
Biography
Hello! My name is Sofia and I’m an illustrator based in Portugal.
Currently, I'm working as a cleaning and coloring artist on a Portuguese animated feature film, and as a freelance illustrator while also looking for new opportunities!
I'm passionate about illustration, character design and visual development related to animation, games and children's books. I love creating characters, their stories and worlds by mixing both traditional and digital techniques.
I aim to always keep learning and growing as an artist and person. Here's some of my work, hope you like it!
Skills
Roles
- Basic
- Basic
Technical Skills
- Advanced
- Advanced
Other Skills
- Basic
- Basic
Work Experience
2022 – 2022
Freelance children's book illustrator
Zero a oito editora (Lisbon)
Did all the full pages digital illustrations for the children’s book “The Princess and the Snake”, published by Zero a oito Editora for client Pingo Doce.
2021 – 2022
Color and texture artist
Praça Filmes (Lisbon)
Responsible for coloring the characters solid colors, add textures, paint shadows, adjusting blending modes and opacities
2020 – 2022
Lead cleaning artist
Praça Filmes (Lisbon)
Working with the director to find the final rendering line style for the animated feature filme "NAYOLA".
Clean up of keys, breakdowns and inbetweens
Education
2022 – 2022
Güiken school Madrid
Character design
Online intensive workshop on character design
2021 – 2022
Güiken School Madrid
Visual development, color and light
Online intensive workshop on visual development
2011 – 2015
Bachelor Degree
FBAUL - Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon
Painting
Graduated from Fine Arts University, mainly focused on traditional drawing and painting
