Welcome to the nonprofit Institute of HeartMath’s Virtual Volunteer Page, where occasional projects that need volunteers are listed. Our important research and programs and services for children and adults depend on the generosity of donors and volunteers – and we love our virtual volunteers. As a virtual volunteer, you will be lending your particular skill or craft to assist an organization that has helped people improve their lives for nearly two decades.
If you are interested in becoming a virtual volunteer and see a project on this page for which you think you may be of service, fill out the Volunteer Application. We will keep your application on file for current and future consideration.
Current Projects
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Illustration
Volunteer position: IHM is seeking professional artists with experience in caricature drawing and knowledge of Adobe® Photoshop® or Illustrator®.
Project: Do 45 caricature illustrations of creatures – glowworm, chameleon, frog, grasshopper, etc. – in a variety of positions. Drawings will be integrated with background settings created by another volunteer artist and will be used for a storybook on DVD for ages 3-8. Future print version possible.
Illustrations should be computer generated in Photoshop or Illustrator programs. If drawings are hand drawn, they must be scanned into Photoshop in high resolution. Recommended finished size is 10.5 inches by 7.5 inches.
Time frame: HeartMath requests that volunteers begin this work in March 2011 and complete it by September 2011.
Example of background art for Illustration project by artist Jeanette Stevenson:
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Illustration idea: Gloria, the Glow worm is frustrated and Leon, the chameleon, with droopy expressions. Their body colors would be brownish, but the scenery would have nice sun in sky maybe at the edge of a field.
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Illustration idea: Gloria, the Glow worm and Leon, the chameleon, in the forefront talking at the edge of a field with grasshoppers playing in the distance.
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Illustration idea: Snakes head raises up and out of the grass onto the path. Make the snake larger in the foreground as Gloria, the Glow worm and Leon, the chameleon, cower and peak from behind the bushes (their color is now drker grey) as the snake slithers away.
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Illustration idea: Gloria and Leon approach the frog (side view looking off in another direction) with hand outstretched to tap frog on shoulder or for a handshake.
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Illustration idea: A fun, bright and cheerie forest scene with Gloria and Leon (some light warm brown mixed with mostly green and with green glow) on a path through the forest.
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Illustration idea: Old chameleon (on log on ground in the grass of a meadow at the edge of forest) facing Leon (greyer in color and very little green that is almost gone.) Gloria slightly to side of Leon also fading in color.
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To view more of Jeanette Stevenson art, go to: www.jeanettestevensonart.com
Thank you for your interest in becoming a virtual volunteer and being a valued member of the HeartMath Community. Check here periodically for other projects that may interest you or others you know who have unique skills they can volunteer for a worthwhile cause.
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