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Illustration · Character Work

Characters, stories
& visual exploration

A selection of personal illustration and character-driven work exploring shape, personality, emotion and visual storytelling.

Hada regando cactus — original character illustration
Evolución del personaje — ages 5 to 20
Paseo en criatura — character illustration

Selected work

Selected character work

Animation · Loop Ilustración animada

Visual storytelling

Visual storytelling

I naturally approach drawing through characters and situations, using pose, composition and expression to suggest what is happening beyond a single frame.

Childhood Memories — sequential illustration
Sequential · Visual Narrative Childhood Memories
First Contact — astronaut minicomic
Sequential · Comic First Contact
Creature Chase — action watercolour
Action · Character Creature Chase

Character Design · Worldbuilding

Character explorations

Microorganismos — cover illustration by Carol Cadenas
Microorganismos Carol Cadenas · Character Design
Malignirus — character sheet
Malignirus
Furioso · Malvado · Poderoso
Plinto — character sheet
Plinto
Valiente · Seguro · Divertido
Planto — character sheet
Planto
Miedoso · Nervioso · Sensible
Ñuñu — character sheet
Ñuñu
Tierna · Agresiva · Mascota
Expressions  ·  Movement  ·  Personality

Illustrated stories

Illustrated stories

Querida otra mitad, ¿dónde estás? — illustrated book by Coraline Chains
Illustrated Book · Personal
Querida otra mitad, ¿dónde estás? →

An illustrated book about loneliness and the search for connection — told through character, atmosphere and emotional composition.

From character to animation

Dismorfestesia

Character-driven storytelling also became a central part of Dismorfestesia, where character development, storyboard and animation were combined within a complete short film.

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Dismorfestesia — animated short film by Carol Cadenas
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