ME
Jessica is a freelance illustrator that lives and works in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2007, with a degree in fine arts.
Jessica creates her illustrations by fabricating environments and characters out of polymer clay (Super Sculpey) and other materials that she finds. After staging them they are photographed.
MY WORK
Jessica Fortner creates unique one of a kind sculpted illustrations. She combines her knowledge of design, sculpture, photography and digital post-production in her illustration process.
Jessica is one of the few illustrators whose process involves hand-sculpting key elements in the illustration. Her unique sense of visual and conceptual problem-solving creates a one of a kind aesthetic, sense of humor and approach to storytelling.
Jessica’s illustrations are memorable in that they combine the textures and palette of the real world with the surreal possibilities of painterly illustration. She is known for her interesting characters and distinctive style.
SKILLS:
Illustration
Sculpting
Character design
Stop-motion character production
Graphic design
Mouldmaking
Toy Design
AWARDS:
Winner of The Airmiles Rewards Program Printmaking Competition , 2007.
Merit-Creative Quarterly, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS:
2008 Fèfe Magazine
2008 Creative Quarterly
2007 Social Klub
2006 Thing Zine
2004 Cut’n’Print
2009 The New York Times
FEATURED SITES:
2009 Toycyte
2009 Lytearts
2008 Illustrophile
2008 Lost At E Minor
2008 Surfstation
2008 Daily Art Muse
2007 Spraygraphic
My logo design was inspired by MARIN VAN UHM’s alphabet Lettrage.The logo is hand sculpted, photographed and digitally manipulated.
