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  • Designer

    Armed with a laptop,
    wacom, and a sketchbook

  • Illustrator

    Inspired by cartoons, comic books,
    film, and the Jedi

  • Wanderer

    Carrying a camera, lightsaber
    and a passport
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A Little About Me

A purveyor of pixelated perfection; a visionary of vibrant vectors; an illustrator of imaginative ingenuity. I'm a multidisciplinary designer with nine years of professional experience in illustration and visual design for console & social gaming, user-experience and user-interface, responsive, brand, print and mobile. I eagerly continue to explore other areas of creative design to grow further as a heavy-hitter designer. Sophistication with a balance of fun and quirkiness is a common theme throughout my work. I enjoy a collaborative environment that fosters creativity and a willingness to explore innovative ways of getting that "Wow!" reaction to a design...

I graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Illustration/Animation for the entertainment-design industry. Since SJSU, my creative interests have expanded in various areas of design. Currently, I work as a senior level Art Director for Epsilon, a Fortune 500 global leader in design and strategy. Prior to Epsilon, I refined my various creative skillsets with companies like Zynga, DNA Games, Electronic Arts, and a veritable smorgasbord of other companies.

Oh, and I can also bake a mean Oreo Coffee Cupcake.

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What I Do

Art Direction & Team Management

I’ve been fortunate in my career to have led large-scale projects from concept, pre/production to launch. For each project, I’ve set creative standards, streamlined processes, and managed production pipelines. But I couldn’t have done it without the awesome, Jedi-master-level art teams I’ve had the privilege of assembling and leading. The successes of a product stem from the collaborative nature of the team that designed it.

Illustration & Concept Design

Trained for the Entertainment Design industry, I bring illustrative skillsets including character design, background and environment design, storyboard design, game design and animation principles.

UI Design / UX Collaboration

Creative design supported by data, research and hierarchy. UI visual design supported by UX resesarch. UI and UX are symbiotic and my designs for a product’s experience is borne from proper research and data needed to make the design successful as well as beautiful.

Game Design

The happy place where playing and designing merge to create exciting worlds built around quests and challenges. My experience in the gaming industry includes level design, in-game cinematic storyboarding, character and asset design, and product design.

Portfolio

  • All Categories
  • UX & UI Design
  • Game Design
  • Concept Design
  • Illustration
  • App Design
Mobcrush
Google Play
Google
SuperPower FX
Kujo, Inc.
Delta UPLIFT
Delta Airlines
PhytoHeroes
Oceanic Scales
SD Zoo Wildlife Conservancy
San Diego Zoo
ChefVille
Zynga
Personal Work
A collection of personal pieces
Portfolio

Blog

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Why "CheeziePoof"?

The most random conversation with a dear friend which led to the word "cheeziepoof" becoming a part of my identity.
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100 Things

A list of truths... and 15 untruths. But here's the fun part: I'll let you decide which is which? Can you tell which is real and which is fantasy? :P
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Villainous Vectors

A series of flat, Mucha-inspired illustrations devoted to the darkest, most sadistic bitches and fuckers of the Disney Universe. :P
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Contact

  • One foot in LA
    & the other in The Bay
  • Phone:
    Ask me ;)
  • Email:
    jon.mendez@gmail.com

Feel free to shoot me a message... I'm available via subspace channels on secure Starfleet coded frequencies. :)

"Creativity is Intelligence having FUN"
- Albert Einstein
Space. The final frontier...