EDUCATION
August 2011 - May 2015
RUSTON HIGH SCHOOL, RUSTON, LA — DIPLOMA, BAND, TALENTED ART PROGRAM
Recognized and placed in the Talented Art Program and carried knowledge and skills into college to pursue a degree in studio art.
August 2016 - May 2021
LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, RUSTON, LA— STUDIO ART MAJOR
Completed the curriculum requiring a broad skill set and application of artistic techniques and knowledge in fundamental art skills. Education culminated in narrowing vision into conceptual based illustration and comic based art post graduation.
EXPERIENCE
VISTA PROGRAM, LOUISIANA TECH —ILLUSTRATOR, ASSISTANT WRITER
2019-2020
Created illustrations for a children's book about an alumni’s journey in choosing a career in oncology, and higher education and how children can realize their passion too in an interactive way. The book was published and given out to schools as part of a larger program to encourage children to pursue higher education and the opportunities that college provides.
VISTA PROGRAM, LOUISIANA TECH - ILLUSTRATOR
2020-2020
Produces a series of small round digital illustrations to depict various dishes that can be made with common ingredients. Additionally produces simple B/W assets for said ingredients. Final assets were used in a pamphlet for the Lincoln Health Organization as part of a program to educate family's about healthy and affordable family meal alternatives.
REHAB, ANALYSIS OF THE SELF EXHIBITION -Â PARTICIPANT
2021-2021
This private show featured a collection of senior students work for exhibition in a gallery space open to the public. the show was themed around the idea of self introspection and the work featured was all centered around these themes. The work Jacob featured was the first 11 pages of the pencils for his ongoing comic project, Pynkertune.
RL-DRAFTING AGENCY - OWNER
2015-current
Private Client based commission work that realizes a vision. Including idea conceptualization, sketching, approval of ideas, and completion of finished figure based illustrations in fantasy settings or contemporary scenarios.
RELAPSE, GROUP EXHIBITION - PARTICIPANT
2021-2021
A group exhibition featuring student work completed for exhibition at the F. J. Taylor Visual Arts Center, which included work by Jacob Broussard, the completed first chapter of his comic pynkertune: disposable garbagemen