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J.P. Targete

Freelance Concept Artist and Illustrator.

J. P. Targete is an accomplished digital and traditional illustrator and concept artist, creating art for books, video games, and more. His career began at the age of 20, illustrating book covers for Avon Books. He soon gained recognition illustrating sci-fi and fantasy covers for publishers including Ace Books and Warner Books, which led to creating artwork for over 300 book covers.


More recently, J.P. has created Magic: The Gathering cards for Wizards of the Coast and collaborated with numerous role-playing game companies. After many years in publishing, he joined NCSOFT, where he became Art Director and worked on creature and environment design for games such as Tabula Rasa and Aion.


Today, J.P. works as a freelance artist for publishers and video game companies while developing a full-color graphic novel. His specialties include concept art, creature and costume design, art direction, visual creative consultation, marketing illustration, and dynamic visual storytelling. His client list includes Marvel Entertainment, Warner Bros., Disney, Pixar, Sega, Blizzard Entertainment and Radical Comics, among many others.

  • In the last two years, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to join the Valkyrx Gaming team as a digital sculptor. The main focus at the beginning was to convert into miniatures some of the best fantasy concepts and illustrations that J.P. Targete made for Days of the Valkyrx. Following J.P.’s artworks, I’ve had the pleasure to sculpt multiple poses and variations of dwarves, orcs, goblins, elves, giants, and many other brutal creatures that are fighting in this epic fantasy wargame!

    - Francesco Orru
    Digital Sculptor at IDW Publishing

  • As a Concept Artist, J.P. has the unique ability to balance character, atmosphere, and scenery into a single dramatic piece with ease. His work is always abundantly rich with story.

    - Stephen Cunnane
    Previs Supervisor at Digital Domain

  • Ever since I saw J.P.'s artwork on the Magic: The Gathering cards, I was hooked on his style and loved what came out of his fantastical imagination. I was even more impressed to find out that a lot of his work is created traditionally.

    - Gino Acevedo
    Gino Acevedo, Creative Art Director at Weta Digital

  • J.P. is one of the most inspirational and creative artists I have ever had the pleasure of knowing: if I could only tap into 1/10th of that creative stream of thinking!

    - Ron Lemen
    Freelance Course Instructor at TAG - The Artists Guild of Hollywood

  • Ever since I saw J.P.'s artwork on the Magic: The Gathering cards, I was hooked on his style and loved what came out of his fantastical imagination. I was even more impressed to find out that a lot of his work is created traditionally.

    - Gino Acevedo
    Creative Art Director Wētā Digital Art Dept. at Wētā FX

  • In the last two years, I’ve had the incredible opportunity to join the Valkyrx Gaming team as a digital sculptor. The main focus at the beginning was to convert into miniatures some of the best fantasy concepts and illustrations that J.P. Targete made for Days of the Valkyrx. Following J.P.’s artworks, I’ve had the pleasure to sculpt multiple poses and variations of dwarves, orcs, goblins, elves, giants, and many other creatures that are fighting in this epic fantasy wargame!

    - Francesco Orrù
    Freelance Digital Sculptor

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