Jack Kent
doodles n' designs
Sketchy People is about celebrating, documenting, and drawing people every day.
Creator Jack Kent draws characters from all walks of life. It could be someone you've seen before. It could be your friend. It could be you!
Jack will capture the moment in a sketchy drawing complete with a timestamp and a cross street.
Jack sees himself as a "cartoonalist". Sketchy People is the combo of being a cartoonist and journalist. Welcome to Sketchy People. You could be next!
Sketchy People is published in the Willamette Week.
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Gulls comic started in 2007. The story follows Marty Gull and his dreams of becoming a flock-star. His band Flawker Rawker never seems to take flight but they’ll take any gig they can, even if there’s no one there. You can listen to Flawker Rawker wherever you stream your music. Squawk n’ roll!
Gulls has been featured in: Oregon Coast Today and Bang PDX!
insta @gullscomicstrip
Minus Tide is a single panel gag cartoon. This comic washes up jokes from the flotsam and jetsam. Fish working in an office, tough sharks, desert islands - Minus Tide will keep ya on yer toes...and will make sure they get sand inbetween them.
Minus Tide has been published in the Willamette Week, Newport News Times, Oregon Coast Today, and Bang PDX!
insta @minustidecomic
Pandemic Playhouse is a PBS kids show all about learning and fun through the difficult Covid times. Jack created the show’s logo, motion graphics, and concept sketches for the show’s lead puppet, Noah.
My tenure at the Willamette Week was full of cartooning and illustration opportunities. I animated the weekly Potlander mascot, Cool Nug. I’ve also illustrated; custom headers, features, and covers. My comic, Sketchy People also runs in every issue.
I draw Cool Nug every week for WW’s Potlander page. Cool Nug made the cover! So cool…nug.
The wild world of Qanon and how it can suck you in.
Cover art for the Covid-19 story and the state of the individual counties in Oregon.
A life-long Trail Blazers fan, Jack got to apply his cartooning style for some one-of-a-kind collabs. Rip City!
Jack collaborated on these pin designs for Nike's Air Max Day. These pins were featured in select cities. Chicago got the Chicago Dog. The taco for L.A. The pigeon, pizza rat, and the Air with the apple all for the Big Apple. The trolly *ding ding* for San Francisco.
Flagrant is a basketball magazine that hired Jack to create a very busy “eye spy” toon. Coast to coast hoop doodles and much more in this energetic cartoon.
Animation takes a lot of time but Jack finds it so satisfying. These music videos were created frame by frame using photoshop. Each frame is drawn, exported as a static png file, then uploaded into iMovie with the music.
Jam out to some Flawker Rawker and Jesse Cunningham vids!
Here’s an in-depth look of how the comic takes flight to sonic sound. The full music video anchors this video. Squawk!
I animated this music video frame by frame in Photoshop then used iMovie to sync the frames to the music.
The first single. Doot Da Doot is about Pigeons.
The second single. Bumpkin Gull is about a redneck gull.
The 3rd single. Garbage Day is about a gull's favorite day of the week.
Jack partnered with Genentech to create this mural to chart their journey to Class A certification. This was an interactive mural that had magnetic vehicles that charted progress. The paths go from the Oregon Coast up to Mt. Hood. This mural was 10 feet wide by 5 feet high. The artwork features many elements of the PNW.
Portland Gear and Jack teamed up for some Rose City-themed custom toons. A mileage post sign (featured on the beach towel), Portland coat of arms, and an illustration that featured the bridges of Portland for Breakside Brewing.
This piece was part of a great collaboration art auction at Rogue Brewery with Mike Bennett in Portland. The show helped raise over $10,000 for the Victoria Wildfire Relief.
Jack’s cartoon talent for his various nine-to-fives over the years.
If a gull were to play guitar...it'd be a Flying V of course. With official Gulls Comic guitars in flight, I took my goofy gull songs, got my band together, and we’ve recorded three albums. Garbage Day was released on yellow vinyl, Flockstar on purple, and Flawker Rawker on classic black. More squawk n’ roll on the way! You can listen to Flawker Rawker on Spotify and YouTube.
