Concept Artist / Illustrator
J.P. is an accomplished digital and traditional
illustrator, concept artist and art director
for books and video games. He attended the School
of Visual Arts in New York and started working
professionally at age twenty, illustrating book
covers for Avon Books. Soon after, he got his
big break and began illustrating sci-fi and fantasy
book covers for Berkeley/Ace Books, Bantam Books
and Warner Books. He continued to do work for
Wizards of the Coast, The Science Fiction Book
Club and many role playing game companies. With
over 300 book covers, J.P.'s work has also been
published in Spectrum and on collectable plates
from the Bradford Exchange. In 2000 J.P. won
the A.S.F.A. Chesley Award for best paperback
book cover. After many years of illustrating
he decided to try his hand at concept art and
landed a job with NCsoft. That same year he became
Art Director at NCsoft Santa Monica, where he
worked on creatures and environments for games
such as Tabula Rasa and Aion. He is currently
freelancing for publishers and video game companies
and is working on a full color graphic novel.
For more of J.P.'s work, visit:
www.targeteart.com
J.P.'s
DVDs:
Imaginative Illustration with J.P. Targete Vol.1
Imaginative Illustration with J.P. Targete Vol.2
Imaginative Illustration with J.P. Targete Vol.3
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