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Mónica del Mar Meléndez García

Spain

Biography

I draw since I was 4 years old, because I had the need to tell stories and I preferred to draw them instead of writing them. Later I realized that I always stayed in the first part of the creation process, where I designed the characters of the story, I drew scenes that could happen, the emotions they could feel and how the different characters interacted with each other. When I was 15 years old I decided that I wanted to develop this into a professional career and I have been studying ever since. I entered a public university, in the Design career. At the same time, I was studying animation and character design by myself, I would read books, watch videos and take all the free online masterclasses that I could. Then, I had the opportunity to apply for an Erasmus, so I studied for 1 year at LIT (Ireland), where I had the opportunity to enter the animation degree. There I asked permission to mix subjects between years, so I could choose all the subjects of the degree that I thought I was going to learn more, that is why I was able to take subjects such as animation 2, 3, and 4 in the same year, with other interesting ones such as storytelling, short film, illustration for animation... Later, I returned to Madrid and graduated, and this year I started a Postgraduate in Character Design directed by Borja Montoro and other great professionals, where I find myself learning a lot day by day.

Education

2021 – Present day

Programa experto en Diseño de Personaje

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Diseño de Personajes para Animación

I am currently attending subjects like: Drawing, Character Design: style and form, Color, Storyboard and psychology of a character.

2017 – 2021

Diseño

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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I studied courses of: Drawing, Vectorial Animation, 3D Animation, Audiovisuals, Storyboard, Ilustration, Color, Art History, Design History, Graphic Design, Object Design and Photography.

2019 – 2020

Animation (Erasmus)

Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT)

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I studied courses of: Drawing, Animation, Storytelling, Storyboard, Ilustration for animation, Shortfilm and Visual Communication.