Jayel Draco. . .

Your typical nature-boy, collaboration engineer, freelance artist.  .  .

He lives breaths and thinks in terms of artistic inspiration, which all adds up to the next creative endeavor. Even when dealing with the seemingly mundane tasks of daily life, he takes a creative approach. With a deep rooted understanding and appreciation of the fact that with various art forms come various tool sets and mental facilities which are more often than not highly complimentary to each other.  Jayel has set out to encorporate as well rounded of an artistic background into what he does as possible. The result:  a formidable body of work that runs the gamut while retaining a signature style.

“Jayel Draco  creates worlds and invites you into them”
-Joe Che of  Jigsaw Soul-

Jayel Draco’s Education:

School of Visual Arts: New York, NY, May 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (Illustration)
Pratt: New York, NY. Sept. 2004
Continuing Ed. Maya 3D modeling & Animation
Hofstra: New York, NY. Sept. 2005
Continuing ED. Ceramics I & II

Computer Applications Experience:

-  Photoshop CS3: Illustration & Photomanipulation
-  Illustrator CS3: Vector based graphic design
-  Dreamweaver CS3: Web design (html, css & php)
-  Flash CS3: Animation, Web design & Games (AS2 & AS3)
- After Affects CS3: Animation, Motioneering,
Special effects, CG Video Plates & Compositing
-  Premiere Pro: Video editing

Tangible Mediums Experience:

Acrylic, Oil Paint, Illustration Marker, Water Color, Colored Pencil, Air Brush, Enamels, Latex, Polymer clay, Silk Screen,  Paper Mache, Poly Resins, Ceramic, Epoxy, Steel & Leather Work.

Professional Experience:

Jayel Draco’s professional work typically involves one or more of the following; Traditional Animation, Stop-Motion Animation, Cut-out Animation, Flash Animation, Illustration, Motioneering, Graphic Design, Web Design, Production Design, Art Direction,  Special Effects, Compositing, Character Design, Set Design, Prop Fabrication, Costume Design, Pupeteering , Multi-Media Fine Art & more. . .