Welcome to Calvin Wong's portfolio site
Calvin Wong Illustration Est. 1980
Stunning! Amazing!

This is the personal portfolio site of Calvin Wong. I am an illustrator and comic artist working out of the San Francisco Bay Area. My work has seen print in the East Bay Express, the Lavapunch comics anthology, and the upcoming Missed Connections and Bridge Project anthologies. On the web, my work has appeared on the frontpages of XIP, Retrocrush, Somethingawful, and creativeskin.

Aside from illustration, I am also currently working in Silicon Valley mocking up and implementing GUI designs for web applications. I do a lot of HTML, CSS, and javascript scripting in my job, and I've done my share of Java, PHP, Perl, and JSP coding in the past. I'm sort of one of these guys.

Currently, I am working on stories for the Elfworld 2 anthology and minicomics for the Stumptown comics fest.

Contact Information
Contact:
calwoblahng@gmail.com
Flickr ID:
Curriculum Vitae

Education

UC Berkeley '03: B.A. Cognitive Science (Computational focus)

Software

HTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop, VIM, Microsoft Office

Projects

System ONE National Semiconductor Business Application
  • Designed interface mockups, working closely with users
  • Implemented screens with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
  • Spearheaded multi-pane approach to the system
  • Coded with Struts XML, JSP, Oracle, and Java
  • Designed icons pixel by pixel with Adobe Photoshop
  • Worldwide Inventory and Leadtime systems
XIP.nu PHP based CMS
  • In a 2 person team, architected mySQL, PHP code
  • Developed robust calendar system for site postings
  • Wrote code to dynamically generate mySQL queries
Comics Projects East Bay Express, Bridge Project, Lavapunch
  • Collaborated on scripts with writers and artists
  • Worked very well under tough deadlines
  • Many clients and customers to date
Web Design Projects SpiritofStone, QPS Materials
  • Created designs that reflect business identity from scratch
  • Drew web graphics with Adobe Illustrator

Work Experience

National Semiconductor, Santa Clara CA
Applications Programmer, 10/04 - Current

  • Primary 24/7 worldwide support for OLAP Bookings cubes and OLAP cube AIX server shell scripts and data.
  • Created Cognos PowerPlay Cubes
  • GUI design, Java developer, Perl developer, Oracle developer- deadlines for deliverables meant I had to learn technologies quickly.

Keynote Systems, San Mateo CA
QA Engineer, 1/03 - 6/03

  • Collaborated with QA team, actively reporting problems or breakthroughs
  • Main developer on java automation tool & associated documentation
From Life and Photos
Characters
Miscellaneous
Web Design
GUI Design
Icons and Logos
The Bridge Project Anthology Comic
A Night at the Opera - A Hattie and Millie Adventure
Missed Connection