Roland Saldivar

About Me
I am a professional digital artist and multimedia designer with more than twenty years of experience across print, digital, video, and illustration. I have worked as a published comic book colorist, a designer for print and online media, a video editor, and a university educator in digital art and design. That range means I can take a project from concept through to finished, production-ready output without handing it off to someone else halfway.
I work directly with clients, ask the right questions early, and deliver on schedule. Most of my work has been repeat business, which tells you what it is like to work with me.

Design for Print and Digital
Book covers, layouts, logos, marketing materials, infographics, and publication design. I prepare true print-ready files with correct bleed, trim, resolution, and CMYK conversion, so your printer or platform accepts them the first time. I also design for screen, including social graphics, presentations, and web imagery.
Illustration and Digital Painting
Digital portraits, custom illustration, concept art, and character design. My painting work has been featured by Photoshop educator John Derry and recognized internationally by the Light Space and Time Online Art Gallery.

Instructional and Learning Design
I hold a Master of Arts in Education Technology and have designed courses, learning materials, storyboards, and assessments for universities and for a government-backed digital education project. If you need training content built properly rather than just formatted, this is my field.

Comic Book Coloring
Professional comic coloring since 2004 with Glass House Graphics, including published credits with Zenescope Entertainment. I handle flats, rendering, color composition, and print preparation, and I hold consistency across a full issue or series.
Photo Retouching and Compositing
Product and image retouching, background removal, clipping paths, object removal, color correction, and realistic compositing. Clean results that keep natural texture rather than looking over-processed.

Video Editing and Motion Graphics
Editing, animation, motion graphics, and audio work in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve. Experience covers educational content, promotional video, and creative edits.

AI-Assisted Creative Work
I use AI image generation as a production tool inside a trained art workflow, refining outputs in Photoshop to a professional standard rather than delivering raw generations. I have produced a complete AI-assisted book from imagery through layout.

Tools
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, After Effects; Blender, DaVinci Resolve, Corel Painter, CorelDRAW; Windows and Mac.

Working With Me
Tell me what you need and what it is for, and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it. If I am not, I will say so. When I take a project on, you will get clear communication, work delivered on time, and files prepared correctly for wherever they are going.