Jon Torres
Illustrator and Concept Artist Caldwell, ID
Freelance Illustrator and Concept Artist
Download ResumeJonathan Torres is an artist with a professional attitude, work ethic, and drive. He has previous experience illustrating concepts under strict deadlines for Mongoose Publishing’s “Traveller” tabletop RPG, as well as Chaosium's "Call of Cthulhu" and Green Ronin's "The Expanse" rpgs. His work for their products has been featured in many supplemental and core rules printed materials for these games. He has also created card illustrations for the successfully funded Kickstarter game “Immortal” by Game-o-Gami.
When he isn’t painting, Jonathan is often playing the games he works on (as the forever GM).
Page Rates
I charge by the page and based on color or black and white line art.
1/4 Page Color/B&W, around 4.375" wide x 5.5" high: $90/$45
1/2 Page Color/B&W, horizontal: around 8.5" wide x 4.5" high, vertical: around 4.25" wide x 10.25" high: $175/$90
Full Page Color/B&W, around 8.5" wide x 11": $350/$175
Experience
Writer/Artist
The Basic Expert
October 2021 Caldwell, ID
I started writing and illustrating my own Tabletop RPG projects. The first of which is "Crypts & Serpents: Old School Rules for your 5e Games." The second release I have done is "Cowpunchers," a rules-light cowboy western game.
Contract Artist
Pulp Hummock Press
2022 – Present • Delaware
I am a consistent freelance artist for Pulp Hummock. I have work in the successfully Kickstarted OSR mega-dungeon, "Gods of the Forbidden North".
Contract Artist
Green Ronin Publishing
2022 – 2022 • Seattle, WA
Created illustrations for "Ships of the Expanse" and "Beyond the Ring." Both are sourcebooks for "The Expanse" tabletop RPG.
Contract Artist
Chaosium Inc.
November 2020 – December 2020 • Ann Arbor, MI
I created black and white illustrations for their forth coming supplement, "Cults of Cthulhu" for their "Call of Cthulhu" game.
Contract Artist
Mongoose Publishing
January 2016 Swindon, GB
Contract artist responsible with working with the art director to create illustrations for their Traveller tabletop RPG game. I have done work for your Traveller Starter Set, Pirates of Drinax, AD 2300 Traveller, The Supply Catalogue, and much more.
Contract Artist
Game-o-Gami
November 2015 – November 2015 • Las Vegas, NV
Contracted to paint five card illustrations.
Education
Academy of Art University
BFA in Illustration
June 2012 – June 2019 • San Francisco, CA
Attended online courses in the BFA program from 2012 to 2013 and then again from 2017 to 2018. Did not complete.
Clients
Mongoose Publishing Chaosium Inc. Green Ronin Publishing Pulp Hummock Press The Scyring Dutchman Game-O-Gami
Specialties
Illustration Environment Concept Art Character Design Firearm Design
Skills
Photoshop Clip Studio Paint Corel Painter Adobe Illustrator Basic Blender Basic Z-Brush Traditional Painting Media Affinity (Book Layout) Inkscape