​In today’s industry landscape many art students are hard-pressed to find opportunities to gain real world experience and training to supplement their higher education and career development. Prime Vice Studios has established its Virtual Internship Program to give opportunity to talented students who wish to gain valuable experience and/ or earn academic credit for their efforts. 
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This interview series seeks to highlight our interns, share their testimonials and assist them on their creative journey

Please share a story highlighting a pivotal moment of the internship.
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The opportunity I was given to pursue a Google Certificate was also very rewarding. I chose to pursue my certificate in UX design and the skills I learned through that program helped me to begin designing a stronger personal website to share my work. For me this was pivotal in helping me gain confidence in working on my personal work and supplying a starting point for my professional career.
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What type of clients, audience do you want to connect with or work for?

I’m willing to work with anyone whether it’s for professional or personal reasons. I’m able to help with comic creations, character designs, and many other types of commissions. As long as someone has a vision and a passion I’m able to turn it into reality!

This was great Jen. Thanks for taking time for us to learn more about you and your art. We wish you continued success!

Follow Jen’s work or reach via the following contact info:​
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Social Media: Ig: JenCaye  
Email: jenniferstephens904@gmail.com

If you or someone you know would like to apply to be a PVS intern, apprentice, or volunteer fill out an application by clicking the button below. ​

​In today’s industry landscape many art students are hard-pressed to find opportunities to gain real world experience and training to supplement their higher education and career development. Prime Vice Studios has established its Virtual Internship Program to give opportunity to talented students who wish to gain valuable experience and/ or earn academic credit for their efforts. 
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This interview series seeks to highlight our interns, share their testimonials and assist them on their creative journey

Thank you so much for providing your testimonial. Our readers want to know you a bit better. Tell us about yourself and what you would like the world to know about you as an artist/ creator.

I am a person who loves getting completely sucked into the process and feeling of creating art. For as long I could remember, I had always had a calling to the beauty and expression that art gave me. I wish to inspire others and create engaging content with my own experiences and feelings. Being in Marietta and going to art school, I hope now I'm in the right direction to connect and express myself as an Illustrator.

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Anna, ​who would you recommend for this internship for?

I would definitely recommend this internship to artists who have original characters and stories and would like to learn how to flesh them out and create them.

Can you help articulate a few of the benefits?

I believe this internship can give a lot of helpful feedback and guidance on how to properly articulate and create your story. The internship can also give a lot of help building an artist profile and provides events that can help artists network with others.

What advice would you give to interested students?

My advice to anyone who wants to do this internship is to stay on task and be communicative. This internship is very good, but you'll get the most out of it if you do your best to do the most you can. This includes going to comic workshops, discussing/taking feedback on your story or art, and completing both the expected and bonus assignments.

What type of clients, audience do you want to connect with or work for?
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I want to connect with people who feel the same joy and freedom that art has given me. I'd love to work with people who have a story or message to tell and give them the joy of that idea becoming a reality.

This was great Anna. Thanks for taking time for us to learn more about you and your art. We wish you continued success!

Follow up with Anna via the following contact information:
Website: armdraw.com
Social Media: Arm__Draws
Email: armdraws@gmail.com

If you or someone you know would like to apply to be a PVS intern, apprentice, or volunteer fill out an application by clicking the button below. ​

Jasmin Cooper is an aspiring animator and rigging artist, known for her love of flowers, stars, bright colors, smiley faces, and anything that she considers cute.

Thank you so much for providing your testimonial. Our readers want to know you a bit better.  Tell us about yourself and what you would like the world to know about you as an artist/ creator.

Hi! My name is Jasmin Cooper. I am the one girl who you see wearing flowers around campus. I am an animator and aspiring rigging artist, wanting to be proficient with it both 2D and 3D-wise. My go-to style is cartoony, and I like to draw cute and stylish girls.

I grew up more down south at Palmetto, Georgia, and when I was younger, I initially wanted to have a STEM-type career, such as a robotics engineer. That slowly changed as I have gotten older, as once I was in high school, I got more interested in art. It wasn't like I wasn't drawing since I was young. I watched countless media revolving around art, animation, and even watched some critique channels. It was just that I thought of it as a hobby, but it was accumulating tons of animated media that caught my interest in doing it as a job.

​During my Junior year of high school, I took an Animation course out of curiosity, and it was a ton of fun. I met some cool people there and got an introduction to Adobe software. I think it was doing this that I watched a playthrough of a horror game with a distinctive, cute 2D character style with a 3D background, and thinking about how I wanted to animate similarly to that. This strengthened my resolve to pursue being an animator.

Thank you for sharing Jasmin. Please tell us why did you do an internship with PVS?

I did an internship with Prime Vice Studios because I wanted more industry and freelance experience while also learn how to character rig. I already knew Carlos as a previous professor whom I had, it was a plus as I already knew him and trusted him to help with my goals.

What were some of your highlights during your internship?
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Some pretty good highlights while interning for Prime Vice Studios was when I was creating my characters and their world while getting advice on it. Such as Carlos recommending that I consider the climate and region of the Arizonian deserts when considering plant-life for world-building.

There was also a time when Carlos posted an online course from Yellowbrick, Sony Pictures Animation, and Sony Pictures Imagineworks called This is Animation, which I decided to do with my internship. It was really helpful and fun to go through. But most of my highlights are from when I was learning how to rig; it was just constant researching, tutorials, and trial and error on my end.

Imagine we’re sitting down together two years from now or further looking back. What specific accomplishments would have to happen for you to be happy with your progress?
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I would be pretty proud of myself for pushing through, creating my characters unique to my usual style, and trying to rig them. As I feel, I would have given up or pushed it further if I were to do this entirely by myself.

What do you hope your art/ IPs  will do in the world?

I genuinely hope that if my characters and their story become a short film, it will find its audience and make them happy.​

Who do you think should do or would you recommend for this internship?

I believe that any artist or animator who wants to develop a story, specialize in one of the IP creation processes, or just wants to build experience should join this internship (an extra plus if they are interested in freelancing).
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I would love to spread the word about this opportunity and will try my best to. Some advice I would give to those who are interested is to interact with the community revolving around Prime Vice Studios, talk to others on the Discord, or join Carlos at Syndicate Comics. The people here are nice and cool to be with, and it's easy to ask advice from them if needed. ​

Thank you for your sharing your thoughts Jasmin. As we wrap up this interview please tell us what type of clients and/or  audience you want to connect with or work for?

I would like to see people interested in indie productions for films, shows, games, and other animators/artists that would like to network.

This was great. Thanks for taking time for us to learn more about you and your art. We wish you continued success! How can our readers follow up with you or contact you?

I can be reached via my website, social media or email.

Contact info:

• Website: jasmine-without-e.carrd.co 
  
• Social Media: @jasmine.without.e
  
• Email: jasmine.without.e@gmail.com

​If you or someone you know would like to apply to be a PVS intern, apprentice, or volunteer fill out an application by clicking the button below.

Thank you for providing your internship testimony. Please share why you did an internship with PVS?

I wanted to do this internship with PVS to experience a professional setting which could reflect the industries I want to work in. The freedom the program lends to students allowed me to create work for my portfolio while developing my professional skills and collaborating with other talented artists and professionals.

Can you share the most interesting story/ stories that happened to you since you began the internship with PVS?

The Discord group for the internship was always a good time. It was nice to see how my fellow interns were progressing in the program. Sharing my feedback with them and hearing their feedback for my work created a very positive and encouraging environment.

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Lily, please share what skills you've acquired through your experience with our internship
 
In the VIP, I gained design skills in the context of IP creation, as well as strengthened my time management skills and professional communication skills.

How about knowledge you gained?

I strengthened my knowledge of character design, world-building and story writing, as well as IP development and copyright.

Thank you. Tell us about the connections that you’ve made while working with us?
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I am happy to have connected with PVS and the network of interns and artists within their community who I can continue to connect with in the future.

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What type of clients, audience do you want to connect with or work for?
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I would love to work on tv or film animation, picture books, and freelance illustration projects. If you also love the whimsical things in life, I am happy to work with you!

This was great. Thanks for taking time for us to learn more about you and your art. We wish you continued success!​

Reach out to Lily via the following links and contacts!

Website: lilynewton.myportfolio.com

Social Media: @berryhourz (Instagram, Twitter)
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Email: newtonlilyart@gmail.com

​If you or someone you know would like to apply to be a PVS intern, apprentice, or volunteer fill out an application by clicking the button below.

Johnathan is currently studying Digital Animation and striving to give life to his characters and stories to make an impact on the world. His goal is to work with an animation studio such as Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, or LionForge Entertainment while working as a freelance artist immersing himself in various mediums and careers. Art has always been a source for him to thrive, express himself, and have fun whenever he needs to. He is interested in and works with concepts, illustrations, animations, and creating comics.

When it comes to his style, it involves dynamism, realism, quirkyness, and an aesthetic feeling. This not only fuels his creativity but also adds on to the way he likes to depict himself and others in his art. Hope, diversity, and adapting is a strong source of motivation for him as he loves to take on challenges and adapt to them as he advances in his journey to create a great story featuring many unique aspects.

Johnathan is a 2D traditional and digital artist, animator, illustrator and comic artist currently residing in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area.

We often learn the most from our mistakes. Can you share one that you made that turned out to be one of the most valuable lessons you’ve learned?

Before starting the internship, I had already been going to the Prime Vice Studios workshops at the Syndicate Comic Shop. In one of these workshops, one of the employees mentioned that there were variant blank comic covers I could work on if interested. I was hesitant at first but didn’t want to let this chance go as I wanted to immerse myself in more. After taking a few, I thought of ideas and started working on one of them which happened to be a completely black cover. This means that it is not easy to apply pencil or much of anything since it will fade due to the material and color. As a result, I asked the owners of PVS for help and they advised me to use certain materials and try my best to let colors like white pop out more. Even with the advice it was still a challenge to work on the commission due to a limited budget, needing light to shine on the pencil I applied, and carefully working around what I could see.

This wasn’t the only thing that I struggled on, I also had to learn about pricing my work, how to talk to my client about what they truly want, and having to eventually add color. Something I gained was confidence and more professionalism when I talked to the owner and asked them as much as I could to ultimately help them with the work they gave me. On top of this, there were even other professional artists in the shop that I personally interacted with to help me with the black cover. Once I got as much confirmation as I could, I knew that it was my job to take my time and do the work without waiting too long. The more I wait, the more I become unsure and start second guessing which is something I did not want to do. 

In the end, the colors came out just as I wanted and expected but like previously mentioned, it was difficult to truly make them pop without the proper materials. Additionally, they even bled through the other side of the cover. This mistake and saying yes to certain opportunities has helped me value time, myself, and that as long as I prioritize patience, consideration, and communication that I can make it through any obstacle. Even today, I am happy with the piece since I was able to sell it and am glad that I was tasked with such a challenge.

Can you share a pivotal moment when you realized that the internship was actually making a significant impact in your life?

Something that opened my eyes was when I about halfway through the workbook Prime Vice Studios provided us interns with to conceptualize ideas, create characters, and learn about storytelling. I was in a section specifically for world building and I was able to see how great it was to look at things from a different perspective compared to everything being the same. For example, I would think of my story as a whole, mixing all the characters, stories, themes, and locations. However, when I cleared my mind and viewed my project in a more simpler way, it helped me learn how to focus on every aspect on its own. They all have their own significance so it's nice to separate and create my story through even the smallest of ideas. Once I had expanded these smaller ideas, it turned into a network of many others that could tell its own story without characters or anything special. 

Overall, this intrigued me to further look into the little and seemingly not as important aspects that allowed me to learn more about myself, my story, techniques such as starting small and taking time, along with many other things about life in itself.

Can you tell us more about your experience at events you’ve attended?

The most that I did when attending events was going to the in-person workshops at the Syndicate Comics Shop. They were always great and I have already been going to them since January 2025. The community is great at the Syndicate Comics Shop and it was nice to see how to make more connections with people. I have learned a lot and am confident to say that I have successfully started making my comic after a couple of months. It took some time but it was needed so that my characters, story, and style could improve into what I have now. If anyone is interested, then make sure to attend one of these workshops because PVS are certified teachers and are here to help.

Thanks! You also participated in additional activities. Please share about that experience.
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One night, Carlos, the owner of PVS, started a livestream showcasing his artwork and one of the commissions he was working on. I joined this livestream and made sure to let myself be known through the chat and talking to him about it during one our meetings. It was pretty interesting seeing how the livestreams work and what it takes to be a professional artist. I liked watching him do his work and learning a few things about the colors he uses and how he approaches certain parts of the piece.
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How can our readers further follow your work online?

I have a website, LinkedIn, and other social media outlets that anyone can follow me and my work. Feel free to take a look and connect with me if you have any questions or simply want to talk.

What type of clients, audience do you want to connect with or work for?

I want to work with a variety of clients willing to promote their brand, business, story, characters, and concepts. There is no end to who I want to connect with since I want to hear from anyone that has a story to share and wants to learn more about aspects of the world themselves. Regarding my audience, I want to reach as many people as I can. Naturally, I will have certain work for a specific audience especially for those that are able to and want something to share their experiences and mindset on.
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This was great. Thanks for taking time for us to learn more about you and your art. We wish you continued success!

Contact Johnathan via the following links:

Website: https://johnathanttn65.wixsite.com/jc-portfolio 

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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnathan-jackson79/ 


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jc.adaptations 


Email: johnathanttn65@gmail.com 

Last month PVS hosted it’s first comic creation workshop of 2025 at Syndicate Comics & Collectibles. It’s a great opportunity for creative folks in our community to come out and learn how to tell their stories and bring their characters to life within the fine confines of Marietta’s hidden gem of comics and fandom collectibles.

The owner, John always has a warm welcome for everyone who comes through and we just have a good time there with all the different talent that comes through. The PVS & Syndicate connection all started when our very own co-founder Ananya brought Lung Girl comics to the shop. Lung Girl comic sales are used to raise funds for The Sid Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises funds and awareness for lung transplant patients and research which Ananya is also the president of. PVS were co-creators of Lung Girl and the comics so when we had the opportunity to do our workshops there we were happy to hop onboard!

All proceeds from our community workshops at Syndicate go towards supporting The Sid Foundation. So it’s been nothing short of a blessing to be able to build community through comics and creativity.

All our workshops are based on our signature curriculum based on the Fresh Voices Comic Creation Workbook. At our workshops we feature our long time partner Plasq, creators of the Comic Draw App to teach and do demos with. 

We hope to continue the momentum of these funtastic workshops. Our next one will be on Saturday, February 15 at 2PM. Register through the button below. Hope to see more friendly faces!

Peace,

Loso Pérez


Creators featured in photo:

Ananya Vahal
Morgan Eaves
Leo Nonchalant
Kaylah Fraser
Jason Herring
Johnathan Jackson


Links to mentioned entities:

The Sid Foundation
Comic Draw App
Syndicate Comics & Collectibles

Please share a story highlighting a pivotal moment of the internship.

A pivotal moment for me was when I completed a world building activity I was particularly proud of during the internship. Before the internship, I often felt frustrated with my progress, but this time I was able to push my creative limits and really enjoy the process. It felt like I was rediscovering the fun and excitement of creating art again, something I had lost touch with during the hustle of earlier projects. During feedback sessions, I was able to see how my work resonated with others, and that recognition really boosted my confidence. It was at that moment that I realized the internship was not just helping me improve my technical skills but also reigniting my passion for creating. It was the perfect blend of challenge and inspiration, and that’s when I understood the true value of this experience in my life.

Some highlights of my internship include:

Workshops and Events: Attending a character design workshop was especially valuable. It gave me new techniques and a deeper understanding of how to create compelling characters.

Discord Activities: Engaging with other interns on Discord was a highlight. We shared ideas, gave each other feedback, and formed connections that made the experience feel like a true community.
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Personal Growth: Developing my IP (intellectual property) and characters from scratch was a challenge, but it felt incredibly fulfilling to see my ideas take shape. I gained confidence in my creative abilities and professional skills.

We often learn the most from our mistakes. Can you share a mistake you made that turned out to be one of the most valuable lessons you’ve learned? 

One of the biggest mistakes I made was not setting clear boundaries between work and personal life early on. In the beginning, I found myself overcommitting to tasks and staying up late to meet deadlines, which led to burnout. I realized that in order to maintain the quality of my work and my creativity, I needed to establish a better work-life balance. This meant setting realistic deadlines and giving myself time to recharge. Professionally, I learned the importance of communication—not only about deadlines but also about managing expectations with mentors and colleagues. By communicating clearly and upfront, I was able to prevent misunderstandings and maintain a healthier balance. This lesson has helped me stay productive without sacrificing my well-being or the quality of my work.

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