CJ Jones

Freelance & General Illustrator (They/Them)

About

Hello! I am a black and queer artist based in the midwest who specalizes in color, texture, characters and visual development in art! I work mainly in Procreate, but have training in Adobe Programs - Photoshop, Illustrator, and Indesign. I also sell fanart, prints, digital and physical products, and take commissions. I've also written and illustrated a book about finding purpose in your passions - Dim Stars Still Shine Bright! If you'd like to reach out for professional work, please contact me below!

Feel free to reach out! Though, keep in mind, any requests related to NFT, AI, or the like will be ignored.

Gallery

This gallery is composed of personal work, fan illustrations, and loose character concepts.

Graphic Design

Nintendo X GenCon Mock Poster Assets:

I designed these for a class assignment where we were challenged to create brand assets inspired by Milton Glaser's fonts and artwork! Following up the teaser announcement of the Nintendo Switch 2, I made these posters in the context of a Switch 2 Exhibition at GenCon.

2Mello Mock Album Cover:

This is from another class assignment where we had to create a fake album cover for a real musician or band. I chose 2Mello, a musician who's sound is very reminiscent of Game Soundtracks from the Y2K era. The cover was inspired by futuristic-eco aesthetics, and required illustration, photography, and web research for the appropriate images and fonts to be completed.

CJs Art Stand - Storefront Web Assets & Product Listings:

I decided to build a personal storefront for myself in my final Design Class using Carrd! This was a massive case study in designing consistent brand elements, hand written typography, and utilizing product and print distributors I made accounts with to sell my art through! ACGGoods, Inprnt, and Ko-fi were chosen for physical products, prints, and digital products respectively. Physical product mockups came from ACGGoods!

Astraria's Heart: Visual Concept

Astraria's Heart: Visual + Character Exploration!
I did these to explore a potential, yet scrapped, game concept where jaded courier, Sage, goes against the most powerful corporation in their world. Even if it didn't come to fruition, I still wanted to display the work I did for this concept!