Biography
I'm a 2D digital artist, researcher and educator, interested in storytelling and visual development for animation and video games. I'm a PhD candidate, researching female representation in contemporary and popular animated feature films. I also teach Visual Development for Video Games [MA in Engineering of Digital Games Development, IPCA] and Character Design for Animation [MA in Illustration and Animation, IPCA].
Previously, I taught Visual Storytelling and Figure Drawing [BA in Moving Image, UAlg] and worked on Mobeybou [FCT funded project at CIEC, UMinho], as a researcher and game artist, in charge of the creation of visual assets for the Mobeybou game and mobile apps + development, testing and implementation of UX/UI and gameplay design.
My studies include: MA in Illustration and Animation (2018) @ IPCA (Barcelos, Portugal), BA in Fine Arts - Multimedia (2015) @ FBAUP (Porto, Portugal) and Erasmus Exchange Program - Animation (2014) @ KASK (Gent, Belgium).
Portfolio
Work Experience
2023 -Present day
Animatic Revisionist and Background Artist
The Hunt
I helped revise the narrative and storyboard in the beginning of the project, and now I'm painting some backgrounds for the animated short film The Hunt, directed by Diogo Costa.
2023 -2023
Clean Up Artist
Tier-S
I assisted the 2D animation team in the making of the ESL Dota 2 Berlin 2023 Major trailer, by turning rough animation tiedowns and storyboard sketches into clean and colored animation.
2021 -2023
Assistant Professor
IPCA
I currently teach Visual Development for Videogames [MA in Engineering of Digital Games Development] and Character Design for Animation [MA in Illustration and Animation].
2020 -2022
Assistant Professor
University of Algarve
I taught Figure Drawing and Visual Storytelling [BA in Moving Image]. I was also responsible for helping students build their showreels and portfolios.
2018 -2020
Researcher and 2D Game Artist
Mobeybou - CIEC, Minho University
I developed visual assets for the story/game apps (menus, characters, environments, props); helped to test and establish the gameplay and UX of the products; ran user tests and gathered results.
Education
2021 -Present day
PhD in Design
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
Animation
I'm currently researching on female representation in popular and contempory animated feature films, while developing visual and narrative concepts to direct an animated short film.
2018 -2018
European Innovation Academy
Entrepreneurship
With the help of experienced mentors from Silicon Valley, we developed a startup with workable business and marketing models, as well as a product ready to enter the challenging technology market.
2015 -2018
Masters
Escola Superior de Design - IPCA
Illustration and Animation
I finished my masters with a research project about female character design in mainstream animation film and presented a workbook to get more creative when designing female characters.
2011 -2015
Bachelors
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
Fine Arts - Multimedia
My main focus was on traditional animation and drawing. I spent a semester studying animation at KASK (Gent, Belgium), in an Erasmus exchange program.
Skills
Drawing
12 Years of Experience
Adobe Photoshop
10 Years of Experience
Character Art/Design
8 Years of Experience
Communication
8 Years of Experience
Research
8 Years of Experience
Background Artist
6 Years of Experience
2D Animator
6 Years of Experience