currently stuck in my room...

Hello! I am currently working freelance from home.... dreaming about the end of all this chaos.

Interested in working with me?

Let's get started!

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

BA Illustration- First Class with Honours- Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK (grad. 2019, and also as an Erasmus+ student in 2017)

BA 3D and 2D Animation- Erasmus+ program- Haute Ecole de la Province de Liege, Belgium (2018)

BA Fine Art-Graphic Art- Universitatea de Arta si Design Cluj-Napoca (year1, 2016-2017)

Work experience

Freelance Board Game Designer- Interplay (Oct. 2020- present)

Design Intern(2019) and Freelance Card Designer- Moonpig (2019-present)

Freelance Card Designer- Card Factory (Nov. 2019-present)

Freelance Designer- Enksy (Jun. 2020-present)

Freelance Children's Book Illustrator- Matthew James Publishing (Mar. 2019- present)

Competitions and achievements

Publications

'Molly and the Bog Sprogs', the first children's book I illustrated, was published by Matthew James Publishing on the 27th of August, 2020.

Prizes

Winner(and exhibited) of the Black History Month contest organized by The Birmingham Royal Conservatoire
Winner of the Soska Sisters 'Tales of Terror' Competition
Student of the Year for Illustration, Viscom Awards 2019

Other Competitions I took part in:

Plum Pudding Alice in Wonderland Competition 2019
Penguin Design Awards 2019 and 2020
Vans Custom Culture 2019
'Gallery 1988' 2019
'London Stories' competition by the AOI, 2019
Runner up for the NB Magazine Contest 2019

Exhibitions and Art Sales

Exhibited at New Designers 2019- and runner up for the most creative panel
Selected to attend MCM Birmingham as an art seller twice
Selected to sell prints at BoomBirms 2019 (twice) and The Elephant in the Room exhibition (2020)

Interviews