Experience

BACKGROUND LEAD
“My Friend Fabien”
Lonely Bros Animation (2024 - 2026)

Education

MFA - Visual Development
Academy of Art University (Dec 2023)

BA - Japanese with Japan Studies
University of Oslo (May 2018)

 

About me:

Josephine (JoJo) Albrektsen is an illustrator and Animation Concept Artist from a small island in northern Norway. Her work is whimsical, nostalgic and fun, with a focus on exploration and interesting textures. She works primarily in children’s book illustration and 2D animation, recently as a lead background artist on “My Friend Fabien” at Lonely Bros Animation. And currently she’s developing her debut graphic novel “The Micro”.

Outside of creating heartfelt stories, she loves hiking, reading, macro photography, traveling and eating black salty licorice.

JoJo is an absolute juggernaut
— Mason Beuchamp-Ramos, Director of "My Friend Fabien" at LBA

My strengths

  • Very Imaginative

  • Compassionate Leadership

  • Highly Organized

  • Positive “go getter”

  • Excellent Time Management

Software Skillsets

  • Adobe suit including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator,

  • Procreate

  • Clip Studio Paint

  • 3D software (Blender)

  • Stop Motion (Dragonframe)

Medium Skillsets

  • Digital drawing and painting

  • Traditional drawing (Colour Pencil, Pastel, Ink Pen)

  • Traditional painting (Oil, Gouache, Ink and Watercolour)

  • Modeling (Blender)

  • Traditional Sculpting (Super Sculpey)