2023 Grad Show

Jean Gole

AUArts Grad Show Profile

VCD – Character Design & Illustration

Jean is an illustrator who was raised in rural Treaty 7 Territory. He almost always works in mixed media, utilizing the tactility of traditional media such as acrylics, inks, and pencil crayon, combined with the clean finish which digital software, such as the adobe suite, can offer. The works are love letters to colour, transparencies, and texture. His main inspirations are nature, mythologies, horror, and vintage aesthetics.

Lucid Completed 2023. Mixed Media. A dreamer explores their dreamscape.
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Lucid

Completed 2023. Mixed Media.

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Lucid Completed 2023. Mixed Media. A dreamer explores their dreamscape.
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Lucid Details 1
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Pattern Elements Individual elements which went into the final pattern. Completed 2022. Digital.
Pattern Print Single pattern tile, edited into a print. Completed 2022. Digital.
Accent Wallpaper Patterned wallpaper mock-up. Completed 2022. Digital.
Pattern Hoodie Patterned hoodie mock-up. Completed 2022. Digital.
Sticker Book Pattern elements as stickers applied to a notebook. Completed 2022. Digital.

Fairy Pattern

A pattern created and used in different potential commercial applications. Completed 2022. Digital. Mock-up photos courtesy of Unsplash.com.

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Pattern Elements Individual elements which went into the final pattern. Completed 2022. Digital.
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Pattern Print Single pattern tile, edited into a print. Completed 2022. Digital.
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Accent Wallpaper Patterned wallpaper mock-up. Completed 2022. Digital.
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Pattern Hoodie Patterned hoodie mock-up. Completed 2022. Digital.
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Sticker Book Pattern elements as stickers applied to a notebook. Completed 2022. Digital.
Prairie Completed 2023, a character process sheet for the character "Prairie". Mixed Media
Nightmares Completed 2023, a character process sheet for the "Nightmare" characters. Mixed Media
Environment Completed 2023, a process sheet for the environment. Mixed Media

Lucid Process • Series I

This work was completed throughout 2022-2023, and is a collection of process work and world building for the piece "Lucid". Mixed Media.

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Prairie Completed 2023, a character process sheet for the character "Prairie". Mixed Media
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Nightmares Completed 2023, a character process sheet for the "Nightmare" characters. Mixed Media
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Environment Completed 2023, a process sheet for the environment. Mixed Media
Blizzard Mixed Media. Retouched 2023.
Blizzard Spread Mixed Media. 2022

Blizzard

Illustration inspired by the New York Times article by Kellen Browning "Activision Blizzard Is Sued by California Over Workplace Culture". Mixed Media. 2022- 2023

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Blizzard Mixed Media. Retouched 2023.
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Blizzard Spread Mixed Media. 2022
Whispering Glades Mixed Media. Retouched 2023

Whispering Glades

A poster inspired by Nicole Dollanganger's 2021 single Whispering Glades. Mixed Media. Retouched 2023

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Whispering Glades Mixed Media. Retouched 2023
Unholy Wound Digital Illustration. Retouched 2023.

Unholy Wound

Digital Illustration. Retouched 2023.

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Unholy Wound Digital Illustration. Retouched 2023.
The Yellow Wallpaper Mixed Media Cover. Retouched 2023.
The Yellow Wallpaper Interior Spot Illustration, Mixed Media. 2022

The Yellow Wallpaper

Pulp-fiction inspired illustration for Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story The Yellow Wallpaper, including an interior spot illustration. Mixed Media, 2022-2023.

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The Yellow Wallpaper Mixed Media Cover. Retouched 2023.
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The Yellow Wallpaper Interior Spot Illustration, Mixed Media. 2022
Dollhouse Kitchen Digital. Retouched 2023.
Dollhouse Front Digital. 2021.
Dollhouse Back Digital. 2021.

Dollhouse

Concept illustrations for a haunted dollhouse, 2021-2023.

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Dollhouse Kitchen Digital. Retouched 2023.
Dollhouse AUArts Grad Show final exterior
Dollhouse Front Digital. 2021.
Dollhouse AUArts Grad Show final overview
Dollhouse Back Digital. 2021.
Snowsuit Slowdown Character Walk Cycle. 2023
King of the Junjle Lip Sync. 2022
Birch Cut paper animation. Revised in 2023.

Animation • Series II

A collection of animated work from 2022-2023. Mixed Media.

Animation • Series II
Snowsuit Slowdown Character Walk Cycle. 2023
Animation • Series II
King of the Junjle Lip Sync. 2022
Animation • Series II
Birch Cut paper animation. Revised in 2023.

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