About jessica
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Jessica graduated with a first class degree in Digital Arts BA (Hons) from the University of Cumbria. Her portraits are a bold mixture of her influences from comics, cartoons, and classical art, fascinated by the story a facial expression can tell.
Born in Manchester, U.K. Jessica watched cartoons on Saturdays, old movies on Sundays, and read books and played SNES every day. While dreaming about being the next Judy Garland in an X-Men movie she would draw. Then she grew up, realised Hollywood wasn't ready for her, so stuck with the drawing thing. She's still very dramatic. WORK HISTORYComic Illustrator @ Goof! web comic, Life Jacket series [launched June 2018]
Associate Artist @ Pool Arts, Manchester Art Community [December 2017, Onwards] Portrait Artist @ OverDrawn, Manchester Artist Collective [May 2017, Onwards] eLearning Content Developer @ Four Seasons Health Care, U.K. [May 2017 Onwards] Comic Book Workshop Assistant @ Beth Johnson Foundation, Manchester Metropolitan University [2018] Portrait Artist @ Topsy Curvy's fashion blogger networking tea party 2018 Trader @ Have Yourself A Very Geeky Christmas!, Macclesfield, December 2017 Trader @ Manchester Winter Pop-Up Print Shop, Leaf Café, November 2017 Exhibitor Comic Clocktower @ The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival, U.K., October 2017 Comic Writer and Illustrator @ 'Yours, Yesterday', self-published comic book, U.K., October 2017 Trader @ Treacle Market, Macclesfield, August 2017 Portrait Artist @ Manchester Jazz Festival, U.K, August 2017 Trader @ National Small Press Day, Manchester, July 2017 Trader @ Macc-Pow! #2, Comic Art Festival, Macclesfield, July 2017 Trader @ Manchester Print Fair, London Road Fire Station, October 2016 Trader @ National Small Press Day, Manchester, sponsored by Travelling Man, July 2016 Portrait Artist @ Sketch-o-Matic, HOME, Manchester, December 2015 Storyboard Artist @ The Gate Agency for BBC Bitesize, August 2015 Programme Designer @ Levenshulme Players, Manchester, 2014 - 2015 BA Hons Digital Arts: Digital Painting, First Class Comic Illustrator @ 'Words For Well-Being', NHS Cumbria, book, July 2012 Comic Illustrator @ Bagatelle Small Press Anthology, 2010 Comic Illustrator @ Mallard Small Press Anthology, 2007 |
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