Wing o’ the Wolf

Jessica Gwen Thompson

is a 24 year old, 3rd year Graphic Design Student at the University of Rio Grande, being taught by a few good men. She’s been creating art on Macs since the early 90’s, when her father brought home Kid Pix for the Mac Classic. She’s well versed in all those grand Adobe products, and loves her other little tools. She blogs frequently about her dsicoveries, usually dealing with her passions of art, theatre, and general geekiness. Her not-quite-4 year old daughter Serenity is a joy & inspiration. Her best friend Stephen is a wonder & frustration, but she loves him anyway. Her “sisters” are all much too far away. Jess is currently employed by Holzer Medical Center, but would love to get out of the kitchen by doing work for you. So, if you like what you see, feel free to contact her.

Right Now -

Currently taking Vector Graphics, Junior Studio, Portfolio, Movies about Art, World Civ I, and Literary Imagination. Supplementing her education with CSS-Tricks Video Podcasts, and her Guild Membership.

Jess’s Specialties -

HTML sites, Wordpress sites, Avactis Shopping Carts, and many combinations thereof. CSS, PHP, Macs, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, show posters & programs and event flyers. For a full view of Jess’s competencies- check out the resume.

Artist Statement -

Having grown up in what she calls “The Black Hole of Culture,” yet raised in a musical and artistic family, Jess has great appreciation for the beautiful. For most of her life she’s been feeding this ravenous hunger by creating things from stories to drawings to web designs, singing at every given (and sometimes stolen) opportunity, and portraying different characters on stage. Her artistic goal is to combine the theatrical, the musical and the artistic in her work. Whether doing a poster for a community play or a blog for a local band, she catches the spirit and voice of the subject and portrays it to the best of her ability. She has an honest, sketchy style in her traditional media work that portrays the idea that her mind wanders faster than her hand can move, and is really only meticulous when it comes to pixels on a computer screen.