JMonsell
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Illustrator |
| Location | Burbank, CA |
| Introduction | Jordan Monsell was born in Syosset, New York in 1979. He comes from a family of artists; his great grandfather, Charles Warren Bingham, was a commercial artist and created such well known icons as the Morton Salt girl and the Camel Cigarettes logo. Jordan’s mother, Ruth Monsell, is a successful portrait and silhouette artist. Receiving his BFA from the University of Connecticut in 2001, Jordan moved to Maine where he spent four years teaching art to children. In 2005, he moved to Los Angeles where he works as a freelance illustrator and caricature artist. |
| Favorite movies | Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, Back to the Future, The Truman Show, Last of the Mohicans, Batman, Glory. |
| Favorite music | Beethoven, Billy Joel, David Bowie, Muse, Chopin, David Grey, Flight of the Concords, Van Halen, Queen, Oingo Boingo, U2, Coldplay. |
| Favorite books | Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, Edgar Allen Poe, Shakespeare. |