Graphic Design Portfolio

Fernanda Castillo Portfolio 2023

Fernanda Castillo castillogmf@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/feercastillo https://www.behance.net/feercastillo

Computer Skills Adobe Photoshop (+8 years) Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Lightroom (+4 years) Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint AutoCAD, SketchUp (+8 years) Austodesk Revit (+2 years)

Education MA Architectural Design The University of Sheffield 2020-2021 BA Architecture Universidad Nacional de Asuncion, Paraguay 2012-2018

Language Skills Spanish (native speaker) English (bilingual) Basic knowledge of Italian and Portuguese

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Illustrations

Freelance Work

La Traviata

Digital Portraits Decorative Artwork Stationery

Branding Digital campaigns Brochures

Brading Style Packaging Marketing items Recipe book

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Children’s Products

Personal Work

Academic Work

Packaging Design Product Design

Traditional Art Lettering

Illustrations 3D Modelling Collages

1 Illustrations I started doing digital illustrations in 2020 and I use mainly Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. In this sample I included mainly couples portraits and nursery decorations which I like to make as gifts to my loved ones.

Maraja - 2020 Logo design and brand image development for a chocolate and pastry shop in Paraguay.

The brand was named after the client’s pet and rquested the corporate image reflected the namesake.

Freelance Work

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I am an architect by profession, however I have always been passionate about design and have worked as a freelancer for many years while studying and then also while working full time as an architect.

Geoide -2022 Logo design and full brand image development, including corporate image manual, for a company specalised in physical, geological and topographical studies. alternatives. Additional designs were requested by the client, such as the design of business cards.

Real Estate brochures - 2022 Design of catalogues of two real estate properties available for sale and rent. In this case, I was responsible for photographing the properties as well as designing the catalogues.

3 La Traviata La Traviata is a pastry and catering company in Asuncion, Paraguay. I have worked with them since they first started in 2018, designing most of their packaging and marketing material.

In this sample I included some custom designs made according to the clients’ needs and following the brand style.

These include packaging design, custom-made pastry pattern for illustrated graseproof paper, design of product catalogue, tags and stickers for products and flyers for social media.

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4 Children’s Products

These designs were created for RMS International which develops children’s products for UK and European retailers such as The Entertainer, Smyths and ALDI, among others.

I worked mostly on packaging design, making standalone artwork and occasionally created artwork following specific brand style guides as well as developing style guides myself.

I also created new cutter guides to create unique packaging tailored to specific products such as the plush playhouse and rocket box for space figurines below.

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I am also part of the New Product Development team within the company, alongside which I designed new products such as a 3D wooden Tree House puzzle (including the design of the wooden pieces and sticker sheets), plush toys, animal beanie hats and reversible plush hats included in this sample, among others.

5 Personal Work

I have illustrated with traditional mediums since I was a child, my preferred one being colour pencils.

The samples i am showing here were mocked up using photoshop but the images have not been altered.

I started doing digital art in early 2020 using mostly CorelDraw X7 and my computer mouse for vectorised illustrations but later transitioned into Photoshop using a drawing tablet. I also like doing photography interventions and digital lettering as well.

5 Academic Work

These graphics are representations of my MA Architectural Design Thesis, all elaborated as collages combining 3D model renderings, textures, digital drawings and vector images. I used mostly Google SketchUp and Adobe Photoshop to create these.

The illustrations were used as a narrative device in the form of atmospherical drawings to present the context of the project as well as the final design proposal, while adding another layer of interest throughout the work.

Fernanda Castillo castillogmf@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/feercastillo https://www.behance.net/feercastillo