Jean is a first-generation Colombian American freelance illustrator. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA and is currently creating artwork for Half&Half Agency.
JEAN CAMILO
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Single cover art for HU§K, a masked numetal band from Eastern Pennsylvania. My artwork incorporates the band’s scarecrow mascot along with the theme of the song: a portrait of the hidden monster within us all.
HU§K — “Monster Within”
Illustrated logo and sticker design for LeavingSomeDay Productions, an experimental video and music production company/collective. The design is based on their mascot Lungo Soy Dungus, a living camera that represents the team’s playful and forward-thinking philosophy.
Lungo Soy Dungus
Character art and sticker design for Bronze for Birdy, an independent folk-punk band from suburban New Jersey. Embodying the group’s soft, warm soundscape and inspiring message, the character of Birdy celebrates imperfection and the ability to “fly” in spite of adversity.
Bronze for Birdy
Custom skateboard commissioned as a display piece by a client in the New Jersey skating scene, made with oil paints and pastels on a bamboo wood deck. It features a bismuth-encrusted dragon in a surrealist style.
Spiraling Dragon
PERSONAL WORK
A character I designed to be part of my personal branding. A reflection of my own interests, I designed her as a punk, mutant sewer gator with a passion for street art.
Gatorator
Ongoing project which adopts the medium of a bestiary as a vehicle for creature design and worldbuilding. Taking inspiration from various native cultures from around the world, it builds upon my personal mythology and style through continuous development and iteration.
Bestiary Series
Series of digital paintings drawn entirely from imagination, following surrealist methodologies such as automatism and stream-of-consciousness doodling.
Digital Surrealism Series
One-page comic in the style of punk zines, based on my personal experiences navigating rowdy basement shows in the local “underground” scene.
