BFA - Visual Development
Justyne Gurley
Hi! I’m Justyne! To say a little about me, I grew up in the mountains of Colorado, riding horses and alpine skiing. I’m currently in San Francisco and I recently graduated after studying at ArtU in the visual development program. I live with my cat, Sullivan, who’s more like a son than a pet to me. In my free time I enjoy watching shows, playing video games, exploring the city, and hanging out with Sully (my cat).
I have 3+ years of professional experience working as a visual development and background artist on multiple projects including Spindlehorse Toon’s Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss. I’ve freelanced for them doing background layout and painting since 2020. I’m also currently volunteering with a Pixar co-op project as an environment designer. I’ve also worked with Apeship Studios, a 2D indie animation studio based in San Fransisco to create the backgrounds for a short children’s music video on YouTube. For my studies I participated in Studio X, a studio from the Academy of Art as an art director on a stop-motion animated music video. Most recently I did backgrounds for an animated music video for youtuber KittenSneeze.