Alessandra Rostagnotto, portfolio _ 2018/19

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Alessandra Rostagnotto, portfolio Illustration/Graphic Design _ 2018/19

Alessandra Rostagnotto, portfolio Illustration/Graphic Design _ 2018/19

Personal Profile

Specialties

My name is Alessandra Rostagnotto and I’m a MA Communication Design: Illustration student at Kingston University. I have gained experience working independently and in a team in the comic book editorial field as an illustrator and graphic designer. During this experience, I showed myself to be able to work under pressure and to respect deadlines. I’m now keen to develop and build on the skills I’ve gained in the Illustration and graphic design fields.

_ Illustration

_ Storyboards

_ Graphic design

_ Layout design

_ Comics

_ Motion graphics

Technical Skills _ Photoshop

_ After Effects

_ Illustrator

_ Clip Studio Paint

_ InDesign

_ SketchUp

_ MA in Communication Design: Illustration, 2018-2019, Kingston University, London.

_ BA in Design and Visual Communication, 2013-2017, Politecnico di Torino, Turin.

_ Course on comics and illustration, 2014-2017, Scuola Internazionale di Comics, Turin.

Professional Experience _ Bao Publishing, comic book artist.

Sep. 2018 - present, Milan.

Currently working on my first graphic novel, written and illustrated by me.

Working independently showed me to be self-motivated, organized and capable of working under pressure to respect deadlines.

_ Arancia Studio, internship as a colourist.

Jun. 2016 - Aug. 2016, Turin.

Worked as a colourist and graphic designer in the comic book editorial field.

Working in a studio with illustrators, graphic designers and art directors helped me develop good communication and team working skills.

Interests

Languages

_ Movies and movie posters.

_ Italian, native

_ Music and album covers.

_ English, fluent

Alessandra Rostagnotto, portfolio Illustration/Graphic Design _ 2018/19

Education

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Alessandra Rostagnotto, portfolio Illustration/Graphic Design _ 2018/19

Contents 01 Illustration _ Italo

Disco Will Never Die,

animated album covers.

_ Bao Publishing, poster ad.

_ Reservoir Dogs, alternative movie poster.

_ Baby Driver,

alternative movie poster.

_ Neon Demon,

alternative movie poster.

_ Myss Keta - La Casa Degli Specchi, alternative album cover.

_ Die Antwoord - Beat Boy, alternative album cover.

_ Grimes - Butterfly, alternative album cover.

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02 Graphic design _ Tears

For Fears - The Hurting,

lp sleeve design.

_ Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood, book cover design.

_ Il Cinema Illustrato, editorial design.

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01 Illustration

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Italo Disco Will Never Die, animated album covers.

clip studio paint, photoshop _ 2019

Italo Disco Will Never Die is a project that aims to make a contemporary audience rediscover lost music gems from the past. My interest in Italian disco music from the 80s started this project. Choosing the best Italo tracks and studying how music branding has changed in the digital era, I designed a series of

animated album covers reinterpreting the 80s aesthetic created by Fiorucci and Memphis designers. The looping animations of these animated covers are successful in drawing the attention of the audience of music streaming services like Spotify, Youtube and Apple Music.

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click here to see the animation!

Clio - Faces,

animated album cover. clip studio paint, photoshop _ 2019

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click here to see the animation!

Mr. Flagio - Take A Chance, animated album cover.

clip studio paint, photoshop _ 2019

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click here to see the animation!

Casco - Cybernetic Love, animated album cover.

clip studio paint, photoshop _ 2019

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click here to see the animation!

Peter Richard - Walking In The Neon, animated album cover.

clip studio paint, photoshop _ 2019

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Bao Publishing,

poster ad.

clip studio paint, illustrator _

2019

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Reservoir Dogs,

alternative movie poster. clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2018

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Baby Driver,

alternative movie poster. clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2017

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The Neon Demon, alternative movie poster.

clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2017

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Myss Keta - La Casa Degli Specchi, alternative album cover.

clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2019

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Die Antwoord - Beat Boy, alternative album cover.

clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2018

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Grimes - Butterfly, alternative album cover.

clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2018

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Tears For Fears - The Hurting, lp sleeve design.

clip studio paint, illustrator, photoshop _ 2019

‘The Hurting’, Tears For Fears first studio album, is a concept album based on the writings of psychologist Arthur Janov, the developer of the primal scream therapy. The ‘primal therapy’, is a treatment that encouraged the patient to explore his childhood traumas, experiencing them for a

second time and then expressing the repressed pain. The idea behind the cover restyling is to represent something that can hurt a child but not an adult. The classical statue can represent the perfect human being who can still be hurt by a children’s game like the ‘got your nose’ one.

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Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood, book cover design.

clip studio paint, illustrator _ 2019

Book cover design of ‘Norwegian Wood’ by Haruki Murakami for the 2019 Penguin Adult Fiction Cover Contest. Toru is walking in the meadow following Naoko who seems to disappear behind the grass, this represents the fading memories of Toru. The colours come from the first edition of the

book. The use of these two colours was not coincidental, red represents death and green life. Lastly, with the typography, I wanted to give to the cover a 60s vintage vibe.

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Il Cinema Illustrato, book design.

indesign, photoshop _ 2017

Book design based on my BA thesis on illustrated movie posters. The layout as well as the cover artwork was designed by me. The purpose of my thesis was to bring back the illustrated movie poster as a winning way to advertise a movie.

The book starts with a historical analysis of the illustrated movie

poster to then understand why it has disappeared in the 90s. The last part of the book is focused on contemporary collector’s movie posters made popular by Mondo.Â

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click here to read it on Issuu!

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Contact 07512410283 alessandra.rostagnotto@gmail.com alessandrarostagnotto.com @andrarosta_illustration