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I am an artist with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. I have honed my skills in painting, drawing and digitally illustrating characters and backgrounds. I am passionate about creating characters which are meaningful for children as I believe that the books you read as a child are integral in shaping core interests and values. A child's visual memory is often far stronger than their verbal and stays with them forever, I want to create beautiful illustrations that ignite in children a sense of wonder and comfort that stays with them forever, this is what motivated me to work as a childrens book illustrator.…I am an artist with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. I have honed my skills in painting, drawing and digitally illustrating characters and backgrounds. I am passionate about creating characters which are meaningful for children as I believe that the books you read as a child are integral in shaping core interests and values. A child's visual memory is often far stronger than their verbal and stays with them forever, I want to create beautiful illustrations that ignite in children a sense of wonder and comfort that stays with them forever, this is what motivated me to work as a childrens book illustrator.

Sofia Panagopoulou

Illustrator, Artist, Storyboard Artist, +2

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I am an artist with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. I have honed my skills in painting, drawing and digitally illustrating characters and backgrounds. I am passionate about creating characters which are meaningful for children as I believe that the books you read as a child are integral in shaping core interests and values. A child's visual memory is often far stronger than their verbal and stays with them forever, I want to create beautiful illustrations that ignite in children a sense of wonder and comfort that stays with them forever, this is what motivated me to work as a childrens book illustrator.…I am an artist with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. I have honed my skills in painting, drawing and digitally illustrating characters and backgrounds. I am passionate about creating characters which are meaningful for children as I believe that the books you read as a child are integral in shaping core interests and values. A child's visual memory is often far stronger than their verbal and stays with them forever, I want to create beautiful illustrations that ignite in children a sense of wonder and comfort that stays with them forever, this is what motivated me to work as a childrens book illustrator.

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I am an artist with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. I have honed my skills in painting, drawing and digitally illustrating characters and backgrounds. I am passionate about creating characters which are meaningful for children as I believe that the books you read as a child are integral in shaping core interests and values. A child’s visual memory is often far stronger than their verbal and stays with them forever, I want to create beautiful illustrations that ignite in children a sense of wonder and comfort that stays with them forever, this is what motivated me to work as a childrens book illustrator.

Skills

Illustration

Canva

Comic Strip

Watercolour Illustration

Character Design

Experience Level

Illustration

Expert

Canva

Expert

Comic Strip

Expert

Watercolour Illustration

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Beginner

Language

English

Fluent

German

Advanced

French

Intermediate

Work Experience

Artist Assistant at Gilles Ballini Art Studio

July 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Travels for plein-air-style excursions, observing and sketching mountains and animals to build understanding of organic forms for her practice. Creates anthropomorphic caricatures on rocks and on recycled items (e.g., shoes, bottles, plates) to transform them into comedic characters.

Art Assistant at Gilles Ballini Art Studio (Mykonos, Greece)

July 1, 2025 - August 31, 2025

Conducted excursions to sketch mountainous terrain and animals to strengthen understanding of organic forms. Painted anthropomorphic caricatures on rocks and repurposed items (e.g., shoes, bottles, plates), transforming them into comical characters as part of creative practice.

Designer at Callista

June 1, 2025 - Present

Creates original illustrations for a Greek designer brand using fabric paint on handcrafted leather. Organises pop-up events in collaboration with Bollicine for customised handbags. Develops project presentations with digital illustrations using Canva.

Designer at Callista Athens (Greece)

June 1, 2025 - Present

Created original fabric-painted designs on handcrafted leather for a Greek designer brand. Organised a pop-up event in collaboration with Bollicine focused on customised handbags. Developed project presentations including digital illustrations using Canva.

Junior Board Member at The Bardo Foundation

September 1, 2024 - Present

Promotes and assists with The Bardo Open 2025 golf event to raise awareness for the charity mission to cure osteosarcoma. Creates poster designs and social media campaigns for fundraising, and contributes to creative development meetings including ideation of event concepts and merchandise designs.

Junior Board Member at The Bardo Foundation (Oslo, Norway)

September 1, 2024 - Present

Promoted and supported The Bardo Open 2025 golf event to raise awareness for the charity’s mission to cure osteosarcoma. Created poster designs and social media campaigns to support fundraising and led creative development meetings for event concepts and merchandise design.

Artist (Freelance) at Freelance

September 1, 2023 - Present

Creates comic and painted character work including an ongoing comic titled “The Ice Hockey Player and Snake”, experimenting with painting characters on animation cell sheets and creating backgrounds using watercolour monotypes. Produced a children’s comic “Umi and the Magic Compass”. Completes commissions such as commissioned oil paintings (e.g., “Moroccan Warrior” (2025)) and portraits (e.g., established chess player, 2024), and designs original artwork applied to large tote bags for clients at Callista. Collaborates with an interior designer to decorate a studio apartment using her paintings, including a large-scale oil painting (“The Blue Water Nymph”, 2023).

Artist (Commissions & Freelance Work) at Artis t (London, UK)

September 1, 2023 - Present

Freelance artist working on comics and animation experiments, including painting characters on animation cell sheets and creating backgrounds using watercolour monotypes. Created a children’s comic, “Umi and the Magic Compass,” and produced large-scale commissioned oil paintings. Collaborated with an interior designer to install artwork in a studio apartment, completed commissioned portraits and themed oil paintings (e.g., “Moroccan Warrior”), and painted original designs on large tote bags for clients. Also includes ongoing studio practice and artistic development for animation and illustration output.

Artist Assistant at James Hayes Art Studio

September 1, 2020 - Present

Supports a classically trained artist’s studio practice. Improves observational drawing through life-drawing classes and study of classical artists (Turner, Sargent, Velazquez). Assists with studio setup, including fitting stretcher bars and stretching/priming canvases for painting.

Art Assistant at James Hayes Art Studio (London, UK)

September 1, 2020 - Present

Assisted in studio operations and learned observational drawing through classical techniques. Gained exposure to classical artists (e.g., Turner, Sargent, Velazquez) and attended life-drawing sessions focused on accurate depiction of the nude human figure. Supported practical studio tasks including canvas preparation (fitting stretcher bars, stretching and priming) to enable painting.