David Millar

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Home Page: www.thegriddle.net
Current Phone: (616)570-2844

Objective

To create puzzles for print publications and submit works via e-mail.

Experience

Publications International Ltd., Chicago, IL
January 2007 - Current
Created puzzles for use in Brain Games magazine and book series.
  • Work appears in six issues from the magazine series.
  • Work appears in four issues from the book series.
  • Work appears on covers of many books and magazines.
  • Given a contracts in advance for additional puzzles to be used in the series.
Total Life Ministries Inc., Scottsdale, AZ
January 2007 - Current
Created puzzles for free to use in Prison Living Magazine.
  • Work appears in two issues from the magazine series.
  • Work also appears on personal website.

Skills

Quick turnaround time for many projects.
Willing to experiment with new puzzle types.
Can create basic art to accompany puzzles.
Familiar with popular puzzle types including:
  • Sudoku/Latin Squares
  • Crosswords
  • Word Searches
  • Kakuro/Cross-Sums
  • Story/Matrix Logic
Puzzles designed for publication using programs and file formats including:
  • Microsoft & Open Office
  • Zoho Sheet & Google Docs
  • GIMP (Adobe Photoshop compatible)
  • Inkscape (Adobe Illustrator compatible)
  • Adobe InDesign

Interests

Additional puzzle related interests
Uses web design experience to create and maintain   this website - www.thegriddle.net.
Enjoys solving puzzles from other puzzle designers to sharpen logic skills and gain inspiration for new puzzles.