“Systemic thinker. Story architect. Executive-level firestarter.”

🌌 About Me

I’m Jessika Darkstar.
U.S. Army veteran. Systems breaker. Storyworld architect. Future studio boss. I don’t just manage projects—I build creative ecosystems and lead with vision that scares people who are too comfortable.

My journey didn’t start in a boardroom. It started in the late ’90s, lit by the blue glow of Galaxy Express 999, a scratched-up VHS tape, and the sudden realization that stories could be more than entertainment—they could be realer than life. That was the spark. I didn’t want to watch stories. I wanted to build them.

Back then, I thought I’d be an animator. Draw the magic by hand. But life had other plans. I joined the military, learned how to lead under pressure, how to survive systems not built for people like me—and how to fix what’s broken without waiting for permission. Turns out, that’s what makes me dangerous in the best way: I see the gaps, the mess, the inefficiencies—and I rebuild from the inside out.

People don’t hire me because I’m easy.
They hire me because I change the room.

I’ve pulled stalled productions out of limbo (The Duelist), built hybrid virtual studios inside Second Life (The Gambol), and designed tools that shouldn’t exist but now do—like the Darkstar Caster System (for live virtual broadcasting) and Collab-N-Friends (a social HUD that works like a dating app for creatives, roleplayers, and collaborators).

I don’t code. I inspire code.
I don’t ask if it’s possible. I figure out why it matters, then bring in the people who can make it real.

I rotate between projects to avoid burnout, not because I can’t commit—but because my brain thrives in nonlinear flow. I’m building across mediums, timelines, and teams. And while I’m earning my M.S. in Entertainment Business at Full Sail University, I’m also sharpening the edge of my leadership—because the next chapter doesn’t need another producer. It needs a creative system architect who actually gives a damn.

At the center of all this is Belligerent Curse Studios—my future animation/VFX studio in Chicago. It’s still a blueprint. Still a dream. But it’s real enough to scare people. Real enough to feel like the next step in a long rebellion against creative mediocrity. A studio where veterans, visionaries, and digital misfits come together to make mythic, gritty, genre-bending worlds.

🩸 My mission?

To become the most fearless Executive Producer since Walt Disney—minus the empire, plus the edge.
To solve big problems. Build bigger worlds. And to never settle for a system that wasn’t built for me.

🔎 Seeking:
Systems-driven, big-picture creative roles in animation, games, and VFX. Let's reimagine what creative leadership can look like.

🔹 Creative Leadership

“They did a terrific job leading their projects forward with their team through every pipeline step.”
— Sasha Korellis

“They do a wonderful job telling a cinematic story & know how to lead and direct a Film Production start to finish.”
— Brian Patrick Gill

🔹 Vision + Systems Thinking

“They will be the next Walt Disney. They made plans & strategies for problems at a larger scale that could work if the problems actually existed.”
— Diana Coco-Russel’s History of Animation Class

🔹 Producer Mindset

“They did so well on their compositing projects that I didn’t want to let them go and just be a Producer.”
— Catherine Tate

🔹 Passion + Impact

“Everything they touch inspires others to rise with them. I was inspired to pursue my dreams because of them.”
— Anje Blackswan

I'm not here to follow. I'm  Here to Build.