POR TFO LIO 2019-2023
Aïsha Piquer Planella Illustrator / Designer
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I have always immersed myself in the world of the Arts and have completed
LANGUAGES
SOFT SKILLS
EDUCATION
Spanish
Resourceful
Art & Design Masters
Native
numerous courses over the years. I am an
Catalan
extrovert, and find most of my inspiration
Native
through my connection to those around
English
me. I approach every situation with an
7.5 IELTS
open mind and eagerness to learn and improve. I see creative opportunities
HARD SKILLS
everywhere. In my past studies I realized
Problem solving Communicative
Psychology Degree
Open-minded
September 2016 - June 2020
Strong critical assessment skills
Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona
Adaptable
Fine Arts Short course August 2017
Digital Illustration
Creative
applied to everyday life, but especially
Traditional Illustration
Comfortable in team and solo settings
within the arts, where a small line in a
Procreate
July 2018
drawing can change its emotional value.
Adobe Photoshop
Escola Joso
Ilustrations of “Salut Trans” October 2023
My name is Aïsha, and I’m an independent Illustrator and Concept artist based in
Name
Aïsha Piquer Planella
Barcelona, Spain. I’m a Psychology graduate from the Universitat Autónoma de
Contact
aishapp98@gmail.com
I am a masters graduate from Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts. I
Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
Psychology has so much potential when
Adobe InDesign
Barcelona.
September 2020 - August 2021
+447512356733 @aishampd (IG)
finished my Psychology degree in 2020.
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University of Arts of London
Character design Short course
Photoshop Illustration Short course July 2018
WORK EXPERIENCE
Associació Gender and LGBT Lab
Concept Artist
Ilustrations of “Relats reals”
Fine Arts course
January 2022- March 2023
September 2019 - May 2020
July 2016 - June 2017 - July 2018
Scruffy Dog Creative Group
Sos Racisme Association
Estudio de arte Juana Burgos
Ilustrations for “500 cartas sin remitente”
Dibujo Sketch Urbano
Freelance Illustrator
March 2019
April 2013
January 2019 - present
Editorial Circulo Rojo
Barcelona Academy of Arts
Escola Joso
SELECTED WORKS 2019-2023
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
TRANS HEALTH Illustration set (October 2023)
Set of 14 illustrations created for Associació Gender and LGBT Lab. Used for an education course directed at Health professionals within the health system of Catalunya. I was given full creative license, taking into account the parameters of each catewgory in where the illustrations would go. The restricted palette used incorporated variations of blue, pink and white, the colours of the trans flag.
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PERSONAL
SPRING IN THE FOREST Illustration (January 2021- April 2021)
This was a character design project with the motive of Ostara (similar to Easter). I designed a representation of Spring in the body of a small child, frolicking in the deeps of the forest. I present her illustrations always accompanied by a poem.
The colour palette for Spring. They are made to relate to three elements: the earth and its core, the trees and their bark, and the leaves and bushes of the forest.
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WORKING EXPERIENCE
KELPIE ATTACK Digital media - (October 2022)
My role as a concept artist intern at Scruffy Dog Creative Group has been to design and photobash semi-realistic environments, to illustrate the guest experience at seasonal attractions designed by outside companies. This particular illustration was designed as a Halloween experience for social media. In it the guests would have found themselves going face to face with a Kelpie, a mythological creature known for drowning passerby’s.
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PERSONAL
COSMIC FLOWERS AGAINST RACISM Ink on paper (October 2020)
Every year in October there is an ongoing challenge: as per the rules, every drawing made must be done with ink on paper. I’ve been participating since 2018, introducing small variations to the prompt list, or creating my own. The 2020’s version was a mix of both flower prompts and cosmic prompts.
Taking advantage of the reach the hashtag Inktober has, I used my own drawings to raise money for different associations supporting BLM around the world (Stop Hate Uk, SOS Racismo, BLM Global Network, among others). In 2020 I succeded in raising 5% over the projected goal.
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PERSONAL
KISS YOU TO DEATH Digital illustration (April 2020)
This is an artwork created with the motive of Saint Valentine’s day. I wanted to recreate Gustav Klimt’s famous piece, “The kiss”, with my own spin on the narrative. The one in the black dress is one of my characters. As a reaper, she is tasked with bringing the dead to the shores of the afterlife. I dressed her in a black traditional Japanese bride dress to symbolize the relationship between love and death. The colour palette is designed to relate as much as possible to “The kiss” by Klimt while also retaining a warmer quality.
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COMMISSIONED
500 CARTAS SIN REMITENTE Illustrations (March 2019- April 2019)
This artwork was commissioned by the author, Anna Boho. She specified the theme she wished for the cover and the inside illustrations. They usually followed either a poem included in the book itself or about instances of her life she found particularly relevant. All drawings were made digitally, but as per request of the commissioner, the brushes used were to have the same texture as pencil.
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PERSONAL
BLACK LIVES MATTER Digital illustrations’ set (June 2020)
During Pride 2020, I created a series of drawings based on prompts. I combined them with BLM information and activism. The drawing on the left was in remembrance of the Pulse bar massacre and the death of two transgender BME girls, Dominique and Riah. I used the moon and the rising tide to reference femininity. The next page drawing was inspired by the poem Invictus, by William Ernest Henley: “In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.”
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VOLUNTEER
“GRID SHOW” SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Here is how the feed was structured to look. I made
Social media planning and designing (July 2021- September 2021)
sure it took into account the
I volunteered to lead the social media for my master’s final
main
colours
(black
and white) and the accent
show, that presented on August 26th 2021 at Cambridge, and
(yellow). The plan included
September 4th 2021 at Shoreditch, London. I planned both
structures for stories. There
the structure and the dynamic of the campaign.
where two types: artistic polls
This campaign was created to promote the showcase, and
that linked to spotify list that
to allow for a social media presence. The plan I designed
everyone could access. This
included reels, stories and other Instagram features, so
was to ensure interaction
as to reach our intended target: fellow artists, agencies
from our followers.
and recommended songs,
and potential employers.
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COMMISSIONED
RELATS REALS Illustrations (May 2019- June 2020)
This was commissioned artwork by the SOS Racisme association, based in Barcelona, Spain. They were to be illustrations of real situations narrated by survivors of racial discrimination. One of the most important specifications for the artwork was that it had to follow a strict palette.
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COLLABORATION
THE HILL WE CLIMB llustrations (February 2021 - April 2021)
This is a collaboration with Marissa García (a graphic designer) for an illustrated reading of “The Hill We Climb” by U.S. poet laureate, Amanda Gorman. A bundle of 30 illustrations accompany the video and emphasise each stanza.
The color palette for the projects was chosen with the input of both participants.
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COLLABORATION
The team refused the initial design: the colour palette clashed with the project’s intentions, and the font used didin’t allow for guest artists’ creativity and there were concerns it would overimpose a design.
WE COULD EXPRESS OURSELVES Graphic design (February 2020- June 2020)
This was a class social project. The objective was to find something, either a movement or a problem, that we wished to aid or promote action for or against. As it is, the project was centered on promoting the normalisation and inclusion of street art as such, rather than being classified as vandalism. Here are the examples I drew
The team chose the final design over the initial one due to its
so that guest artists could
simplicity. It allowed for easier interaction with guest artists and
know what was required of
made it more inviting to them.
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@aishampd aishampd.art@gmail.com