As a child my dream was to be a boxer. Fortunately, the arts crossed my path. I was intrigued as someone was able to create wonderful worlds from a blank piece of paper and that intrigue became passion.
The illustration was always part of my life, but like any good story, it came after a long road. I started my professional life as an architect, here I learned to work in the company of specialists from different branches, an organizer and constructive projects and to solve problems in a practical way.
After four years of experience, I decided to reencounter myself with the illustration and focus my professional ambitions on this field.
Literature, film and anecdotes shape my style as an illustrator in which I seek to reflect the beauty of everyday life and fiction as a metaphor for the dynamics that, as human beings, make us evolve. That's why telling a story always goes hand in hand with my illustration. I always try to reflect it by drawing faces, phrases or complex stories represented in comic format, illustrated book and graphic novel.
The illustration and the design are now my priority so I feel that I have a clear defined goal, and that motivates me to give the best of me and also to learn as much as I can to be better.
Projects credited in
- Los Cóbanos village: Community Hostel and RestaurantThe informal settlement of houses “Playa Los Cóbanos” is part of the cantón Punta Remedios, municipality of Acajutla, El Salvador, and is located within the Natural Protected Area from Los Cobanos reef. With the aim of vindicating the human right to decent housing and guaranteeing sustainable livelihoods, I designed a hostel that could work as a refugee for it’s community; and also a market and food court that could be managed by them. Both projects are part of a master plan, which central axis is self-sustainin housing, and are part of a set of actions that contribute to the integral development by the realization of special projects that respond to the specific needs and characteristics of the place and its inhabitants. For the development of the master plan I worked with a team (Karen, Javier, and Ernesto) and a mentor (Claudia) who guided us through the project.
- SFFDH: San Francisco Fire Department HeadquartersThe Central Fire Station of San Francisco is a design that was presented for the contest conducted on the website ARCHmedium, as an answer to the need of having a main station from which this institution could coordinate and develop their activities. For the conceptualization, design, and development of the idea, I worked with a team: Martín, who is a graphic designer, and Ernesto, who is also an architecht and illustrator. Together, we designed the fire department headquarters under the concept of “The Ladder”. This concept aims to pay tribute to the work of firefighters and represent their desire for overcoming adversity. Formally, the building is composed by two interconected bodies. The first floor includes spaces where they can develop technical work and other support areas; the other levels you can find spaces such as a residence for the firemen and recreational areas.
Work history
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Architectother
- El SalvadorFull Time
Designer and construction supervisor.
- Design of homes and apartments.
- Remodeling and expansion of homes and ofces.
- Development of 3D models.
- Presentations for clients.
- Budgets.
- Construction supervision.
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Architectother
- El SalvadorFull Time
Designer:
- Design of single-family homes.
- Interior design for homes and ofces.
- Development of 3D models.
- Presentations for clients.
Skills
- Abobe Illustrator
- Autocad
- Sketching
- Editorial Illustration
- Book Illustration
- Digital Illustration
- Interior Architecture
- Sketchup
- Drawing
- Adobe Photoshop
Education
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MasterELISAVA - Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
- Barcelona, Spain
Master’s Degree in Illustration and Comic-Books, degree awarded by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) and ELISAVA Barcelona School of Design and Engineering.
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ArchitectureUCA
- El Salvador
Bachelor of Architecture, awarded by José Simeón Cañas University (UCA)