Illustrator and visual artist specialized in character creation, visual style development, and building cohesive visual worlds aligned with storytelling and educational goals. Experienced in art direction support, producing original illustrations from creative briefs, and making visual decisions for consistency across projects.…

Laura Alarcon

Illustrator and visual artist specialized in character creation, visual style development, and building cohesive visual worlds aligned with storytelling and educational goals. Experienced in art direction support, producing original illustrations from creative briefs, and making visual decisions for consistency across projects.…

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Illustrator and visual artist specialized in character creation, visual style development, and building cohesive visual worlds aligned with storytelling and educational goals. Experienced in art direction support, producing original illustrations from creative briefs, and making visual decisions for consistency across projects.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
Italian
Advanced
Russian
Intermediate

Work Experience

Illustrator & Visual Artist at Freelance (Remote)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Provided art direction and illustration for an independent animated short film, including storyboard development, character design, and color palette definition. Commissioned book cover illustration. Worked on ongoing personal illustration projects focused on visual storytelling for social media. Developed product photography and visual concept development for an astronomical brand.
Illustrator & Visual Artist at Freelance
January 1, 2025 - Present
Developed selected illustration and art direction projects as an independent illustrator. Created storyboards, character design, and color palette definitions for an independent animated short film. Produced commissioned book cover illustrations and ongoing personal social-media visual storytelling projects. Provided product photography and developed visual concepts for an astronomy brand.
Illustrator & Visual Artist at Selected Illustration & Art Direction Projects (Freelance)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Art direction and illustration for an 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 platforms. Product photography and visual concept development for a gastronomic brand.
Illustrator & Visual Storytelling Artist at Illustrator & Visual Storytelling (EdTech, Remote)
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Created original illustrations and visual narratives for language-learning stories in Spanish, Italian, and Russian. Developed characters, environments, and visual styles aligned with the project’s storytelling tone and educational objectives. Contributed to art direction decisions to maintain visual consistency across projects and collaborated with writers, animators, and educators in multidisciplinary remote teams. Illustrated assets for animated short films, supporting visual development and narrative clarity. Produced work with iterative, feedback-driven processes to refine composition, color, and clarity of storytelling.
Illustrator & Graphic Designer at Illustarto r & V isual Storytelling Artist Language Baby – Start-up EdTech (Remote)
January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026
Created original illustrations and visual narratives for language-learning stories in Spanish, Italian, and Russian. Developed characters, environments, and visual styles aligned with storytelling tone and educational objectives. Supported art direction decisions to ensure visual consistency across projects. Collaborated remotely with writers, animators, and educators to integrate feedback and refine visual development. Produced illustration assets for animated short films, supporting visual development and narrative clarity through concept and style development.
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.
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 at Self-employed / Independent
January 1, 2016 - Present
Remote-based practitioner enhancing international educational, narrative, and audiovisual projects. Specializes in character creation, visual style development, and building cohesive visual worlds aligned with conceptual and pedagogical goals. Experienced in art direction support and developing visual identities from creative briefs. Combines artistic sensitivity with conceptual thinking and strong collaboration in feedback-driven environments.
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.

Education

Graphic Design Degree at Universidad Provincial de Córdoba (UPC)
January 1, 2016 - February 14, 2026
Graphic Design Degree at Universidad Provincial de Córdoba (UPC)
January 11, 2030 - May 2, 2026
Graphic Design Degree at Universidad Provincial de Córdoba (UPC)
January 11, 2030 - July 24, 2026
Graphic Design Degree at Universidad Provincial de Córdoba (UPC)
January 11, 2030 - July 24, 2026

Qualifications

Illustration & Art (AI Visual Training Projects)
January 11, 2030 - July 24, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services