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Jessica Arguello
Traditional Art
Drawing
Vector Illustration

Hello! :) I'm Jessica, an illustrator passionate about character design, visual development and concept art.

Biography

Born in Quito, Ecuador, Jessica grew up with a special interest in drawing, at 11 she won a creativity contest organized by Nestlé, which allowed her to travel to another city to visit a cookies factory, after that thanks to her mom's support she started to take painting lessons during 2 years. After highschool, at 17 she applied to the only arts university in Ecuador located in Guayaquil (Universidad de las Artes aka University of the Arts) for the visual arts program but because of financial reasons she couldn't go. She got in the insitute of visual arts where she studied graphic design, although it was not what she truly wanted it allowed her to take a few drawing classes. In 2019 she changed her major to Media Production at UDLA with a scholarship. The techniques and abilities she learned combined with her creativity and previous experience, shaped her current ambitions and objetives in the animation industry. On the past few years she's been learning about how to take the most of the opportunities out there for aspiring artists from latin america, using the internet as a tool by taking online courses, watching tutorials, seeing other people's artwork, joining communities and participing in online events.

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Other Skills

  • Intermediate

Work Experience

2021 – 2021

Arts and Crafts Specialist

Summit Camp (Honesdale, Pennsylvania)
Creating a study plan for the summer and directing activities such as drawing, making characters with clay and painting.

2021 – 2021

Media Producer Intern

35mm Creative Agency and Film Company (Quito, Ecuador)
Video editing, storyboarding, pitching ideas for campaigns. I learned a lot about working with a team of people from different areas, I got to know all the steps of a production.

Education

2019 – 2022

Bachelor's in Media Production

UDLA University of the Americas

Communications and Arts

My favorite subjects during my time at udla have been: character design for 2d animation, storytelling, video edition and production design.

2021 – 2022

Game Design: Art and Concepts, Specialized Program

CalArts California Institute of the Arts

Videogames

This is an online specialization where I've been able to learn about the concepts of characters, storytelling and design of a game.

2017 – 2019

Technical Degree in Graphic Design

IAVQ Institute of Visual Arts of Quito

Graphic Design

Member of the live drawing club. Exhibitor on the categories of Cartoon Drawing (2017) Nominated on the category of Poster Composition at the Institutional Awards "Premios Horacio" in 2018.