Jessicas style and uniqueness is appealing to me, I find her work interesting and fun to look at. She does a lot of fancy decorative fonts and designs, some of which are a little abstract. Which is a style I really enjoy. Her work is personalized which I love as well, when going though her portfolio you can read a little blurb on what the font or project was for. One of my favorites is “I love love.” Someone emailed and ask Jessica to help propose to his girlfriend. She was intrigued and being that she was just finishing up her own wedding plans she was in a particularly lovey dovey mood and decided to take on the project. She loved it so much and enjoyed working with him she ended up doing the work for free.
Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, and crazy cat lady known for her silly side projects and occasional foul mouth! A self-described “avid internetter,” best known for her personal projects Daily Drop Cap and the Should I Work For Free flowchart. Just five years out of college, she currently serves on the TDC board of Directors and is one of the more accomplished young “designistrators” working today. Her work has been featured in most major American design and illustration publications as well as a few overseas and she’s been named one of Print Magazine’s New Visual Artist (20 under 30) an ADC Young Guns and a GDUSA Person to Watch.
Jessica couldn’t get enough of design courses. The one student in class that everyone disliked because she did 5 times more work then they were assigned. She continually tries to expand her knowledge beyond lettering even if its just reading on related industries. She spent 6 months attending a continuing-ed program for typeface design. Thinking the type industry is close to lettering it would be a good next step for her career. After the program ended she realized she didn’t have what it took to be a proper typeface designer. Learning an unbelievable amount about typeface design in a small amount of time wasn’t all for nothing.
Check out Jessica’s work at http://jessicahische.is