Jesse Tise

Jesse Tise is an Los Angeles–based, multidisciplinary artist who graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design with a BFA in illustration design. Freelance editorial clients include Strategic Insight, the New York Times, BOOM! Comics, and Cricket Media. After working as an art instructor teaching adults with developmental disabilities in the nonprofit sector, he transitioned full time to the TV animation industry with Netflix Animation, where he helped design backgrounds, props, and effects for an upcoming CG–animated preschool series. He currently works at Shadow Machine as a background layout artist, and resides in South Pasadena, California, where he enjoys throwing functional, wheel-thrown pottery and watching endless reruns of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with his wife, Elizabeth, and their cat, Maple.