Jessica Hische:
Brief history of who she is, what she does: She grew up in Pennsylvania, raised by two non-creatives that decided it would be OK to let their little girl pursue a seemingly impractical career. She ended up attending a wonderful art school thanks to an amazing high school teacher and an admissions counsellor that took a chance on her under-developed portfolio. Though she fell in love with every artistic discipline in Freshman and Sophomore year, she declared as a Graphic Design major when she found herself procrastiworking on painting projects to work on posters and identities.
In 2006, she graduated and landed a job as a freelance designer for a little studio in Philadelphia where she helped design fancy books and re-affirmed her passion for illustration and image making. By winter, unsure if they wanted to take on another full-time employee, her hours were cut and she put together an illustration promo to get freelance work. That promo ended up landing her an illustration rep and a job for one of her hero’s; she migrated to Brooklyn to work for her. After two and a half years of very little sleep and a lot of lettering, freelance work began overwhelming her life and her desire to do side projects became too much to bear. She ventured out on her own and embarked on a little project that would end up changing her career and earning her the moniker “That Drop Cap Girl”.
She’s been on her own as a letterer, illustrator, type designer, and relentless procrastiworker since 2009 and have worked for (and continue to work for) a lot of wonderful clients like Wes Anderson and Penguin Books.
In 2006, she graduated and landed a job as a freelance designer for a little studio in Philadelphia where she helped design fancy books and re-affirmed her passion for illustration and image making. By winter, unsure if they wanted to take on another full-time employee, her hours were cut and she put together an illustration promo to get freelance work. That promo ended up landing her an illustration rep and a job for one of her hero’s; she migrated to Brooklyn to work for her. After two and a half years of very little sleep and a lot of lettering, freelance work began overwhelming her life and her desire to do side projects became too much to bear. She ventured out on her own and embarked on a little project that would end up changing her career and earning her the moniker “That Drop Cap Girl”.
She’s been on her own as a letterer, illustrator, type designer, and relentless procrastiworker since 2009 and have worked for (and continue to work for) a lot of wonderful clients like Wes Anderson and Penguin Books.