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Working early at Jakks
images/main_image-1.jpgLong days can be longer if you start earlier.
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The “J” card
portfolio/jakks_01_hands.jpgBacker cards for days.
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Calling Card
portfolio/jakks_02_smurfs.jpgTarget, Walmart, et al made orders of 100,000 units from these prototypes.
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Coral Reef
portfolio/jakks_03_oceanAnimals.jpgDo it as fast as you can, so you can do it again.
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Di-z-ney
portfolio/jakks_03_TinkerBell_s.jpgThe trick was to do exactly what you were told; only better.
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Christmas Morning
portfolio/jakks_04_pokemon2.jpgThis room was full of toy boxes and always reminded me of gifts under a tree.
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Make a brown eye blue
portfolio/jakks_05_eyechart.jpgThis doll eye chart was hanging in an office I claimed and made into a studio.
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More boxes
portfolio/jakks_07_pokemon.jpgI finally got the hang of box-making on this box; how to get a corner to look like a corner; how to make a fold stay folded.
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A long walk
portfolio/jakks_malabu_pier.jpga view of the iconic Malibu Pier.
Print Production Artist
Job discription
The studio used Macintosh computers, running Adobe CS 3; InDesign, PhotoShop, Illustrator. Files were ftp’ed to dozens of venders and clients.