Ken Jacobsen is a full-time freelance pen-and-ink illustrator who produces high quality, classically styled illustration for art directors and graphic designers all over the world, and has for over 30 years.
That’s me! This site shows llustrations that I’ve done for packaging. (To see other work, just click my logo at the upper right.)
Style: My style, from finely detailed to bold and graphic, was influenced by the classic pen and ink illustrations of the 19th and early 20th centuries –themselves influenced by the woodcuts and engravings that preceded them. The artist who influenced me most was my grandfather, who taught me to always put quality and craftsmanship first.
Technique: I work on a digitizing tablet, which I’ve been using since 1995, and all my work is created in digital format, unless requested otherwise.
Finished illustration: Whatever the client requires, whether vector or pixel format, and the latter may be colored with watercolor on a separate layer.
Awards: My work has popped up in all those major design mags and gotten AIGA awards and been praised on sites like drawn.ca and others.
Rollover the images at the right to have a look, and please feel free to contact me any time.
