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About me

Hello!

A bit about me:

I started my formal studies as an illustrator in 2008 at the school of art ´Arte 10´, in Madrid. Upon finishing, I started my career as a freelance illustrator sharing a studio in a multidisciplinary space, Utópic_us. Being surrounded by many artists, photographers and designers allowed me to learn many new techniques, which opened new horizons and gave me a thirst for continued learning.

This desire for further education led me to Bath in 2013, where I studied Graphic Communication, at Bath Spa University (BA Hons 2.1). During my studies I continued completing freelance projects, also I worked on animations for "The Big Draw" and "Bath Film Festival". This gave me experience in After Effects and stop-motion animation, which I would like to develop a little more in the future.

After graduation I had a bit of free time to travel and I had the opportunity to spend a month in India, with a scholarship in the Uttarayan Foundation, an artist´s residency, experimenting with traditional printing processes, such as xylography and lithography.

In 2017, after this gap year, I moved back to the UK, where I worked full time in a studio designing greeting cards for Clintons, Paperchase and Caroline Gardner. This job often challenged me as many times the briefs were out of my comfort zone and pushed me to develop new styles and techniques. It also gave me a view of the commercial side of illustration and a good knowledge of fine finishes such as embossing / debossing.

Now I back to freelance and in September I will start a Masters Degree at Anglia Ruskin in Cambridge, on Children's Book Illustration.

As the Masters is part time I am looking for new projects to work and combine with my studies!

I am really looking forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Mariajo Ilustrajo

Details

AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractPerm, Freelance, Temp-Perm, Part time, Remote

LocationLondon, uk: United Kingdom

Working locationsLondon: United Kingdom, Madrid: Spain, LA

Skill LevelMiddleweight

LanguagesSpanish and English

Tagged Job TitlesGraphic Designer, Illustrator

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Skills

Art Direction, Brand / Logo Design, Character Design, Creative Direction, Editorial Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Packaging Design, Painting, Publishing

Sector Experience

Arts, books, Books & Periodicals, Creative Services, Design, greetings cards, Illustration, Magazines & Comics, Publishing

Clients

illustration ltd

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