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Justin You

Character design & illustration for animation, games, and print — online as @jiansketch.

New York City/ Open to full-time, contract & freelance/ jiansketch@gmail.com/ Resume

Selected clients Golden Wolf · Doodles · SNEAKERBOTS · Upstate Animation · XP-Pen · TourBox · Svavelstickan · CraftifyX

Character Design

Turnarounds, expression sheets, and cast lineups drawn for production.

The Citizens of Aquacity — cast lineupTropical Takeover · SVA thesis, 2024
Palmy — turnaroundTropical Takeover
Palmy — expressionsTropical Takeover
Dee Dee — turnaroundTropical Takeover
Dee Dee — expressionsTropical Takeover
Tars — turnaroundTropical Takeover
Tars — expressionsTropical Takeover
Cast turnaroundTropical Takeover
Expression sheetTropical Takeover
Rivet — outfit turnaroundGRUNGE · original series
Rivet — rabbit-hoodie variantGRUNGE · original series
Skully — plush production turnaroundCraftifyX · 2025
Skully — the manufactured plushCraftifyX · shipped 2025
Mech & creature design sheetsOriginal designs

Visual Development & Environments

Worlds for Tropical Takeover (SVA senior thesis, 2024) and GRUNGE (original IP).

Aquacity — establishing shotTropical Takeover
Welcome to the DogoutTropical Takeover
Story momentTropical Takeover
New Yorque — the big cityGRUNGE
Vulcan districtGRUNGE
In-game inventory — UI concept (animated)GRUNGE
Encounter mockup — UI concept (animated)GRUNGE

Comics & Sequential

HYPEFORCE: The Phantom Train Heist — an 18-page comic commissioned by SNEAKERBOTS, made with Upstate Animation Studio (2025). Role: storyboards, style, lines, color, and print-ready CMYK production.

Cover AHYPEFORCE #1 · SNEAKERBOTS
Cover BHYPEFORCE #1 · SNEAKERBOTS
LayoutOne page, three stages
InksOne page, three stages
Final colorOne page, three stages
Interior action pageHYPEFORCE #1
Sneaker & apparel conceptsHYPEFORCE · client design reference
Interior pageGRUNGE · self-published
Interior pageGRUNGE · self-published

Production & Client Work

Doodles Summer Socials — campaign postsGolden Wolf · 2023 · role: design
Campaign illustrationDoodles × Golden Wolf · 2023
Storyboard sequenceDoodles Summer Socials · Golden Wolf
Star Fetchers — release promoSvavelstickan · 2024
Magic Drawing Pad launch artXP-Pen · sponsored · 2024
TourBox Neo & Elite artTourBox · sponsored · 2022–23

Golden Wolf campaign credits — Creative director: Sammy Moore · Direction/management: Henry Purrington · Producers: Abbie James, Rebe Chen · Design: Justin You, Cendan Claiborne · Animation: Martin Hultman, Seb Wright · Compositing: Thomas Purrington · Sound: Take Your Medicine. Also produced: launch video for the CraftifyX Skully plush — reel available on request.

Illustration

OniPersonal
AlleycatsPersonal
Coffin WickesPersonal
SunflowerPersonal
Number 4Personal
CrosshairPersonal

About + Resume

I fell in love with art through street walls and sketchbooks — bold lines, loud colors, and characters with real attitude. I studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts, where I refined my style into something graphic, expressive, and always moving. “Fast food for your eyes.”

My work pulls from everything I grew up loving — graffiti tags, album covers, animation, video games — and whether it’s a cast of characters, a comic, or a campaign, I want the work to speak loud without saying a word.

Clients & collaborations: Golden Wolf · Doodles · SNEAKERBOTS · Upstate Animation Studio · XP-Pen · TourBox · Svavelstickan · CraftifyX

jiansketch@gmail.com
  • Based inNew York City
  • AwardsGraphis 2025 Honorable Mention · SVA Illustration Award of Recognition, 2024 · Silas H. Rhodes Merit Scholarship
  • EducationBFA Illustration, School of Visual Arts, 2024
  • ExhibitedMOCCA Pop-Up, March 2024 · SVA Senior Show, Chelsea Gallery, April 2024
  • Open toFull-time · Contract · Freelance
  • ToolsPhotoshop · Illustrator · InDesign · Clip Studio Paint EX · Blender · Print-ready CMYK
  • MotionCampaign & product animation — reel available on request
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