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Margarida Cruz

Intermediate

Comic Art
Storytelling

Nice to meet yah, I´m Maggie! I`m a digital artist that has a passion for storytelling, I like to emphasize humor and action. Can´t wait to meet you all at the Career Camp! :D

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate

Other Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Work Experience

2023 – 2023

Storyboard artist

Studio Watermelon Productions LDA. (Portugal, Remotely)
While working for this studio, I created animatics with several different types of scenes and moods : comedy, action, emotional scenes and musicals. This project is currently under NDA.

2023 – 2023

Illustrator (Freelance)

Edições Vieira da Silva (Portugal)
I illustrated the book cover art and 2 illustrations within the new published book "Sonetos ao Luar" by the talented author Manuel S. Rodrigues.

2021 – 2022

Comic Artist

Freelance Work (Lisbon)
Worked on a short comic for a client, I can’t say much more because of an NDA.

2019 – 2019

Illustration Translator

Live Sketching (Lisbon)
I helped making illustrations for a live company event in Lisbon.

2016 – 2017

Illustrator (Freelance)

Zéfiro (Lisbon)
Illustrated a book about Greek Myths for kids.

Education

2022 – 2022

Storyboard

CG Master Academy

Visual Storytelling

An online course with the instructor Ainsley Dye, that teached the fundamentals of boarding a sequence and making animatics for an animated project.

2020 – 2020

Story Development

CGMA

Storytelling

An online course by Joshua Pruett specifically designed for teaching storytelling, how to take that idea/sketch/napkin drawing and build it into a story.

2016 – 2019

Drawing Degree

Faculdade de Belas Artes

Drawing

Although this degree has the title of "Drawing" it´s multifaceted. I had classes on Comic art, Illustration, Concept Art, Anatomy, Figure drawing, Live drawing, Photography and many others.