Freelance Illustrator with 16 years' experience in comics and art, specializing in fun, whimsical iconography. A Louisiana native, Jennifer spent quite a while in Tallahassee before settling in Thomasville in 2014. Since then, the self-taught artist and illustrator has been a regular participant in THOM Collective exhibitions and various public art opportunities—a far cry from pretending her middle school music stand was an artist’s easel and doodling in the margins of notebooks! She has often said that “creativity keeps [her] sane” and if it’s creative, she’s probably researched it, maybe written about it, and often tried it first hand. While her past creative work included slice-of-life webcomics and working with several craft supply manufacturers as a content creator, these days she finds her feet solidly planted in wildlife and conservation-related topics. Her animal portraits and mixed media sculptures focus on threatened and endangered animals, made partially or fully of fabric remnants—richly embroidered and embellished—and other cast-off items, incorporating an awareness of textile waste and its effects on the people and animals of the world. Jennifer is also the author of a series of cozy mystery novels, a cookbook, and has illustrated several coloring books.

Jennifer Vanderbeek

Freelance Illustrator with 16 years' experience in comics and art, specializing in fun, whimsical iconography. A Louisiana native, Jennifer spent quite a while in Tallahassee before settling in Thomasville in 2014. Since then, the self-taught artist and illustrator has been a regular participant in THOM Collective exhibitions and various public art opportunities—a far cry from pretending her middle school music stand was an artist’s easel and doodling in the margins of notebooks! She has often said that “creativity keeps [her] sane” and if it’s creative, she’s probably researched it, maybe written about it, and often tried it first hand. While her past creative work included slice-of-life webcomics and working with several craft supply manufacturers as a content creator, these days she finds her feet solidly planted in wildlife and conservation-related topics. Her animal portraits and mixed media sculptures focus on threatened and endangered animals, made partially or fully of fabric remnants—richly embroidered and embellished—and other cast-off items, incorporating an awareness of textile waste and its effects on the people and animals of the world. Jennifer is also the author of a series of cozy mystery novels, a cookbook, and has illustrated several coloring books.

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Freelance Illustrator with 16 years’ experience in comics and art, specializing in fun, whimsical iconography.

A Louisiana native, Jennifer spent quite a while in Tallahassee before settling in Thomasville in 2014. Since then, the self-taught artist and illustrator has been a regular participant in THOM Collective exhibitions and various public art opportunities—a far cry from pretending her middle school music stand was an artist’s easel and doodling in the margins of notebooks! She has often said that “creativity keeps [her] sane” and if it’s creative, she’s probably researched it, maybe written about it, and often tried it first hand.

While her past creative work included slice-of-life webcomics and working with several craft supply manufacturers as a content creator, these days she finds her feet solidly planted in wildlife and conservation-related topics. Her animal portraits and mixed media sculptures focus on threatened and endangered animals, made partially or fully of fabric remnants—richly embroidered and embellished—and other cast-off items, incorporating an awareness of textile waste and its effects on the people and animals of the world. Jennifer is also the author of a series of cozy mystery novels, a cookbook, and has illustrated several coloring books.

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Skills

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Artwork
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Microsoft Word
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Pen and Ink Illustration
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Pencil Illustration
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Freelance Gig
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Experience Level

Artwork
Expert
Microsoft Word
Expert
Pen and Ink Illustration
Expert
Pencil Illustration
Expert
Freelance Gig
Expert
Freehand Digital Illustration
Expert
Spot Illustration
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Surface Pattern Design
Expert
Sticker
Expert
Affinity Designer
Expert
Affinity Photo
Expert
Affinity Publisher
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Book Cover
Expert
Magazine
Expert
Acrylic Illustration
Expert
Childrens Book Illustration
Expert
Charcoal Illustration
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Comic Strip
Expert
Editorial Illustration
Expert
Collage Illustration
Expert
Google Drive
Expert
Microsoft Office
Expert
Watercolour Illustration
Expert
Portrait
Expert
Greetings Card
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Adobe InDesign
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Microsoft Excel
Expert
Game Design
Intermediate
Clip Studio Paint
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent

Industry Experience

Travel & Hospitality, Consumer Goods, Gaming, Media & Entertainment
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