Hi! I am a character designer and visual development artist, with a strong background in animation and experienced in editorial illustration and comics. I have worked for Disney in storybooks and comics, curating anything from art direction and storytelling, and I have been a designer in animation studios in Italy and in Europe. I enjoy anything about storytelling and fiction, and any way that I can use art to tell a story and create a world is my life mission!

Francesca Risoldi

Hi! I am a character designer and visual development artist, with a strong background in animation and experienced in editorial illustration and comics. I have worked for Disney in storybooks and comics, curating anything from art direction and storytelling, and I have been a designer in animation studios in Italy and in Europe. I enjoy anything about storytelling and fiction, and any way that I can use art to tell a story and create a world is my life mission!

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Hi! I am a character designer and visual development artist, with a strong background in animation and experienced in editorial illustration and comics. I have worked for Disney in storybooks and comics, curating anything from art direction and storytelling, and I have been a designer in animation studios in Italy and in Europe. I enjoy anything about storytelling and fiction, and any way that I can use art to tell a story and create a world is my life mission!

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Work Experience

Background Artist at Netflix
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Background art for Netflix animated series This World Can't Tear Me Down (2023).
Illustrator at Disney/Pixar
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Illustration for Elemental - Activity for Everyone Picture Book (Disney/Pixar, 2023).
Illustrator at Disney/Pixar
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Luca Little Golden Book (Random House/Disney, 2021).
Illustrator at Disney/Pixar
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
SOXONA Mission Picture Book (Disney/Pixar, 2022).
Illustrator / Visual Development / Comics at Francesca Risoldi Illustration
January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Freelance illustration and visual development work for comics and books (2020-2022).
Comic Layout & Pencil Artist at Disney Italia
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022
Comic layout & pencil art for Disney graphic novels, including Tianá and the Magic of Harlem (2021-2022).
Character Layout Posing Artist at Princess Bento / Doghead Animation
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Character layout posing artist for Amazon animated show (2024-2025).
Illustrator at Disney Lorcana
January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025
Illustrator for Disney Lorcana (2024-2025).
Character Layout Posing Artist at Warner Bros / Doghead Animation
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
Character layout posing artist (2025).
Comic Book Artist at Mad Cave Studios
January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2026
Comic book artist (2025-2026).
Character Designer & Storyboard Artist at Lynx Multimedia
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2018
Character designer and storyboard artist (2017-2018).

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2017

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment