Born and raised in Central New Jersey. I grew up on Star Wars, Saturday morning cartoons, video games, drawing and making art. I have over 25 years of professional experience as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator. I consider myself highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I’ve created concept art, samples, and final art files. I have worked with product managers, buyers and printers. I’ve worked on catalogs, marketing material and collateral. My main focus and passion is illustration, digital painting and creating artwork. I have done several children book covers and posters for school kids. I have designed and laid out countless CD covers, a few of those CDs charted on the Billboard. I illustrated and art directed for the toy company, Uglydoll. I consulted on the UglyDolls movie (2019). Since the end of 2019 I have been freelancing with several companies, creating balloons designs, party patterns, novelty decor, kid’s card games. In my personal time, I create fine art, digital paintings, prints and participating in gallery shows.…

Kevin Jakubowski

Born and raised in Central New Jersey. I grew up on Star Wars, Saturday morning cartoons, video games, drawing and making art. I have over 25 years of professional experience as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator. I consider myself highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I’ve created concept art, samples, and final art files. I have worked with product managers, buyers and printers. I’ve worked on catalogs, marketing material and collateral. My main focus and passion is illustration, digital painting and creating artwork. I have done several children book covers and posters for school kids. I have designed and laid out countless CD covers, a few of those CDs charted on the Billboard. I illustrated and art directed for the toy company, Uglydoll. I consulted on the UglyDolls movie (2019). Since the end of 2019 I have been freelancing with several companies, creating balloons designs, party patterns, novelty decor, kid’s card games. In my personal time, I create fine art, digital paintings, prints and participating in gallery shows.…

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Born and raised in Central New Jersey. I grew up on Star Wars, Saturday morning cartoons, video games, drawing and making art.

I have over 25 years of professional experience as a graphic artist, designer and illustrator. I consider myself highly proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. I’ve created concept art, samples, and final art files. I have worked with product managers, buyers and printers.

I’ve worked on catalogs, marketing material and collateral. My main focus and passion is illustration, digital painting and creating artwork. I have done several children book covers and posters for school kids. I have designed and laid out countless CD covers, a few of those CDs charted on the Billboard. I illustrated and art directed for the toy company, Uglydoll. I consulted on the UglyDolls movie (2019). Since the end of 2019 I have been freelancing with several companies, creating balloons designs, party patterns, novelty decor, kid’s card games.

In my personal time, I create fine art, digital paintings, prints and participating in gallery shows.

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Work Experience

Graphic Artist/Illustrator/Digital Painter at Self Employed/Freelance
January 1, 2020 - Present
Freelance illustration and design services for various clients.
Art Consultant at Uglydolls the Movie
December 31, 2018 - July 31, 2019
Provided art direction and design input for Uglydolls projects and related media.
Creative Director at Drew’s Entertainment
January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2020
Led creative direction and art direction; contributed illustrations and style-guided design for multiple projects.
Art Director at Pretty Ugly, LLC (Uglydolls)
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2019
Directed artistic development for Uglydolls lines and licensing art.
Graphic Artist/Illustrator at Pretty Ugly, LLC (Uglydolls)
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012
Illustration and graphic assets production for Uglydolls packaging and marketing.
Art Director at Drew’s Entertainment
January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2013
Directed art direction and visual concepts for campaigns and products.
Graphic Artist/Illustrator at Drew’s Entertainment
January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2020
Created illustrations and graphic assets for catalogs, packaging, and marketing materials.
Art Director at Troll Books
January 1, 2002 - December 31, 2003
Directed art and illustration for children's books and related media.
Graphic Artist/Illustrator at Troll Books
December 31, 1999 - December 30, 2002
Created illustrations and layout assets for book projects.

Education

BFA at Kean University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1998

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Retail, Education, Professional Services
    Digital Paintings
    I have been working on and producing "digital paintings" for personal projects, social media and gallery shows since 2012. I use a Wacom Intous Pro Tablet and Photoshop brushes to create painterly pieces that I print on either canvas or archival matte paper. branding graphicdesigner illustrator designer photo…
    Birthday Party Ensembles
    I created 16 birthday party ensembles for PartyLoons USA. Each design had several components, like plates, cups, decor and party favors for kids. Along with designing the products, I designed the packaging. I worked with the owner of the company on the the concepts, then I took care of all the artwork, design and mechanical layouts, ending with the delivery of all the print ready files. It took about a year to complete all 16 ensembles including collateral and presentations. illustrator designer branding logo graphicdesigner…
    Valentine Balloons
    Creating artwork for balloons can be tricky. Vector artwork works best, but sometimes you need realistic, rendered illustrations. These roses were a fun and tedious exercise of learning and pushing Adobe Illustrator. The end products were an 18 inch round foil balloons and a couple larger foil shapes. illustrator graphicdesigner designer…
    Book Covers
    I was hired by author David Koenig to illustrate and design a cover for his Columbo book. And a year of two later, he requested a cover for his follow up. By the way, these are both must read for Columbo fans. He saw and liked my realistic digital painting style on instagram and reached out. These were great fun to work on. I used screenshots from the various episodes to create iconic Columbo poses. graphicdesigner illustrator designer…
    Uglydoll Crossovers
    Uglydoll was a top independent toy brand. We had great relationships with several worldwide loved and recognized brands such as: Kiss, DC Comics, Star Trek and Wizard of Oz. Plush dolls were created and I took care of the illustration, marketing and storytelling of the collaborations graphicdesigner illustrator branding designer logo…