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Drawing has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. What started off as a childhood hobby has developed over the years into what I sincerely hope will be a lifelong career. I draw in some form or other almost daily, mainly for enjoyment and often it helps me relax. The mediums I use are varied, both in traditional and digital art. Although I have my favourite techniques, I am very willing to try anything new.

I am currently a student in my final year at Teesside University, studying a BA honours degree in Creative Character Animation. In this course we look at aspects of life drawing as well as 2d animation, concept art and design. My ultimate ambition is to become a character designer or character concept artist for an animation or comics company. I feel this would enable me to make the best use of my drawing ability, whilst at the same time utilise my imaginative thinking and creativity.

I am a motivated and enthusiastic person who is keen to set off my career in anything art related. I consider myself to be a very hard working, dedicated and conscientious person, who is more than willing to learn from others with more experience and knowledge than myself. I am comfortable with working on my own as well as part of a team. 

I have had some experience already designing characters from a set brief, and also have a keen interest in designing comic / animated characters as a hobby. I have created several of my own characters and even written a few short stories / storyboards based on these. I would be thrilled if these were brought to public print or broadcast on television.

After leaving secondary education I went on to take a National BTEC in e-media and passed this course with distinctions. It was whilst doing this course, which covered a wide variety of subjects, that I realised animation was the career route I wanted to take. I hope that I am they type of person you would be willing to employ and would be happy to supply my C.V. or any additional information you require.

Please do not hesitate to contact me at: james@jb-art.com

To see an example of some of my work click on this link: gallery.jb-art.com

Disclaimer: Some of the works on my website are based on existing animated TV or film characters and are under copyright of their owners. The examples I demonstrate are my own fan art renditions to give you an example of the work I can do and I do not profit from these.