Storytelling through illustration Creative Professional with 20+ years experience _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ My story: Creating six-eyed purple monsters lurking under beds and blue flying winged enchanted horses carrying adventurers to far far far away magical kingdoms since 2000. I now live with my stars somewhere in Europe and make illustrations and stories for children, who also like to travel to the world of fairy tales. With over two decades of dedication to the craft of illustration and graphic artistry, my passion is bringing visual narratives to life. My journey in the graphic arts has been marked by a commitment to managing client expectations and delivering exceptional finished products within set deadlines. Leveraging photography and graphic design skills, I contributed to the creation of several comic strips and illustrations for children's books, infusing each project with boundless imagination and a meticulous eye for detail.

Evangelos Kofinakos

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Storytelling through illustration Creative Professional with 20+ years experience _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ My story: Creating six-eyed purple monsters lurking under beds and blue flying winged enchanted horses carrying adventurers to far far far away magical kingdoms since 2000. I now live with my stars somewhere in Europe and make illustrations and stories for children, who also like to travel to the world of fairy tales. With over two decades of dedication to the craft of illustration and graphic artistry, my passion is bringing visual narratives to life. My journey in the graphic arts has been marked by a commitment to managing client expectations and delivering exceptional finished products within set deadlines. Leveraging photography and graphic design skills, I contributed to the creation of several comic strips and illustrations for children's books, infusing each project with boundless imagination and a meticulous eye for detail.

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Storytelling through illustration

Creative Professional with 20+ years experience
Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup

My story:
Creating six-eyed purple monsters lurking under beds and blue flying winged enchanted horses carrying adventurers to far far far away magical kingdoms since 2000. I now live with my stars somewhere in Europe and make illustrations and stories for children, who also like to travel to the world of fairy tales.

With over two decades of dedication to the craft of illustration and graphic artistry, my passion is bringing visual narratives to life. My journey in the graphic arts has been marked by a commitment to managing client expectations and delivering exceptional finished products within set deadlines.

Leveraging photography and graphic design skills, I contributed to the creation of several comic strips and illustrations for children’s books, infusing each project with boundless imagination and a meticulous eye for detail.

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Language

English
Fluent
Greek, Modern
Fluent
Dutch
Intermediate
French
Beginner

Work Experience

Illustrator & Graphic Artist at Freelance
September 1, 2001 - Present
Illustrate children's books using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop along with traditional techniques. Design and develop details on character layout and background illustrations. Create concepts, design and Illustrate stories for original comics Cover and interior artist for the graphic novel Provide creative insights, editorial, and art (traditional and digital) and relate artist skills as needed to various customers. Manage client expectations while meeting creative deadlines and delivering the finished products. Design and develop own projects: comic series, graphic novels, and illustrations, which are sold via online platforms

Education

MA Arts (Illustration) at University of Hertfordshire
September 7, 2024 - September 7, 2024
My research focused on the issue of intermediality in visual storytelling.
Graphic Design Certificate at Vocational Institute of Athens
September 1, 1999 - September 30, 2025
History of Art, Graphic Art, Drawing/Sketching-Theory of Colours, Printing Techniques and Multimedia Platforms, Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator

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Industry Experience

Professional Services
    uniE621 The Spices (Ta Mpaxarika)
    A children's book about the diversity and importance of each of us and how collaboration can lead to creative solutions. Script written in collaboration with Marianella Salapatas, Illustrations created by me, published by Lebee Publications, 2024. childrenbooks illustration bookillustration story author
    uniE621 Illustration from unpublished work
    Ongoing work: Illustrating the life stories of famous people (in Greece) for use in children's books.
    uniE621 Pages from Granny Pumpkin (children's book)
    A children's poem turned into a book for a private client. illustrator
    uniE621 Comic Series: The flowerpot on the Balcony
    2-page sample from my work with "The flowerpot on the Balcony" a web comic series where I turned people's short stories into visuals. illustrator
    uniE621 Ikarus
    A personal project from my early days back in Graphic Design School. Drawn by hand. illustration handdrawing
    uniE621 Project: Curiosity
    Illustration describing the process of scientists relying on the discoveries of their predecessors to make new advancements in science (illustrated here: Alexandre Edmond Becquerel, William Grylls Adams and Richard Evans Day, Albert Einstein, scientists of Bell Labs) illustrator comicstrip bookillustrator
    uniE621 Granny Pumpkin Character Development
    Character development for children's story: A poem turned into a book for a private client
    uniE621 The Year of the Wind (Graphic Novel)
    Hertfordshire 2018 The Year of the Wind, a graphic novel exploring the concept of curiosity by putting in force the mechanisms of intermediality - the combination and synergy of two or more mediums to promote narration. illustrator designer graphicnovel comicbook comic book ma hertfordshire intermedial intermediality narration
    uniE621 Character Development
    Character development for the following projects: Road Safety for Young People Promotional Material ; Project with University of Hertfordshire, 2018
    uniE621 Geppetto working in his lab (fantasy illustration for local UK illustration contest)
    Geppeto working in his lab was my submission for a UK illustration contest. I have researched and worked extensively on fantasy illustration and my inspiration derives from pop culture and fantasy borad and video games.
    uniE621 Mikis Theodorakis
    A project in the making. A series of illustrations about famous Artists and people of culture aimed at 1st graders. designer illustration childrensbook book

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