Jean Ness - United States of America
About the artist
Member since the very beginning
Jean Ness, [JNESS] Brooklyn born, Zulu Nation trained grafitti artist, hip-hop culture enthusiast, and Graphic Artist age 34. Jean got his start as a graphic artist in 1994 with the Daily Racing Form Marketing Department creating innovative ad campaigns. During this time he took various design-related courses at The School of Visual Arts.
Jean later pursued an aggressive freelance work schedule for 4 years with Update Graphics, one of New York City’s leading providers of Media Arts Specialists. His travels with Update Graphics, lead him to do Mac production, and design for companies such as Tiffany Jewelers, Model’s, NY Life Insurance, Workman Publishing, Sukon Marketing,
Lyons, Lavey, Nichol & Swift. Never straying far from his first love, Hip Hop and the music industry, Jean became involved with many ground breaking endeavors such as, The Zulu Nation’s Zulu News Anniversary Issue. He was part of the creative team for the web site ZULU KINGS.COM and he has also designed his own art gallery WWW.SCARLETBBWART.COM
Having designed numerous covers, and promo ads, Jean also wrote music reviews for a Music Entertainment publication, based in Phoenix Arizona, P.U.B. (Phoenix Underground Beat).
Working currently as a FREELANCE GRAPHIC ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR Jean is looking forward to the many design challenges to come.
