Gleb Toropov

Gleb Toropov

Art Director / Illustrator / DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
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Gleb Toropov

Gleb Toropov

Art Director / Illustrator / DesignerLondon, United Kingdom
About me
I am all about generating and communicating ideas and love to conceptualise and think visually. I am a flexible problem solver and can't wait to get my teeth into the next design challenge. Confident working alone or in a team, eager to learn and happy to teach. With over a decade of experience in a wide range of creative environments my strength is my versatility, ability to adapt my style to each projects, attention to detail, maintaining high standards, while keeping within deadlines and budgets... Oh, and I am now a proud owner of a big ginger beard! (Every office should have one.)
Projects
  • Welsh Dragon
    Welsh DragonCome on Wales! Cymru am byth! Just designed this mascot for the occasion.
  • Pollice Verso
    Pollice VersoCommentary on the effect social media has on modern lives.
  • Outside The Box
    Outside The BoxWrote and illustrated a book bought by Egmont UK and Random House US.
  • Glitch
    GlitchGlitch was conceived as a mobile phone gremlin that disrupts the users device. I created the character concept art and directed a 3D team through the modelling, rendering and animation phases. Working to an incredibly small budget and within a tight time frame we created two 11 second clips featuring the character.
  • Movember eMOji
    Movember eMOjiConceptualised and pitched a campaign to Movember Foundation for their 2015 fundraising efforts. "This Movember say it with eMOji" aim is to encourage instant messaging users to switch to moustachioed emoticons during the month in order to raise awareness of men's health issues. I designed a set of emojis inline with brand guidelines and expect them to be rolled out across instant messaging apps like Viber, Kik, Line etc leading up to November.
  • Battersea Beer
    Battersea BeerSelf initiated project while learning Cinema4D. Created the brand - Battersea Brewery and developed an advertising concept as well as identity and packaging design mockups.
Work history
    Art Director
    Art Director responsible for commissioning designers and illustrators for multimedia mobile messaging marketing. Bringing in new clients, pitch documents and mockups, hands on design and illustration work. Ideation and strategy.
    Creative All Rounder
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    I have been a creative freelancer since I left University. I have worked for animation production companies in London and Belgium as a scriptwriter. For publishers as a writer/illustrator of children's books. For music labels as a graphic designer and art worker. For a Russian oil company as an interactive presentation creator... I wear many hats, but above all else I love to come up with ideas and see them evolve and take shape into something tangible.
Skills
  • Advertising
  • Film
  • Art Direction
  • Drawing
  • Painting
  • Copywriting
  • Digital
  • Cartoon
  • Design
  • Editorial
  • Illustration
  • Creative Direction
  • Print Campaigns
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
Education
    Film Television
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    Film & Television