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Gabriela Lapadula

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop
Traditional Painting
Digital Painting

Brazilian concept artist and ilustrator interested in fantasy, mystery, magical realism and slice of life.

Biography

Concept Artist and Ilustrator interested in fantasy, mystery/horror, magical realism and slice of life fiction. I enjoy creating moody environments/scenes that tell stories, and characters that feel believable and relatable in their flaws and strangeness. My career interests include working for movies and/or games, for Environment/Set or Prop design, at the pre-production and visual development stages. I am also very interested in architecture and costume design. Brazilian, currently based in Rio de Janeiro.

 

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Advanced

Software

  • Mastery
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Advanced

Work Experience

2022 – 2023

Freelance 2D Artist / UI Artist

Aiyra Studio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Worked as a freelance concept artist and UI Artist for a variety of mobile games released in 2022 and 2023. Studio clients include Gloob Games, Miraculous Ladybug and FGV-CPDOC.

2022 – 2023

Freelance 2D Artist / UI Artist

Deep Green Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Worked as a freelance UI Artist for a few steam indie releases from the studio: "Instant Painter", "Chess Pills" and a third unreleased title.

2018 – 2019

Graphic Designer & Data Viz

Fundacao Getulio Vargas - DAPP (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Worked for the digital press coverage of the Brazilian 2018 Presidential Elections "#Observa2018", providing editorial design for print/digital publications and data visualization of the pools.

Education

2019 – 2020

Diploma

Vancouver Film School

Concept Art

My one-year intensive course in Concept Art prepared me to the industry's process and needs. I learned painting and photobashing, understanding of orthographics and turnarounds, and idea generation.

2012 – 2017

Bachelor's Degree

Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM

Graphic Design

This degree in graphic design taught me how to express my ideas visually, adapt to style and design languages, as well as a good understanding of colour, line and art direction.