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Elena Grossi

CHaracter & Prop Designer, Visual Development Artist, Animator

Italy

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Canva

Character and Prop Designer and Animator working in video games, animation and design. Currently on Less Miserables by College Fun Games. Visual Development Master's Level II graduate of IDEA Academy

Biography

Currently working for Edinburgh-based video game company College Fun Games on my second 2D game as a Character Designer, Prop Designer and Animator.

I have a background in Visual Development, Animation and Comics, on top of experience as a Graphic Designer for companies as big as the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, the University of Oxford and the University of Edinburgh.

I have worked as a freelancer in multiple roles on the preproduction and production of video games, animated shorts and music videos.

Skills

Roles

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Technical Skills

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Software

  • Mastery
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Soft Skills

  • Mastery
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Languages

  • Fluent/Native
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  • Proficient

Other Skills

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Work Experience

2025 – Present day

Lead - Character Designer (Part Time)

College Fun Games (Edinburgh)

Character Designer, Prop Designer and Animator for point-and-click game Less Miserables.

2016 – Present day

Freelance Designer

Social Stories Club, Ellyra, LeGra, RattleRood, etc. (Edinburgh, UK)
I worked as a designer for a variety of industries and businesses, including VR games, social businesses, online magazines and clothes brands. I did packaging design, logo design, and illustrations.

2024 – 2024

Lead - Character Designer (Part Time)

College Fun Games (Edinburgh, UK)

Character Designer, Prop Designer and Animator for point-and-click game The Protagonish.

2022 – 2022

Freelance Designer

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Innovations (Edinburgh, UK)
I supported 22 social businesses in the development of the design for their brands, presentations, and websites, making sure that they would all be competitive and engaging to obtain funding.

2021 – 2022

Illustrator (Freelance)

University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
I created 25 illustrations to support the University's research projects on the cognitive development of children via Project ONE.

2021 – 2021

Freelance Designer

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Innovations (Edinburgh, UK)
I supported 12 social businesses in the development of the design for their brands, presentations, and websites, making sure that they would all be competitive and engaging to obtain funding.

2013 – 2015

Graphic Designer

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, Italy)
I worked as a full-time graphic designer and graphic design consultant at the FAO headquarters in Rome, within the Forestry Communication team.

2012 – 2013

Lettering and Digital Colouring Assistant

Studio Parlapà (Turin, Italy)
I did the lettering and onomatopoeia adaptation on manga series, as well as assisted digital colouring of American, French and Italian comic book series.

2013 – 2013

Comic Book Author

Eris Publishing (Turin, Italy)
I wrote, designed and illustrated a comic book story for Eris Publishing after winning a prize at the 'Comics Battle' at NO Comics Festival in Turin.

Education

2021 – 2022

Master Lev II

IDEA Academy

Visual Development

The Visual Development Master is led by top professionals in the field of animation and digital arts, and is focused on developing strong skills to industry standards.

2020 – 2020

Workshop

Aardman Academy

Maquette Making

The workshop covered what is needed to create professional maquettes for the stop-motion animation industry.

2018 – 2019

Master's of Science

University of Edinburgh

Developmental Linguistics

Master's based on the cognition and learning of language. I won a dissertation award for my research on the cognition of language and drawing and their cross-cultural differences.

2011 – 2014

Bachelor's of Arts

La Sapienza University of Rome

Intercultural Mediation


2010 – 2011

1-year course

Experimental Center of Cinematography

Animation

The top animation school in Italy, the Experimental Center builds strong foundation skills in animation, pre-production and post-production.

2004 – 2009

5-year course

Roman School of Comics

Comics

The Roman School of Comics provides deep training in the field of comics, illustration, 2D art and visual storytelling, as well as strong drawing foundations.

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