Johanna Taylor

 COMIC ARTIST  ✦  ​ILLUSTRATOR  ✦  AUTHOR  ✦  CONCEPT ARTIST

EXPERIENCE

AUTHOR/ARTIST FOR COMICS (2017 - PRESENT)
  • Author/Illustrator of short comics and graphic novels, including front & back covers and interiors
  • Represented by Laurel Symonds of KT Literary
FREELANCE ILLUSTRATOR (2017 - PRESENT)
  • Provided illustrations for video games, children’s book, tabletop RPGs, character designs, and comics
  • Clients include Penguin Random House (Putnam/Teen imprint), Iron Circus Comics, Lifeline Comics, Limit Break Comics, 2CGaming, MIT Press, Lion Forge Comics, Einhorn's Epic Productions, Uncaged Anthology, Curious Lycan Games, Metal Oak Casting Studios
CARICATURE ARTIST (2021 - PRESENT)
  • Working with Party Pipeline LLC to draw caricatures of patrons for corporate events
COMIC COLORIST - THE CURIE SOCIETY (2020)
  • Flatting and coloring pages for the graphic novel, published by MIT Press
  • Setting up swatches, palettes, and workflow for future use
CONCEPT ARTIST - DEEPROOT STUDIOS (2018-2021)
  • Created concept art, character/prop designs, paint-overs, callouts, and turnarounds for 3D pinball game animations and 2D assets for animation
  • Provided storyboards for pinball score animations and attract modes
  • Worked collaboratively with art directors and modelers to solve character design solutions for a 3D animation pipeline


EDUCATION
BFA in ANIMATION - Concept Art (grad. 2017)
SKILLS
  • Illustration for Young Adult, Middle Grade and children’s demographics
  • Collaborative storytelling
  • Coloring for comics
  • Caricature portrait art
  • Book cover illustration & design
  • Writing for graphic novels
  • Character design principles
  • Art direction
  • Accepting direction & feedback
  • Concept art for 2D and 3D pipelines
  • Motion graphics
  • Storyboarding
  • Running booths at conventions
  • Creating merchandise
  • Visual development for film, TV & games
  • Graphic Design
  • Hand-lettering
  • Copy-editing
  • Pre-press for printing digital files


SOFTWARE
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe After Effects
  • ToonBoom Storyboard Pro
  • Autodesk Maya



CONTACT
[email protected]