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I’m Mariana Zaro Garcea, a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience. I'm now focusing my work as a children’s illustrator, with interest in expressive characters, color, and storytelling for early readers and young audiences.…

Mariana Banana

Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Image Editor

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I’m Mariana Zaro Garcea, a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience. I'm now focusing my work as a children’s illustrator, with interest in expressive characters, color, and storytelling for early readers and young audiences.…

Available to hire

I’m Mariana Zaro Garcea, a graphic designer with over 10 years of experience. I’m now focusing my work as a children’s illustrator, with interest in expressive characters, color, and storytelling for early readers and young audiences.

Skills

Childrens Book Illustration

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Childrens Book Illustration

Expert

Logo

Expert

Photo

Expert

Portrait

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Illustration

Expert

DaVinci Resolve Studio

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

English

Advanced

Italian

Beginner

Work Experience

Graphic Designer & Photo Retoucher at Freelance / Self-employed

January 1, 2009 - Present

Deliver high-end retouching, color correction, background editing, and compositing; natural skin retouching; image cleanup; batch processing; design of photo books, banners, and printed materials; development of children's and youth-oriented illustrations; character design and storytelling; production of process videos and tutorials; basic video editing; manage YouTube channel growth (9,000+ subscribers).

Illustrator at Freelance / Self-employed

January 1, 2018 - Present

Development of children’s book illustrations, expressive characters, and storytelling for early readers; narrative scenes and book-style illustrations; exploration of style, color, and composition for editorial use; art direction for collectible dolls and related visuals.