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Pelayo Fernández

Spain

Visual developer / concept artist / illustrator

Biography

I was born in a modest town in Asturias (Spain) called Tineo. Since I was a child I had a great interest in drawing and when I entered school it helped me define myself as "the kid who draws". When I was 16 I moved to a nearby city to enter the artistic baccalaureate, and when I turned 18 I moved to Bibao to study Fine Arts. There I met some very talented people who forced me to rethink my identity as an artist and to grow and set new goals for myself, as well as most of my current friends. It was during that time that I began to seriously consider the possibility of pursuing a professional career as a concept artist and/or illustrator. Shortly after finishing my degree, and once I completed a introductory course on video game narrative, I moved to Granada to do the Master in Drawing: Illustration, Comic and Audiovisual Creation at the UGR, where I could get the knowledge required for a specialized profession like the one I was looking for. I finished the Master in 2021, and since then I have dedicated myself to work as a freelance illustrator and concept artist and to complete my training with video game development classes and 3D modeling tutorials.

Work Experience

2023 – Present day

Artist in residence

Fundación Caja Cantabria (Spain)

2022 – 2022

2D Illustrator

Funky Vine (South Korea)
Design and illustration of three characters in anime style for a game.

2021 – 2022

Illustrator

Freelance (Spain)
Design, layout and illustration of a book for a private client.

2021 – 2021

Character Designer

Freelance (United States)
Character design for a 3D game.

2021 – 2021

Scientific illustrator

Parque Arqueológico Marroquíes Bajos (Spain)
Illustration of different remains found at an archaeological site and recreation, through drawing, of the original architecture of a Roman well found on the plot.

Education

Present day

On-site course

Bilbao School of Cinematographic Creation.School of Cinematographic Creation

Visual narrative

2022 – 2022

Online course

Ceinpro

Game Development

Three-month course of complete video game development in Unity.

2020 – 2021

Master's degree

University of Granada

Drawing

2014 – 2019

Bachelor's degree

University of the Basque Country

Fine Arts