Visual development artist with experience in animation and illustration, passionate about cartoons and storytelling. A jack-of-all-trades who enjoys innovating, learning new skills, and contributing to character design, worldbuilding, and environments. Works across print and digital marketing materials, storyboarding, and character/environment art. Strong in project management, documentation, troubleshooting, and elevating final deliverables through collaboration and up-to-date industry techniques.

Jessica Riggs

Visual development artist with experience in animation and illustration, passionate about cartoons and storytelling. A jack-of-all-trades who enjoys innovating, learning new skills, and contributing to character design, worldbuilding, and environments. Works across print and digital marketing materials, storyboarding, and character/environment art. Strong in project management, documentation, troubleshooting, and elevating final deliverables through collaboration and up-to-date industry techniques.

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Visual development artist with experience in animation and illustration, passionate about cartoons and storytelling. A jack-of-all-trades who enjoys innovating, learning new skills, and contributing to character design, worldbuilding, and environments.

Works across print and digital marketing materials, storyboarding, and character/environment art. Strong in project management, documentation, troubleshooting, and elevating final deliverables through collaboration and up-to-date industry techniques.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Graphic Designer at Illuminates - Gallery exhibition (motion graphics, posters, etc.)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Managed and delegated the overall look and feel of an exhibition. Created motion graphics and a full suite of exhibition branding assets including posters, headlines, logos, cover art, color schemes, and fonts to support the exhibition’s visual identity.
Character Illustrator / Illustrator
January 1, 2024 - January 1, 2025
Designed and created hand-drawn and digital illustrations for print-making and marketing materials. Worked on character design, worldbuilding, and environments for Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, novels, and comics. Delivered character-focused assets including design documents, illustrations, and marketing-ready visuals.
Blender / Adobe Maya / Adobe After Effects / Adobe Photoshop Illustrator (work roles)
January 1, 2020 - Present
Produced illustration and motion/animation output including storyboarding and graphic development. Blended traditional and digital workflows to support design, troubleshooting, and quality enhancement for final assets.

Education

Bachelor's degree (Graphic Design) at University of the Sunshine Coast
January 11, 2030 - July 16, 2026
Diploma of Fine Arts; Diploma of Screen and Media at TAFE Queensland
January 11, 2030 - July 16, 2026

Qualifications

Major: Visual communications; Minor: Game Art and Animation (noted as combined awards)
January 11, 2030 - July 16, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education
    Camerata Queensland orchestra

    Illustrated characters of the musicians for advertisment of tours