I’m Laura, an illustrator and graphic designer specializing in children’s illustration. I love creating fun, expressive characters and playful visuals that tell stories and connect with people of all ages. My work focuses on character design, visual storytelling, and choosing color palettes that help communicate emotion and bring ideas to life. I have over 3 years of experience working as an illustrator and writer for a language-learning platform, where I created educational and entertaining content for young audiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with clients, turning concepts into warm, engaging illustrations, and making the creative process enjoyable from start to finish.

Laura Alarcón

I’m Laura, an illustrator and graphic designer specializing in children’s illustration. I love creating fun, expressive characters and playful visuals that tell stories and connect with people of all ages. My work focuses on character design, visual storytelling, and choosing color palettes that help communicate emotion and bring ideas to life. I have over 3 years of experience working as an illustrator and writer for a language-learning platform, where I created educational and entertaining content for young audiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with clients, turning concepts into warm, engaging illustrations, and making the creative process enjoyable from start to finish.

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I’m Laura, an illustrator and graphic designer specializing in children’s illustration. I love creating fun, expressive characters and playful visuals that tell stories and connect with people of all ages. My work focuses on character design, visual storytelling, and choosing color palettes that help communicate emotion and bring ideas to life.

I have over 3 years of experience working as an illustrator and writer for a language-learning platform, where I created educational and entertaining content for young audiences. I enjoy collaborating closely with clients, turning concepts into warm, engaging illustrations, and making the creative process enjoyable from start to finish.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
Italian
Advanced
Russian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Illustrator & Visual Artist at Independent / Freelance
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Remote-based role providing illustrations and visual storytelling for international educational, narrative and audiovisual projects. Develops character design, visual style, and cohesive worlds aligned with conceptual and pedagogical goals. Performs art direction support, creates original illustrations from briefs, and develops visual identities. Collaborates with writers, animators and educators in multidisciplinary remote teams. Illustrated assets for animated short films to support visual development and narrative clarity.
Illustrator & Visual Artist (Freelance) — Selected Illustration & Art Direction Projects at Independent Freelance
January 1, 2016 - Present
Art direction and illustration for independent animated short film (storyboard development, character design and color palette definition). Commissioned book cover illustration. Ongoing personal illustration project focused on visual storytelling for social media. Product photography and visual concept development for a gastronomic brand.
Illustrator & Visual Artist
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Illustrator & Visual Artist for a remote startup (Baby – Start-up Ed Tech) creating original illustrations and visual narratives for language-learning stories in Spanish, Italian and Russian. Developed characters, environments and visual styles; contributed to art direction and produced illustrations from creative briefs; developed visual identities and cohesive visual worlds aligned with conceptual and pedagogical goals. Experienced in art direction support, collaborating with multidisciplinary remote teams; ongoing personal illustration projects focusing on visual storytelling for social media; produced visual concepts for a gastronomic brand through product photography and branding visuals.

Education

Graphic Design Degree at Universidad Provincial de Córdoba (UPC)
January 1, 2016 - February 14, 2026

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services