FUNNY PICRURES ARE A SERIOUS BUSSINESS I work as a profesional illustration and comic artist and writer since 1992. Among my clients in the educational books publishing bussiness are: Toy Theater, Santillana, Macmillan Educatión, Richmond, Oxford University Press, La Galera/Enciclopedia Catalana, Pearson, S.M., Anaya, Edelvives, Cambridge University Press , Casals, Planeta. In the newspaper and magazine industry: EL Jueves, El Mundo, Rolling Stone, Blue Joven, New Zealand Herald, El PAis, Hymsa, RBA, In the advertising world: BSB, Signum, CPC (Auckland) Grupo Imagen, McCann-Erickson, RK people, in TV and Film: Kids TV (Auckland) Disney TV La Claqueta, Uniko. In 30 years of profesional work I have Illustrated hundreds of text books for all ages and subjects, dozens of children books, and written drawn and published several thousands pages of comic and cartoon stories for all ages (children to adults) I have also produced visuals, storyboards layouts and concept art for films and advertising I speak understand and write english fluently. Ever since 2008 I do all my work digitally using Cintiq and lately Ipad pro tablets. I have worked with all the softwares commonly used : Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, sketch up, Flash and Clip studio among others.. I am an excellent manager of my time and work loads and have never missed a single deadline. My working relationship with all the teams I worked with over these years have always been excelent and the relationship has always get to levels of blind trust in my capacity to deliver a job in time and fitted to the specifications Apart of what you can see in this brief portfolio, There are abundant samples of my profesional work in these web sites: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ (work in collaboration with another artist) _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ linkedin profile: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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FUNNY PICRURES ARE A SERIOUS BUSSINESS I work as a profesional illustration and comic artist and writer since 1992. Among my clients in the educational books publishing bussiness are: Toy Theater, Santillana, Macmillan Educatión, Richmond, Oxford University Press, La Galera/Enciclopedia Catalana, Pearson, S.M., Anaya, Edelvives, Cambridge University Press , Casals, Planeta. In the newspaper and magazine industry: EL Jueves, El Mundo, Rolling Stone, Blue Joven, New Zealand Herald, El PAis, Hymsa, RBA, In the advertising world: BSB, Signum, CPC (Auckland) Grupo Imagen, McCann-Erickson, RK people, in TV and Film: Kids TV (Auckland) Disney TV La Claqueta, Uniko. In 30 years of profesional work I have Illustrated hundreds of text books for all ages and subjects, dozens of children books, and written drawn and published several thousands pages of comic and cartoon stories for all ages (children to adults) I have also produced visuals, storyboards layouts and concept art for films and advertising I speak understand and write english fluently. Ever since 2008 I do all my work digitally using Cintiq and lately Ipad pro tablets. I have worked with all the softwares commonly used : Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, sketch up, Flash and Clip studio among others.. I am an excellent manager of my time and work loads and have never missed a single deadline. My working relationship with all the teams I worked with over these years have always been excelent and the relationship has always get to levels of blind trust in my capacity to deliver a job in time and fitted to the specifications Apart of what you can see in this brief portfolio, There are abundant samples of my profesional work in these web sites: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ (work in collaboration with another artist) _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_ linkedin profile: _Website not available. Sign in: https://www.twine.net/signup_

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FUNNY PICRURES ARE A SERIOUS BUSSINESS

I work as a profesional illustration and comic artist and writer since 1992.
Among my clients in the educational books publishing bussiness are: Toy Theater, Santillana, Macmillan Educatión, Richmond, Oxford University Press, La Galera/Enciclopedia Catalana, Pearson, S.M., Anaya, Edelvives, Cambridge University Press , Casals, Planeta.
In the newspaper and magazine industry: EL Jueves, El Mundo, Rolling Stone, Blue Joven, New Zealand Herald, El PAis, Hymsa, RBA,
In the advertising world: BSB, Signum, CPC (Auckland) Grupo Imagen, McCann-Erickson, RK people,
in TV and Film: Kids TV (Auckland) Disney TV La Claqueta, Uniko.

In 30 years of profesional work I have Illustrated hundreds of text books for all ages and subjects, dozens of children books, and written drawn and published several thousands pages of comic and cartoon stories for all ages (children to adults) I have also produced visuals, storyboards layouts and concept art for films and advertising
I speak understand and write english fluently. Ever since 2008 I do all my work digitally using Cintiq and lately Ipad pro tablets. I have worked with all the softwares commonly used : Freehand, Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, sketch up, Flash and Clip studio among others… I am an excellent manager of my time and work loads and have never missed a single deadline. My working relationship with all the teams I worked with over these years have always been excelent and the relationship has always get to levels of blind trust in my capacity to deliver a job in time and fitted to the specifications

Apart of what you can see in this brief portfolio, There are abundant samples of my profesional work in these web sites:

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
French
Intermediate

Work Experience

Character design at Toon Pocket
May 1, 2025 - August 25, 2025
designing a set of character, locations and props for an animation pitch bible
Character design at Circoctel
April 30, 2025 - July 30, 2025
Designing a 20 charcaters set for a card game.
book illustration at Richmond / Sanoma
October 1, 2009 - Present
For Richomond when it was a part of Santillana Aguilar and now as a part of Sanoma I have illustrated dozens of english text books for different levels
comic illustration and writing at RK People
November 1, 2016 - March 1, 2017
Creating, writing and illustrating a graphic novel (70 pages) entitled Quinielas
illustration artist at JESUS MORENO Y ASOCIADOS ESPACIO Y COMUNICACION SL
February 1, 2007 - October 1, 2012
With Jesus Moreno Y asociados I designed illustrations and material for exhibitions, interpretation centers and draw a comic book (I didn't write the script of this one)
book illustration at Pearson education
October 1, 2000 - May 1, 2018
Dozens of english text books for students of all levels.
book illustration at Oxford University Press
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012
Text books on different subjects for students all levels
Vocalist and Sound Engineer at Music Studio Riga
August 1, 2021 - September 1, 2025
Performed as a lead vocalist for studio recordings and live events, while also managing mixing and mastering of audio tracks to ensure high-quality production output. Collaborated with musicians and producers to deliver tailored sound experiences.
Music Producer at Freelance
September 1, 2021 - Present
Produced, arranged, and mixed music tracks across various genres for independent artists. Focused on enhancing musical elements through sound design and audio engineering techniques to create compelling and polished final works.
illustration at DP World
May 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018
This was a job of the Agradable Team for an Emirate's chipping company. A set of illustrations for an aptitude test.

Education

architect at ETSAS
October 22, 2024 - October 22, 2024
complete studies (six years) fof the Superior Architect degree
Bachelor of Music (BMus) at Royal College of Music
September 1, 2010 - June 30, 2014
Bachelor of Arts at Latvian Academy of Culture
September 1, 2012 - June 1, 2016

Qualifications

Certified Pro Tools Operator
March 1, 2015 - August 31, 2025

Industry Experience

Education, Gaming, Media & Entertainment, Other, Professional Services
    uniE621 Galdos Exhibition
    Series of big pannels for an exhibition to explain the napoleonic invasion of spain to kids. Done for Jesus Moreno & associates.
    uniE621 Color sketch
    I usually do experiments with technics and styles I'm not usually requested in my professional jobs. illustration color portrait
    uniE621 bees
    project on development
    paper watercolor work
    I started my career working with traditional media: watercolor and ink. Technological changes forced me to change horses mid race. WOrking digitaly has hughe advantages, but sometimes I miss the uncomplicated worl of traditional materials.
    uniE621 Wiggeta
    Between 2016 and 2022 I illustrated sometimes on my own sometimes as part of the Agradable Team 14 issues of the children book series Wigetta. The stories were signed by the youtuber team Wigetta and the character design was done by I Municio. illustrator
    uniE621 Pinky and Kepu
    Children Book for Grupo Planeta. charcters, enviroment and cover all designed by me illustrator designer
    uniE621 Set of illustrations for an aptitude test
    May 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018 This was a job of the Agradable Team for an Emirate's chipping company. A set of illustrations for an aptitude test.
    paper Cuentos de Tío Thales
    Cuentos del tío Thales es un proyecto personal de comic educativo y de divulgación Uncle Thale's tales is a pesronal project. A divulgative comic oriented to children to lead them into the worl of math.
    uniE621 Custodia Compartida (El Jueves)
    Desde 2011 hasta 2023 publiqué semanalmente en la revista El Jueves (RBA) la serie Custodia compartida. Creada, escrita y dibujada por mi, de la que Dibbuks sacó un album recopilatorio en 2017 y comenzó a editarse completa en francés con Editions Paquet
    uniE621 Time Playground Vol.4 The Chocolate Moulded by Steam
    Para la web de Joel Gaspard dibujé cuatro números de la serie Time Playground. Yo hice la creación de Personajes y guión gráfico. Los Diálogos fueron escritos por Carrie MArtin, la idea para la serie de Joel Gaspard. Puedes ver algunas páginas en este enlace: https://www.behance.net/gallery/234222797/Time-Playground-vol-4-The-Chocolate-Moulded-by-Steam For Library for Kids, Joel Gaspard's web I draw four volumes of Time Playground, a histoic comic series for which I created the characters and did the graphic scripts. Dialogues were written by Carrie MArtin. The general idea for the serie was Joel's You can see a sample of a few pages in this link: https://www.behance.net/gallery/234222797/Time-Playground-vol-4-The-Chocolate-Moulded-by-Steam
    paper The Nile (library for Kids)
    Para la web de JoelGaspard realicé en su momento varias historias cortas escritas y dibujadas por mi.
    uniE621 Library for Kids
    Llevo trabajando desde septiembre de 2021 con Joel Gaspard en sus web de recursos educativos produciendo ilustraciones, comics y gifs animados I've been working with Joel GAspard on his educational webs ever since 2021. I have done illustrations, written and drawn comics and animated gifs .