Summary
Michael Tribone is a seasoned graphic design specialist with 12 years of experience crafting illustrations, animations, and web experiences for higher education, scientific research, and museum exhibitions. Based at Penn State, he leads outreach and a website modernization project for the Department of Entomology and the Frost Entomological Museum, translating complex research into clear, recruitable web and print assets. His background spans UI/UX front-end work, accessibility consulting, and multimedia production for Ruby on Rails and Drupal applications, giving him a rare blend of design sensibility and technical implementation. Passionate about scientific illustration—especially entomological figures and museum exhibits—he’s also expanding into 3D modeling and Blender animation to deepen storytelling capabilities.
12 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Fine/Studio Arts, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Fine/Studio Arts, General at Penn State University