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Jessica Vaillant
@jazzicuh.bsky.social
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www.jessicavaillant.com

Artist/designer working in animation. (But not right now, hire me pls) Formerly disney, nick, dreamworks, cartoon network etc. I like to paint a lot.

JessicaLVaillant@gmail.com
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Here’s the finished piece!
April 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Altadena Angel’s Trumpets for #pleinairpril - here’s a process video. Tried to emulate acrylic paint with Procreate on the iPad. Finished image is in the comments!

@warriorpainter.bsky.social #pleinairpril2025 #pleinairpainting #digitalpainting #losangelesartists #observationalpainting
April 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Hazy LA morning. A digital one, still painted from life. #pleinairpril2025 #pleinairpril #digitalpainting #heavypaint #pleinairpainting #pleinairpainter @warriorpainters.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Small paint, small calamansi. #pleinairpril2025 #pleinairpril #pleinairpainter #pleinairpainting @warriorpainters.bsky.social
An acrylic painting of a couple bright orange calamansi fruit amongst some green leaves An acrylic painting of a couple bright orange calamansi fruit amongst some green leaves
April 9, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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#pleinairpril 2… and 3 and 4

#pleinairpril2025
Acrylic painting of the backside of a heavy drooping rose. There are a few other bits, buds and leaves poking out of the dark areas surrounding the pale yellow blossom.
April 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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#pleinairpril WIP because I couldn’t wrap it up in time, whoops 🥲

#pleinairpril2025
A painting in progress of a heavy rose hanging off a thin stem, perched on a pochade box. In the background is a rose garden.
April 3, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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#pleinairpril day 1, Griffith Park Observatory from a distance. Painted mostly from life in acrylic, then surrendered to finishing in digital.

#pleinairpril2025 #digitalpainting #acryclicpainting #pleinairpainting #pleinairpainter
An acrylic and digital painting of the Griffith Park observatory in LA viewed from afar. The light is overcast, the background is in shadow and the foreground is brightly lit. A simple thumbnail drawing for the previous image
April 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Sketch done at Petersen Automotive Museum. Having fun w making wonk in shapes and textures.

#sketch #sketchbook #petersenautomotivemuseum
A pencil drawing done in a sketchbook. The subject is a retro customized car that I can’t remember the make and model of, because I forgot to take photos. 🤷‍♀️ Pencil lines are selectively smudged in different areas.
March 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Played with some chunky textured brushes in Procreate, painted my kitty from life.

#art #artpost #digitalpainting #procreate #lifepainting
A heavily textured digital painting with lots of broken shapes and visible brush marks. It depicts a cat sleeping peacefully on a cat tree, her paw covering her face.
March 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Tiny cantaloupe paint.

#sketchbook #paintbook #stilllife #stilllifepainting #observationalpainting #lifepainting #sketch #study #art #artpost
The artist’s hand holds up a sketchbook opened to a red page. On it lies a thumb-sized painting of two slices of cantaloupe, brightly lit and casting a shadow onto the surface beneath them.
March 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Mini pavlova, painted quite fast. Didn’t bother to make a proper ellipse for the plate, but I like it.

#paintbook #sketchbook #observationalpainting #stilllifepainting #stilllife #artpost #art
A hand holds up a sketchbook. A sketchy painting stretches across both pages. It depicts a miniature pavlova, a dessert made with baked egg whites and topped with a bit of cream and fruit. It sits on a white plate.
February 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Some cafe drawings.
#art #artpost #lifedrawing #cafedrawing #sketch
Sketchy stylized drawing of an older man in loose clothing and a ballcap sitting at a cafe table Sketchy stylized drawing of a young woman sitting on a stool at a tall countertop at a cafe
February 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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WIP of a self portrait painted from life. Spent an embarrassing amount of time on this already but kept getting pulled into other things.

I started this in a wonderful class w/ the painter Kathleen Hall who gave me great feedback.

#oilpainting #selfportrait #portraitpainting #observationalpainting
Self portrait in oil of a woman looking into a mirror, holding a book. The mirror frame and the door the mirror is hanging on is partially visible. The painting is a work in progress and some areas are lightly scrubbed in.
February 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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A couple of quick mirror self portraits. Did these as little studies for a painting but in the end, I with something else. I really liked the idea of the rumpled pose of the second one but quickly realized I wouldn’t be able to hold it for long.

#artpost #sketchbook #observationalart #selfportrait
A sketchy, self portrait pencil drawing of a me looking at the viewer, my hair tied up. A sketchy pencil self portrait of me slouching in a shirt with a fair amount of complex drapery. It seemed fun but I wouldn’t have been able to hold this pose while painting.
February 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Some #characterdesign from Costume Quest and The Mighty Ones. Not responsible for color which was Chris Marino’s work!
January 15, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Props and FX from Amphibia, Hailey’s On It, and Middlemost Post:

#propdesign #propfx
From Amphibia. Responsible for FX in opaque line. The ship that is mostly transparent is a BG element for ref only. A truck design from Hailey’s On It Jetpack design from Hailey’s On It A bucket of fish on toast from Middlemost Post.
January 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Gonna start a #portfolioday thread with examples of diff types of animation design work I’ve done. Props/fx, color design, character - and I have a new bgpaint portfolio, but it’s NDA. 😩

Email me for NDA work PW!

Here’s #colordesign from #SummerCampIsland
A peanut butter sandwich turning into a pile of magical goo, my all time fave color design assignment.
January 15, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Some peaches I painted before having to evac. 🤷‍♀️ Looking forward to having access to real paint again soon but in the meantime might do some digital painting from my hotel.
An acrylic painting of peaches in a blue produce bin, wrapped inside a transparent bag. A work in progress picture of the painting in the previous image.
January 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Pride and prejudice sketchin’. (BBC version ofc)
A sketchy drawing of Lizzy from the BBC production of Pride and Prejudice.
January 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Painted a peach on a lil pink paper bag, on the endpapers of my sketchbook.

I usually try to limit these to an hour. Just going fast and having fun and resisting the urge to correct everything so I can move on with my life.
January 7, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Quick paint of the neighbor's cactus. I've been throwing fast, little acrylic paintings in a sketchbook to try to stay in the habit.
January 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM