Portfolio of Jo Vasquez

My name is Jo Vasquez and I am seeking freelance work as a digital painter or sequential artist. Fantasy and science fiction are my passions with a strong desire to be part of a creative team and help world-build.  With a strong attention to detail and an ever-increasing exploration of light and color, I hope to bring vision to any project.

 

Some of my “indie” comics successful publications are. Vatican Assassins comic scroll, Strange Tales by Caleb Thusat, Four Dead Bodies by Travis Gibb, and an 8-page section of Nightmare Theater in 3D (anthology).

 

Other ongoing webcomics include Five Tribes of Victory and Childlike god, both available on Webtoons.

 

Thank you for taking the time to review my work.

Digital Painting

Vatican Assassins

The Vatican Assasins is a passion project that was developed to try out Kickstarter. This was the Coming Soon Poster.

Princes of the Castro Cover

This represents the transformation of a runaway from lonely stoner to popular icon in the streets of 1987.

 

Lady_Midway

Media is saturated with unrealistic women. I wanted a piece that walked away from the overly sexualized images that shout off the screen. This was created to be the woman that is not too young or old, but somewhere in between. She is simply a woman mid-way in her journey.

Vatican Assassins 2

This was for a comic project that went on Kickstarter. It was a promotional poster focused on introducing a new character.

Princes of the Castro

This is a multimedia project that used character designs that expressed fashion in 1987.

Miracle In COVID

When Anthony was near death from MS and stuck in a catatonic state he contracted COVID-19.  It should have been a death sentence but instead, he woke from his near coma talking and living life once again.

Pen and Ink

Five Tribes of Victory

Created for the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine this displays the five  character classes available for players to choose. 

Cthulhu invades Wonderland

A popular series on Kickstarter this was a pin-up for a stretch goal.  I learned that the Mock-turtle gets his name from a soup that substitutes beef parts for turtle parts called “mock turtle” soup. 

Peter Pan

Enso Anima

Just prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic I was commissioned to work with a local band named Enso Anima. I worked with them to create a fine art version of their logo and develop an anime-super hero cover based on their personalities and appearance.

Purgatory

Purgatory is a project that I was commissioned to develop a comic book cover for. Characters were designed by Derek Morado.

Deathstorm

A fun illustrated short story about 1930’s style caped crusaders dealing with a zombie apocalypse. Heavy research went into developing an understanding of Chicago in the late 1930s. The story features slang, accurate historical references, and homage to the comic book and pulp heroes of that era.

Sequential Work