My name is Mariana, I am from Portugal and I am currently living between Brighton, UK and Porto, Portugal. In 2014 I moved to London to do a MA in Communication Design: Illustration at Kingston University. After that I went travelling for 6 months around the world.   I am passionate about illustration and graphic design. I have always found myself on a constant search for ways of expression in my life and soon I realised my eagerness to draw, to immediately imagine drawings as a characterisation of our daily routines and to create narratives, as my expression.   My strongest skills are in communicating ideas and concepts through illustration. I have many years of experience in the publishing industry which gave me strong skills in turning words into images. I am proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. My illustration skills range from watercolour to vector illustration and I can easily adapt to the needs of the brief. I also do logo design, books, posters, clothing, wall and window painting, personalised illustrations, showing a coherent and diversified body of work.

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My name is Mariana, I am from Portugal and I am currently living between Brighton, UK and Porto, Portugal. In 2014 I moved to London to do a MA in Communication Design: Illustration at Kingston University. After that I went travelling for 6 months around the world.   I am passionate about illustration and graphic design. I have always found myself on a constant search for ways of expression in my life and soon I realised my eagerness to draw, to immediately imagine drawings as a characterisation of our daily routines and to create narratives, as my expression.   My strongest skills are in communicating ideas and concepts through illustration. I have many years of experience in the publishing industry which gave me strong skills in turning words into images. I am proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. My illustration skills range from watercolour to vector illustration and I can easily adapt to the needs of the brief. I also do logo design, books, posters, clothing, wall and window painting, personalised illustrations, showing a coherent and diversified body of work.

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My name is Mariana, I am from Portugal and I am currently living between Brighton, UK and Porto, Portugal. In 2014 I moved to London to do a MA in Communication Design: Illustration at Kingston University. After that I went travelling for 6 months around the world.
 
I am passionate about illustration and graphic design. I have always found myself on a constant search for ways of expression in my life and soon I realised my eagerness to draw, to immediately imagine drawings as a characterisation of our daily routines and to create narratives, as my expression.
 
My strongest skills are in communicating ideas and concepts through illustration. I have many years of experience in the publishing industry which gave me strong skills in turning words into images. I am proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. My illustration skills range from watercolour to vector illustration and I can easily adapt to the needs of the brief.

I also do logo design, books, posters, clothing, wall and window painting, personalised illustrations, showing a coherent and diversified body of work.

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Language

English
Fluent
Portuguese
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Freelance Illustrator at Junkhead Creative
September 1, 2016 - Present

Education

MA Communication Design: Illustration at Kingston University
September 22, 2014 - July 15, 2016

Qualifications

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    uniE621 Illustration for a local newspaper
    Cover for a local newspaper about green spaces.
    uniE621 Christmas Illustration - Greeting card
    Illustration for a Christmas Greeting card.
    uniE621 Illustration for children's book about witches
    This illustration was created for a children's book competition - the story was about three witches.
    uniE621 Illustration - Personal project/Exhibition
    Print illustration for solo exhibition.
    uniE621 "ESPREITA" Collection - Geography of Portugal
    This book was created to teach young children about the Geography and Culture of Portugal. It is an adaptation of the collection "Lift-the-Flap" by Usborne Publishing Ltd, in Portugal. I had to create more than 200 illustrations for the book based on my own research about each region, with guidance from the Author. The result is an amazing colourful book that makes it fun and entertaining for children to explore, learn and find little details about their own country.
    uniE621 Illustration Design for a Music School
    Illustration/Logo for a Music School called "Be All You Want To Be". This illustration was used on t-shirts and posters.
    uniE621 Illustration for a billboard - UEFA EURO 2020
    Illustration about the UEFA EURO 2020 for a billboard for Grupo Solverde.
    uniE621 Illustration for a kid's room
    Children's room illustration that was later hand-painted on the wall.
    uniE621 "Cruz Credo Bate na Madeira" Book - Manuscrito Publisher
    A book about Portuguese Expressions where I illustrated them in a cartoonish, black and white style.
    uniE621 Monsters Illustration for a children's book
    Illustration for a Children's Book Illustration Competition.