currently stuck in my room...
Hello! I am currently working freelance from home.... dreaming about the end of all this chaos.
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Interested in working with me?
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About me
My name is Raluca and I am a professional illustrator passionate about everything colourful and narrative. I love creating vibrant character-focused illustrations, and I always try my very best to allow the character's personality to shine through! I am also passionate about storytelling, and have worked on projects such as children's books and board games for kids! My style is very bright and colourful, and I love making others happy with my illustrations!
Beside art, I am a huge fan of traveling, video games, theme parks and anime.
education
MA Visual Communication/ Illustration- Distinction- Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
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BA Illustration- First Class with Honours- Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK (grad. 2019, and also as an Erasmus+ student in 2017)
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BA 3D and 2D Animation- Erasmus+ program- Haute Ecole de la Province de Liege (2018)
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BA Fine Art-Graphic Art- Universitatea de Arta si Design Cluj-Napoca (year1, 2016-2017)
Work experience
Freelance Board Game Designer- Interplay (October 2020- present)
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Design Intern(2019) and Freelance Card Designer- Moonpig (2019-present)
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Freelance Card Designer- Card Factory (November 2019-present)
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Freelance Designer- Enksy (June 2020-present)
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Children's Book Illustrator- Matthew James Publishing (March-October 2019)
Competitions and achievements
Publications
'Molly and the Bog Sprogs', the first children's book I illustrated, will be published by Matthew James Publishing on the 27th of August, 2020.
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Prizes
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Winner(and exhibited) of the Black History Month contest organized by The Birmingham Royal Conservatoire
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Winner of the Soska Sisters 'Tales of Terror' Competition
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Student of the Year for Illustration, Viscom Awards 2019
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selected as an intern for Moonpig through a card design competition
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Other Competitions I took part in:
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Penguin Design Awards 2019 and 2020
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'Gallery 1988' 2019
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'London Stories' competition by the AOI, 2019
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Runner up for the NB Magazine Contest 2019
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Exhibitions and Art Sales
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Exhibited at New Designers 2019- and runner up for the most creative panel
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Selected to attend MCM Birmingham as an art seller twice
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Selected to sell prints at BoomBirms 2019 (twice) and The Elephant in the Room exhibition (2020)​
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Interviews
