Comics Illustrator of the Week: Jennifer Ely

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This week we feature somebody who is, for the most part, unknown in the comics world.  Jennifer Ely illustrated the variant cover to the new Action Lab comic, Tomboy #1, written & drawn by Princeless artist M. Goodwin.  Ely exhibits a hauntingly human touch in her work  and masterfully contrasts her warm and cool colors.

Jennifer Ely mostly works in film and animation, most notably doing character designs and backgrounds for the 3D stop-motion animated film The Boxtrolls, released by Laika Entertainment in 2014.  Another favorite comics artist of mine, Graham Annable, was co-director on that film, which is worth a look, if you haven’t seen it yet.

In addition to her various illustration & film projects, Ely also finds time to teach online at The Oatley Academy of Concept Art and Illustration.

Here’s to seeing more comic book cover art(and maybe interiors, too!) from Jennifer Ely in the future! In the meanwhile, you can keep up with her latest news & art on her tumblr blog here.

For more comics related art, you can follow me on my website comicstavern.com – Andy Yates

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Author:Andy Yates

Andy is a freelance illustrator, and animator. He writes about comics at comicstavern.com. See his work at plumdill.tumblr.com.

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10 Comments on “Comics Illustrator of the Week: Jennifer Ely”

  1. JkMonde
    November 18, 2015 at 5:26 am #

    So cool!

  2. November 18, 2015 at 6:50 am #

    Wowww awesome!!

  3. November 18, 2015 at 11:32 am #

    Her work is amazing! I love following this blog and finding amazing new artists! Thank you for sharing such amazing content :)

  4. November 18, 2015 at 1:51 pm #

    I’m in love with that dog!

  5. Justin Perkins
    November 18, 2015 at 8:14 pm #

    great work

  6. November 19, 2015 at 6:16 am #

    Awesome!! I love the dog with glasses!

  7. November 20, 2015 at 7:59 am #

    I love all of the work! :)

  8. November 22, 2015 at 4:34 am #

    love the style!

  9. November 26, 2015 at 1:34 pm #

    it is really capturing. creating other worlds

  10. November 30, 2015 at 5:31 am #

    NEAT. really awesome. love it

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