Work samples

  • Yayoi Kasuma
    Yayoi Kasuma
    This caricature was drawn of Yayoi Kasuma as part of a month long Instagram challenge called #marchmasters22, prompted and hosted by fellow artists in the International Society of Caricature artists.
  • sewing materials
    sewing materials
    Digital image created in my sewing studio. iPad, Procreate
  • Cheers!
    Cheers!
    Wine pairs with most dinners. Digital sketch on iPad with Procreate app.
  • Klimt
    Klimt
    Drawn during an online drawing marathon called Human the Marathon. This model was channeling Klimt, while the host read quotes from the artist, one of which--"All art is heroic."--is added in the text. Model is Mexican artist Vilidian, @vilidian_artmodel.

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About Jessica

Baltimore City
Jes Raschella is a circus and visual artist living in Baltimore city. She is the cofounder of Baltimore Hoop Love, a circus edutainment operation bringing a message of hope and love with a circus flair to the streets and events in the Baltimore area since 2010. Jes is a hula hooper and stilt walker, in addition to a visual illustrator and caricature artist.
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Digital Caricature Art

Digital Caricatures created on Procreate app on the iPad. References were taken from clients and online friends during the Pandemic.  
  • Andy and Cat
    Andy and Cat
    Digital commissioned caricature
  • Alyssa on Ukelele
    Alyssa on Ukelele
    Digital caricature commissioned for use on Clubhouse social media app.
  • Frida
    Frida
    Frida Kalho. Submitted entry into an ongoing online caricature-drawing activity called Caricaturama Showdown 3000!
  • Pat
    Pat
    Digital portrait drawn as a gift to a friend.
  • Justin
    Justin
    Digital caricature portrait gifted to a friend
  • Campy Noir
    Campy Noir
    Drawn at the marathon live drawing session held in December 2022 in New York City at the High School of Art and Design, this piece is slated to be featured on the Light Ekphrastic LED billboard in Baltimore in February 2023.
  • Rebel Girl
    Rebel Girl
    Image inspired by public art display from @hollywood_studios in Asbury Park, NJ on a field trip with the New York Urban Sketchers
  • Farmer
    Farmer
    Farmer Naomi, a digital caricature present for her 8th birthday.
  • self portrait
    self portrait
    digital self portrait iPad, Procreate app
  • Maeve
    Maeve
    digital caricature commission iPad, Procreate app
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    • Caricature--Traditional Techniques on Paper

    Retail and studio pieces reflecting my Pandemic-era online study of the art of caricature.  In 2020, I was fortunately able to take 16 weeks of intense international professional caricature classes virtually with the amazing teachers at Caricature Japan.  These classes were only available during the pandemic, during the period of lockdown in Japan, and from these courses I have begun my professional career as a caricaturist. I now make caricatures at the Baltimore Farmers Market, where I have sold hula hoops at an interactive circus stand for the past decade.  I am also now hired to draw quick live black and white caricatures to folks at local parties and events.  The transition to caricature helped me to connect with people during our lockdown times and has helped me to connect with folks as we return to society.  I have found that sitting for 5-10 minutes with someone while you make their souvenir cartoon creates a potential for a valuable moment of human to human content, checking in and hearing whatever story the customer model has in mind.  
    I have become a member of the International Society of Caricature Artists (ISCA), and from there I have met online weekly with caricaturists around the world.  In November of 2020, I attended my first virtual caricature convention, and in November of 2021 I joined ISCA artists for my first in-person caricature convention.  There I met many inspiring artists, including, most famously caricaturist and comedian Kevin Nealon.  I happened to sit beside Mr. Nealon and was able to draw his picture.  I believe that the artists I met at this convention will inspire and shape the artist I will become in the year and years ahead.  
    • Office Caricature
      Office Caricature
      An office worker ordered caricatures for all of his fellow co-workers in an effort to improve morale around the workspace. This image is part of a series of many traditional caricatures I drew that now are on display in each individual's cubicle walls. Copic ink and neocolor pastels on paper
    • Lemon Kid
      Lemon Kid
      Traditional caricature commission piece of a young child enjoying his lemon slices. Copic ink and neocolor pastels on paper.
    • Pizza Shop
      Pizza Shop
      What started as a joke when an employee had his caricature drawn and then put it on the wall at the restaurant where he worked and labeled it "Employee of the Month" has turned into a caricature being drawn of every employee who works there! Underground Pizza Company inside PowerPlant Live! Baltimore, has a wall or two full of my traditional caricatures featuring everyone who works there.
    • Ice Cream Vendor
      Ice Cream Vendor
      This traditional caricature features the vendor who sells plant-based ice cream beside my Baltimore Sunday Farmers Market stand where I sell caricature drawings and together with my partner Spilly, we sell hula hoops. Copic ink and neocolor pastels on paper
    • Modern American Gothic
      Modern American Gothic
      A traditional caricature of my son and his cat in the style of 1930's Grant Wood painting "American Gothic." Copic ink and neocolor pastels on paper
    • top chef
      top chef
      Traditional caricature of a head chef at Underground Pizza Company in PowerPlant Live!, where every employee gets a traditional caricature drawn (by me!) and hung on the pizza shop walls.
    • Bartender
      Bartender
      Traditional caricature of a bartender at Underground Pizza Company in PowerPlant Live!, where every employee gets a caricature drawn by me and hung on the pizza shop walls.
    • Ripken Fan
      Ripken Fan
      This traditional caricature was commissioned to be gifted to the subject anonymously for her workplace Secret Santa. Copic ink and neocolor pastels on paper.
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    • Figure Drawing

    Live Figure Drawing from models during virtual art modeling sessions.
    • Robot Painter
      Robot Painter
      Lucian Freud study with a live model on #humanthemarathon live drawing marathon hosted by Vilidian and Helen Roeten Model @petersposes Drawn on iPad with Procreate app
    • figure draw 01
      figure draw 01
      12.31.2022 New Years Eve Drawing Marathon hosted by Deryck Henley with Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club Model: Olja, Belgium @olja.oljalifemodel Digital image rendered on iPad with Procreate app
    • figure draw 02
      figure draw 02
      12.31.2022 New Years Eve Drawing Marathon hosted by Deryck Henley with Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club Model: Andrea, Italy @Andrea.morani_lifemodel Image rendered digitally on iPad with Procreate app
    • figure draw 03
      figure draw 03
      Digital sketch from the Argentine Art Models End of Year Virtual Drawing Marathon Model: Eliana @exorquidea Image rendered digitally with iPad using Procreate app
    • figure draw 04
      figure draw 04
      12.31.2022 New Years Eve Drawing Marathon hosted by Deryck Henley with Scottish Borders Life Drawing Club Model: Emily, USA @emilymetalskin
    • Figure Draw 05
      Figure Draw 05
      Drawn during an online drawing marathon, #humanthemarathon, hosted by Vilidian and Helen Roeten. Model: Nicole Clementine @bluede_model2 Digital image drawn on iPad using Procreate app
    • figure draw 06
      figure draw 06
      Drawn during an online drawing marathon, #humanthemarathon, hosted by Vilidian and Helen Roeten Model: Maud Gamelon @maudeloviva Rendered digitally on iPad using Procreate app
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    • Family Dinners

    Digital illustrations made while sitting with family at mealtime.
    • Pauline's 80th Birthday
      Pauline's 80th Birthday
      Drawn at a friends and family celebration of my mother-in-law's 80th birthday.
    • Dimitris visits from Greece
      Dimitris visits from Greece
      Family meal when cousin Dimitris visits from my Father-in-Law's hometown of Patras, Greece. Digital drawing on iPad with Procreate app.
    • Royal Restaurant, Keyser, WV
      Royal Restaurant, Keyser, WV
      Digital drawing while on a family visit to my hometown of Keyser, WV. iPad drawing with Procreate app
    • Maiwand Grill
      Maiwand Grill
      Digital image drawn at my step daughter Zoe's birthday meal at Maiwand Grill in Baltimore.
    • Dewey and Dinner
      Dewey and Dinner
      Dewey the family dog and dinner. Digital image created with iPad using Procreate app.
    • Koopers Tavern
      Koopers Tavern
      Digital drawing of an outdoor family meal with in-laws in Fells Point, Baltimore.
    • Vino
      Vino
      Family meal with wine. Digital sketch on iPad with Procreate app
    • Banditos
      Banditos
      Digital sketch while waiting for tacos.
    • Inlaws, Outlaws
      Inlaws, Outlaws
      Pauline and Stelios digital sketch on Procreate app, iPad
    • Pauline and Stelios
      Pauline and Stelios
      My mother and father-in-law in their home in Fells Point, Baltimore.
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    • Still Life

    digital still life drawings 
    • Dragonfruit on Cutting Board
      Dragonfruit on Cutting Board
      My mother made the pottery bowl, my father made the cutting board. Someone connected to Whole Foods grew the Dragonfruit. I drew it on iPad with Procreate app.
    • dairy queen
      dairy queen
      Still life that practically melts in your mouth. Rendered digitally on iPad using Procreate app
    • Dinner's Ready
      Dinner's Ready
      Dinner table spread with octopus, wine and salad.
    • Foolish Peaches.jpg
      Foolish Peaches.jpg
      Digital Collage Bowl of Peaches overlaying atop Billy Collins' poem "Night Club" Made with Procreate and SketchClub apps on iPad
    • found objects
      found objects
      Household items drawn as a study of drawing with stamps inside vector sections on Procreate app, iPad
    • sewing materials
      sewing materials
      Digital image created in my sewing studio. iPad, Procreate
    • lemon zest
      lemon zest
      When life gives you lemons, draw them.
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    • Urban Sketch

    Digital urban sketches drawn on Ipad with Procreate drawing app
    • NYC 1980s Illustration
      NYC 1980s Illustration
      Commissioned piece for an illustrated family cookbook. Digital sketch of an imaginary place in New York City in the early 1980s.
    • Hammerman Beach
      Hammerman Beach
      Digital sketch of a hot summer day. Drawn on iPad with Procreate app.
    • Herring Run Bridge
      Herring Run Bridge
      Digital urban sketch of Herring Run Bridge and one of the beavers who live in the water there. This place was important to me in my daily pandemic era walks. Drawn on iPad with Procreate app.
    • Virginia Beach, 2nd Street
      Virginia Beach, 2nd Street
      From the balcony of the Schooner Inn on family vacation. Looking out at the summer storm that kept all but the surfers off the shore. Drawn digitally on iPad with Procreate app.
    • Baltimore City Jury Duty
      Baltimore City Jury Duty
      Digital sketch of the annual Baltimore City jury duty quiet room waiting room.
    • Fells Point
      Fells Point
      Digital sketch of Fells Point waterline. Drawn on iPad with Procreate app.
    • parking garage
      parking garage
      When I arrive too early for a caricature gig, I sit in the car and draw what I see.
    • Harpers Ferry Gas Station
      Harpers Ferry Gas Station
      Digital sketch made while waiting for AAA to come fix a flat tire.
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