NAME:  JEAN NESS

E-MAIL:  JNESS107@AOL.COM
BASE OF OPERATIONS: JNESS GRAPHICS in NEW JERSEY
MY WEB SITE:  JNESS GRAPHICS

BIO: Jean Ness, [JNESS] Brooklyn born, Zulu Nation trained graffiti artist (circa 1985), hip-hop culture enthusiast. I studied at the School of Visual Arts/NY. I am a graphic designer/computer illustrator. I have been in the advertising/marketing arena as a designer for 8 years now. This is where I learned that the term Art Department has nothing to do with art. CORRECTION, it's the art of doing what you are told.

Needless to say, my creativity is really expressed through my personal art, much more than at the work place. My BBW illustrations, allow me to express the way I see big beautiful women. I am not against thin women, but I am for big women. My art is a reflection of their beauty and power. I try to bring out the many sides of the BBW, defying, and confronting, society's' view of her.

Take for example my SCARLET MEMORIES COLLECTION:

Unlike most of the work out there, this collection is strictly computer generated vector based illustrations using Adobe Illustrator. I came up with the concept in 1992, but never took the project past the first illustration “Big Red” which was originally done by hand with alcohol ink on acid-free Bristol board. The title [SCARLET MEMORIES] is the reflection of products we've always been accustomed to, being seen in a new artistic light. Same goes for the full figured models, their silhouettes are against what society says is beautiful-art, hence I portray them in a new artistic light, or better yet as I have always seen them — as works of art. EYE CANDY.