Graphic Design
Graphic designer and cartoonist, Jerry Barrett works out of his studio located in Springfield, Illinois using the latest Adobe Creative Cloud applications.
His long experience in graphic design gives him the background to take on a wide variety of assignments. In addition to print items such as brochures, flyers, and posters, Jerry also designs exhibits–both floor and tabletop units—as well as billboards. Jerry also works with web designers and video producers; and does photo touch-up when the need arises.
Cartoon
In addition to design, Jerry Barrett, is an award winning cartoonist, whose work has been seen nationwide, such as the cartoon mascot/logo in the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant program, Disposal of Unwanted Medicine and the Silver medal winning educational website: Kalani–Fun with Weather. In addition to freelance work, Jerry Barrett also writes, illustrates, and publishes his own line of children’s picture books via his publishing company, Sunnycrest Press (http://www.sunnycrestpress.com/). Jerry is also an active member of SCBWI—Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators—whose illustration portfolio can be accessed by going to: https://www.scbwi.org/illustrator-gallery/illustrator-detail/?illustrator_id=37453&savedSearch=uTCVVxvfIFIRmVyDzudXMJcRD709Iyws
Personal
Raised on a small farm in East Central Illinois, he received his Associate of Science Degree from Danville Junior College, Danville, IL and his BFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduation Jerry was hired as a graphic designer with the Communications Department at the University of Illinois College of Agriculture—later the College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. There, Jerry gained experience with a wide range of media, as well as the chance to interact with all different clientele in a variety of situations. Which helped him as he went off on his own as a freelance designer.
Jerry left the University of Illinois to start his own freelance firm, Jerry Barrett Designs in Urbana. However a career opportunity at the University of Illinois Springfield for Jerry’s wife, Nancy, led the family and consequently the business to the heart of Abraham Lincoln Country. It has been a good fit and an interesting time to live in such an historic city.
Partial client list:
- Country Companies
- University of Illinois College of Engineering
- Purdue University
- Illinois State 4H
- Swires Land and Management Company
- National Soybean Research Laboratory
- Agroecology and Sustainable Agricultural Program.
