Jay Howell

Jason "Jay" Howell (born 1979) is an American illustrator, cartoonist, and character designer. He has also worked as a commercial artist, muralist, and tattoo artist. Howell was a co-creator and animator on the Nickelodeon animated series Sanjay and Craig, as well as a character designer on the Fox TV series Bob’s Burgers.

Life and career Howell is from Pleasanton, California, and graduated from Amador Valley High School. He continued his studies at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco for a few months. In the early 2000s Howell worked at Atlas Cafe in the Mission District in San Francisco, where he met members of the Mission School movement, and animator and director Loren Bouchard.

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