About Me
Jessa Otero | Puerto Rico
Not Your Typical Digital Artist…
I design to resolve issues, break the rules, and connect the dots. During the day I work for others in the animation and video game fields, and during the night I’m an entrepreneur cooking my 2 personal brands in my cauldron.
Currently, an Art Director for Rayman 2 Remake with New Dawn Games, and a Concept Artist for Jak & Daxter 4 with Fallen Legacy Games. I love anything related to fantasy, RPG, and stylized.
Back in 2015, I obtained my B.A for Graphic Design at Universidad del Turabo, everything I know (animation, marketing, storytelling, business, etc.) was due to the practice of being an autodidact. Favorite games and movies:
- Rayman
- Tomb Raider
- Jak and Daxter
- Monster Galaxy
- Skullgirls
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
- Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
- El Dorado
- The Croods
- The Iron Giant
- Treasure Planet
- Prince of Egypt
- Dofus – Book 1: Julith
- The Illusionist (2010)
History
- UK Video Game – NDA June 2024 (Concept Artist).
- Jak and Daxter 4 – Fallen Legacy Games, 2022 (Concept Artist).
- Rayman 2 Remake – New Dawn Games, 2021-2024 (Art Director).
- Mr.Bluk – Digital Artist (2020)
- Vampires Dawn 3 The Crimson Realm, 2019 (Background Designer)
- Changuy – Rise of the Chango, 2019 (Background Designer).
- Ultra Squad Comic, 2019 (Ink Illustrator).
- Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz Series, Season 2, 2018 (2D Layout Artist).
- ChickenDuck Show, 2019 (Background Designer).
- Retro TMNT Past to Present, 2017 (Background Designer).
- Happy World Compliment Day! – SpongeBob, 2017 (Background Designer).
- Happy Napping Day! – SpongeBob, 2017 (Background Designer).
- Vejigantes Animated Series, 2017 (Background Designer).
Awards & Certificates
- EXPO MUMA 2023 “POSTRE” – CDMX
- Centro de Emprendedores 2022 – PR
Expertise & Knowledge
Programs
- Affinty Photo / Photoshop
- Affinty Designer / Illustrator
- Affinty Publisher / InDesign
- Premier Pro / Davinci Resolve
- Komodo / Filezilla
- ClipStudio
Fields
- Marketing Strategy
- Responsive Web Design
- Printing Materials
- Corporate Identity
- Editorial Design
- Package Design
- 2D Animation
Subjects
- Community Building / Tom Ross
- Marketing Culture / Seth Godin
- Freelance Business / Michael Janda
- Storytelling / Amanda Palmer & Kevin Hart
- Human Centered Design / Chris Do
- Ethics & Copyrights / Graphics Artist Guild and AIGA