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Hello! Welcome! Konnichiwa! Yokoso!
Welcome to the colourful world of Jennifer Smith's artwork.
4th year Animation project work.
The purpose of this project was to create a visual style for the band Melt Banana through music video visuals. I purposly tried to set up a brand for the band using the same design from the music video and the characters, so that the audience could access their music in a much more fuller way.
The project was on display at the Hannah McLure center at Abertay University Dundee for 3 months and won the Real Time Worlds award for best visual design.
Letraset markers.
Warpaint created in poster paints
Illustration called "Happy Shiney Baby". The Character likes sunshine and flowers and sings to the flowers to make them grow. Coloured Pencil and Hb pencil.
Concept for a childrens book. Created in pencil and coloured pencil.
Snotface... A world within your snot... random illustration. Pencil and Coloured Pencil
Illustrations
I use a wide variety of materials for my illustrations. From coloured pencils to letraset marker pens, to adobe photoshop and anime studio pro. I mainly specialise in character design and concepts but I am interested in graphic design and animation also. I adore tshirt designs, crazy toys, illustration books, music videos and posters.
The pieces in this gallery were all made over the past 6 months.
Green Eyed Devil by Melt Banana
All animation and character design by myself.
This music video was created in Anime Studio pro and edited in Videomach.
Characters are Charlie and Yako.
Jennifer Smith
Currently I live in Gifu, Japan as an English Teacher and Freelance artist. My main passion is for Illustration and 2D animation. I absolutly adore character design and music videos. I am heavily addicted to collecting strange characters and objects and my apartment is filled to the brim of them.
In my spare time you will most likely find me going to 2nd hand stores to look at toys and overly expensive furniture, watching Japanese dramas whilst sketching, in Nagoya or at the gym listening to random punk music.
I love travelling, working out, buying new art books and funky shiney things, karate, ipods, new gadgets, my goldfish, shopping, music, my bass guitar, concerts, my scooter and australian tea.
Education
University of Abertay Dundee
BA Hons, Computer Arts, 2003 — 2008
Graduated with a First Class honors.
Gifu University, Japan
Japanese exchange program 2006 — 2007
Attained Certificates in Advanced Japanese Language and Culture.
Skills
2D animation in Flash and Anime Studio Pro
Illustration, Character and Concept design
Adobe photoshop
Image branding
Life drawing and Japanese.
Awards
Japanese Language and Proficiency Level 2 - 2009
Real Time Worlds award for Best Visual Design - 2008
Distinction in Computer Arts years 1-4.
Completed a night classes in Life Drawing.
Some of the places you can find me
deviantArt
Sketchblog
LinkedIn
Loftwork -Japanese only
Livejournal - Blog in Japan
Twitter
Contact Me : Please feel free to contact me using the form below. I dont bite and I promise I will respond as fast as I can.
Jennifer Smith 2009 All Rights Reserved Contact info: Misguidedangeline_hotmail.com