003 |
Judge of the Society for Technical Communication-DC Chapter Washington DC, November-December 2007 |
| Executive Committee Member Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference, Évora, Lisbon and Sagres, 2000 |
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Aditional Education: Internships & Workshops |
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| Scientific Diving Course Smithsonian Scientific Diving Program Washington DC, May 2007 |
3D Animation Course in Maya Corcoran College of Art+Design Washington DC, September-December 2006 |
| Flash Workshop Portuguese Institute of Youth Lisbon, March 2006 |
Training of Trainers Workshop Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, January-March 2005 |
| Creating Computer Typefaces Workshop Visual Art, Design and Marketing Institute Lisbon, January-March 2005 |
Science Illustration Internship Division of Paleontology of the American Museum of Natural History NY, September-November 2004 |
| Science Illustration Internship Entomology and Crustacean Sections of the Queensland Museum Brisbane, Australia, July-September 2004 |
Internship in Applied Biology “Fluctuating Asymmetry in two sibling species of Cicada L. (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)” Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 2001/02 |
| Science Illustration Workshop Institute of Environmental Promotion, 2000/01 |
Science Illustration Workshop Faculty of Science, University of Lisbon, 1998/99 |
Associations |
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| Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques (AEIMS) since 2009 |
National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) since 2007 |
| Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) since 1999 |
Portuguese Biologists Order since 2001 |
Exhibitions |
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| (see also the News section) | |
Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, |
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| Science Center of Sintra, Portugal, 2008 (permanent one-man show) | Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 41st Annual Juried Exhibition, Fort Kent, ME, 2009 |
| XII National Meeting of Biology Students Braga, Portugal, 2008 (one-man show) |
Focus on Nature X New York State Museum, 2008 |
| Illustrators Club Juried Exhibition 14 Washington DC, 2008 |
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 39th Annual Juried Exhibition, Bozeman, MT, 2007 |
| National Museum of Natural History University of Lisbon, 2006 |
Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 38th Annual Juried Exhibition, Madison, WI, 2006 |
| Park Show, Chico Creek Nature Center Chico, CA, 2006 |
Science by Photography, Belém Cultural Center, Lisbon, 2006 |
| Insects and Art exhibition, Sherwell Center University of Plymouth, UK, 2004 |
XI Iberian Conference of Entomology Funchal, Portugal, 2004 |
| Museum of Natural History Santa Cruz, CA, 2004 |
XXII International Congress of Entomology Brisbane, Australia, 2004 |
| Institute of Arts and Crafts Autonomous University of Lisbon, 2003 |
Center of Art and Visual Communication Lisbon, 2003 |
| Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Bar Harbor, ME, 2001 | Guild of Natural Science Illustrators 32nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Évora, 2000 |
Selected Publications |
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| Marques, D., “A Look at Science Illustration in Brazil”, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Annual Journal, November 2008 (pdf-768 Kb) | Ewart, A. & Marques, D., “A new genus of grass cicadas (Hemiptera:Cicadoidea:Cicadidae) from Queensland, with description of their songs”, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, July 2007 |
| Landry, Adamski, Schmitz, Parent & Roque-Albelo, “Taygete sphecophila (Lepidoptera:Autostichidae): redescription of the adult, description of the larva and pupa, and impact on Polistes wasps (Hymenoptera:Vespidae) nests in the Galapagos Islands” Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 113(2):307-323, June 2006 | Gaffney, E., Tong, H. & Meylan, P., "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae and Araripemydidae", Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 300, NY, 2006 |
| "Planeta com Vida", 10th grade Biology and Geology textbook, Santillana-Constância, Lisbon, 2006 | Marques, D., “The 26 Letters in Science Illustration”, Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Newsletter, January 2006 (pdf-3.4 Mb) |
| Marques, D., “The Importance of Entomological Illustration: Worth a Thousand Words”, XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia, 2004 (pdf-684 Kb) | Quartau, Rodrigues & Marques, “On the colour polymorphism of Asianidia chinai in Madeira (Hemiptera:Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae)”, Arquivos do Museu Bocage, vol. IV, no 2, pp. 159-170, Lisbon, 2004 |
| Bay Nature Magazine Berkeley, CA, July-September 2004 |
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Selected Presentations |
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| (see also the News section) | |
| Collaborating with the Smithsonian Association Européenne des Illustrateurs Médicaux et Scientifiques Congress Milan, Italy, 2009 |
Evolution of whales animation video for the Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference Ithaca, NY, 2008 |
| Science Illustration and Nature Preservation II Brazilian Science Illustration Meeting Curitiba, Brazil, 2008 |
Fossil Fest - microscopic paleo illustration demo, National Museum of Natural History Washington DC, 2007 |
| Mexico Fest - traditional illustration demo, National Museum of Natural History Washington DC, 2007 |
Communicating science through images 1st Communicating Science in Portugal Meeting Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, 2006 |
| A book: insects, drawing and letters Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference Madison, WI, 2006 |
Bugfest - digital entomolgical illustration demo National Museum of Natural History Washington DC, 2005 |
| The 26 letters in science illustration Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Conference Bar Harbor, ME, 2005 |
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