
Jasmine Clapper
I'm a digital artist who combines technical logic with artistic entertainment. My goal has always been to tell stories in ways that are both memorable and intelligible. I've designed comics that taught and translated the University of Idaho's findings on cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Fernan to local stakeholders, and created visual and interactive models that explains blood types and who can donate to whom. From tutoring calculus as an undergrad, to working with patients in dental, there have been many things I needed to teach that can be difficult to understand when using mere words. That's where my artistic storytelling abilities come to shine. Using creative problem solving and a few sketches on paper, I can take a difficult procedure such as a root canal of a mandibular molar and turn it into a comic of an excavator cleaning and reinforcing a tooth-shaped cave.

Work
Education
2010-Present
Self Employed
Freelance Digital Artist
Custom digital art pieces from sketches to full digital paintings to order.
2016-2017
NSF Idaho, EPSCoR, MILES at University of Idaho
Visual Communications
Created comics for local residents and stakeholders in collaboration with the students and professors of the University of Idaho to translate their research on algae blooms in Fernan Lake.
2013-2014
CHAS Lewis and Clark Dental Clinic
Dental Assistant
I assisted the dentist with various dental procedures, prepared and sterilized instruments and treatment rooms, took dental x-rays, recorded patient medical histories and vital signs, provided compassionate care and patient education, and performed sealants and pediatric prophylaxis.
2015-2017
University of Idaho
M.S. Integrated Architecture and Design
Studied Visual Communications, integrating Art, Biology, Creative Writing, and Theater.
2006-2011
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. Biology
Studied Biology with an emphasis on Ecology.
2002-2006
High School of Art and Design
Medical Illustration
Studied Medical Illustration and Fine Arts.
2011-2013
Lourdes Center for Oral Health
Dental Assistant
I assisted the dentist with various dental procedures, prepared and sterilized instruments and treatment rooms, took and developed dental x-rays, recorded patient medical histories and vital signs, and provided compassionate care and patient education.