J.J. Kelley

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Jennifer J. Kelley

Occupation: Illustrator, Graphic Artist/Designer
Email : jj@shanescastle.co.uk

Nationality: British and American.

Education:

2003- BA (Hons) Illustration course from Falmouth College of Arts.

2000- HND Art, Foundation course at Loughborough University School of Art and Design.

1998- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. USA: BA in Interdisciplinary Studies; Minors in Latin, and studio-based Fine Art.

Employment, including major freelance work:

Concept art for Braid, a video game by Number-None.
  • Created background ideas for three levels of this platform-style game.
  • Required long-distance visual brainstorming.
Promotional artist for The Hip Girls Guide to Becoming an Entrepreneur.
    • Involved deadlines and client discussions.

Assistant colorist for various comic books.

  • Involved tight deadlines, long distance communication with colorist, and patience.
  • Comic books include:

Batman: Allies ; Rob Zombie’s Spookshow International; The Punisher Issue # 34-36; Scalped 6-12; Son of Satan miniseries; The Cobbler’s Monster, a 100+ page graphic novel.

  • Murals: various commissioned pieces including:
  • Royal United Hospital, Bath – Teen Chill-out room with surfing teens.
  • Full trompe l’oeil false door.
  • Commissioned by family of black-belts to paint tigers in oriental but child friendly style for the wall of a home dojo. Included researching Chinese symbolism and painting styles.
  • Similar work includes rain forests and jungle animals, also thoroughly researched.
  • Faux effects and ‘posters’, dragons and other monsters.

 

  • Other work: The Scurvy Dogs.
  • Conceptualizing, writing and illustrating a children’s book, targeting ages 4-7.

Earlier applicable work:

    Art Exhibition
    • Work shown at the Islington Contemporary Art and Design Fair, Candid Arts Gallery, 2004 (invitation only).


    1998
    Commissioned Illustration.
    WireFrame Productions: Illustrated images of Mars for a Babylon 5 role-playing supplement. Currently the book is out of print, but is recorded here on Amazon.com. .

    1998
    Commissioned Illustration.
    Created illustration for Chesapeake Bay Foundation leaflet, designed illustration for wildlife activities. Commissioned by the Virginia Cooperative Extension, Blacksburg, VA.

    1994-1995
    Head Graphic Designer
    Created characters, designed all storyboards and final art for multimedia interactive programs, along with basic Authorware programming and Photoshop work. Managed one fellow artist. Also illustrated NASA proposals.

Skills:

Computers:

  • Familiarity with many commercial applications for both PC and Mac, including Multimedia design creation, photography/ scanning production and alteration, animation, subtitling foreign language films.
  • Creation of my own textures for my computer illustration using scanned traditional work, photography and hand-made papers.
  • Drawing with Wacom Tablet.
  • Creation of small icons and animated icons for web.

Programs include:

Photoshop7, Painter IX, Corel Draw, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Adobe Premiere, Director, Illustrator, Word Perfect, PageMaker. Currently learning Maya 5.

Art and Mechanical Media:

  • Illustration in CG, or with traditional media: Black and white line work with ink; pencils, acrylics, oils, watercolour; intaglio and lino printing.
  • Storyboards and graphic narration.
  • Large murals painted in situ.
  • Hand-made paper, washi, for which I had training in Japan.

Foreign Languages:

Latin (Expert)
Japanese (conversational, self-taught)

Activities:

  • 2004- present - Member of Association of Illustrators
  • 2004-5- Spent nine months in US taking care of ailing grandmother.
  • 2002- Stayed in Nagoya, Japan for five months, and studied the art of making washi, traditional Japanese paper at Nagoya Geijutsu Daigaku.
  • 1996 and 1998-Art Show Director for Katsucon, an International Animation Convention
  • 1994-5 -Japanese Translator, Virginia Tech Animation Society.
  • 1991-95 - Subtitling Project Head, Virginia Tech Animation Society.
  • 1991-1993 -Art Show Director Technicon.
  • 1990-91 - President, Virginia Tech Animation Society.

Illustrations
sketchbook
comics/icons
childrens
computer
editorial experimental
life-drawing paper
photography
personal

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