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Name: Jackie Sullivan
D.O.B.: October 21, 1982
School: Syracuse University '04 undergraduate, computer graphics major & R.I.T. '09 graduate, art education
Some Favorite Artists and Influences: Alphonse Mucha, Maxfield Parrish, Aubrey Beardsley, Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Tetsuya Nomura, Yoshitaka Amano, Alan Lee, John Howe, Drew Struzan, Margot Datz, Arthur Rackham, Katsushika Hokusai, Hayao Miyazaki, Kinuko Y. Craft, 1920's art, vintage poster art and advertisements, animated movies
Some Favorite Movies: Indiana Jones trilogy, The Princess Bride, Amelie, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, old school Star Wars trilogy (when Han Solo still shot first!) , Moulin Rouge, Roman Holiday, Serenity, Pirates of the Caribbean, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
E-Mail: jackieocean@gmail.com

I've been interested in art since I was a little kid. Back when I was a small little Jackie I used to pause animated videos and draw whatever was on the screen. As such, movies have always been a big inspiration to me, and I love looking at production art and storyboards for films. Comics, illustrated books, video game designs and fashion are other more contemporary inspirations. As you can see, the artists that inspire me are quite varied as well. I love checking out art from character designers for video games, animators, childrens' book illustrators, production artists for films, as well as classic painters and illustrators.

Since my interests are so varied, I tend to experiment with a lot of different art forms and media. My strengths lie with drawing and painting, but I've also tried my hand at metal smithing, ceramics, lithography, sculpting, and computer animation. I jump back and forth between painting and drawing with real media and digital media all the time. It's not unusual for me to start a picture on paper and finish it on the computer. I find that I'm often able to get some of my strongest results by combining traditional and digital art techniques, and you'll find many examples of such pictures throughout my portfolio.

> I N . P R I N T . . .

The Vineyard Gazette - Vol. 163, No. 11 - July 18, 2008
The newspaper sent a writer and photographer to sit in on one of my childrens' art classes at The Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown, MA.

The Voyage to Ruin - 2007
I illustrated the book cover for the hard cover release of The Voyage to Ruin by H. L. Trombley. The cover design was done by Kat Laurange. The illustration can be viewed without the text right here.

The Martha's Vineyard Times - August 23, 2007
The newspaper ran a short story on the childrens' art class I taught and their art show that was on exhibit at The Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown, MA.

ImagineFX Magazine, Issue # 14, February - 2007
My art and a short artist's biography was included in a selected artist feature on the supplemental DVD that came with the issue.

The Martha's Vineyard Times - Vol. 23, No. 34 - August 24, 2006
The newspaper ran a short story on the childrens' art class I taught and their art show that was on exhibit at The Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown, MA.

The Vineyard Gazette - Vol. 161, No. 15 - August 18, 2006
The newspaper ran a story on the childrens' art class I taught and their art show that was on exhibit at The Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown, MA.

Leading Edge, Issue # 51, April - 2006
I was commissioned to make a series of five black and white illustrations to accompany the short story Handel's Duelist by Ramon Rozas III. The illustrations can be viewed in the Series & Groups section of my portfolio.