Sara Mengual Aragones
Verified Expert in Design
Designer
Barcelona, Spain
Toptal member since August 1, 2022
Sara Mengual is an illustrator, artist, and 2D animator based in Barcelona, with a background in graphic and audiovisual design. For over 8 years, she has worked as a freelance illustrator/designer with international clients across digital, print, and commercial projects. Sara's experience combines visual storytelling, character design, composition, and visual development, creating engaging and distinctive visual solutions for a wide range of projects.
Portfolio
Personalized Illustration for Club Familia's Website and Blog
Vector Illustration for Flex Alert Tv and Social Media Campaign
Experience
- Photoshop CC - 12 years
- Illustrator CC - 12 years
- Character Illustration - 12 years
- Character Design - 12 years
- Illustration - 12 years
- Frame by Frame Animation - 6 years
- Character Animation - 6 years
- Procreate - 3 years
Tools
- Illustrator CC
- Photoshop CC
- Procreate
Work Experience
Digital Illustrator and Visual Designer
The Little Labs
- Created character designs and background designs for an experimental inside short film called The Daffodils.
- Participated in almost every shot and designed some of the backgrounds and decoration elements based on the storyboard provided for the Flex Alert Campaign.
- Gave personality to existing characters through facial expressions, posture, and gestures.
- Helped in the vector art development of many shots and scenes for animation using Adobe Illustrator.
Digital Illustrator and Visual Designer
Freelance
- Worked with international animation studios creating multiple vector illustrations for animated GIFs, animated videos, and short films.
- Planned over 100 illustrations representing the visual style of a child care pregnancy brand and their social media.
- Illustrated for new brands and their social media.
- Designed and created full illustrated backgrounds and character designs for short films.
- Animated a frame-by-frame short film creating and designing the environments and characters.
- Created a personalized children's book based on real people as the main characters.
Illustrator
Upstream Business Solutions AB DBA Membrain
- Translated concepts from the client into successful images and illustrations.
- Created a refreshing, modern, and unique style for Membrain's brand.
- Contributed through illustrations for a more human and warm style to get closer to final clients.
- Fulfilled my client's needs, understanding exactly what they were lacking at each moment.
Graphic Designer
Stratus Media Inc.
- Designed a personalized book layout from scratch that included multiple and flexible designs, working with Adobe In Design.
- Created personalized digital vector illustrations for the book, creating a unique style for characters and backgrounds.
- Defined a color palette used throughout the book and created unity and harmony in the entire design.
- Recreated some existing famous paintings, monuments, and sceneries with the illustration style I created so they are unique and still recognizable.
- Collaborated with the client through every step of the process, developing an extremely efficient communication system.
Illustrator
Talkiatry Management Services, LLC
- Developed an illustration library for the new Talkiatry brand.
- Created a set of multiple vector art illustrations for Talkiatry's website, which was compatible with other supports.
- Worked on the creative process of translating complex concepts into minimal and approachable illustrations.
Digital Illustrator and Visual Designer
Runroom
- Created more than 100 personalized illustrations and character designs for the website remake as the illustrator in charge of this project.
- Designed more than 50 illustrated infographics to provide two guides.
- Illustrated a minimum of seven images a month for a year that was later published on the blog section page.
- Increased the number of visits by more than 100% after the platform was relaunched.
Designer
Runroom
- Designed social media content for big clients to help them communicate about their products.
- Created newsletter content and design systems to improve time dedication and productivity.
- Participated in web design for many clients alongside senior designers, learning about methodologies and techniques.
Education
Master's Degree in Character Animation
University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins - London, UK
College Degree in Audiovisual Design
BAU, College of Arts & Design Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
Skills
Tools
Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe After Effects, Sketch, After Effects CC, Adobe InDesign, Premiere Pro CC, Mailchimp
Platforms
Figma
Other
Illustration, Character Illustration, Character Design, Vector Art, Children's Illustration, Children's Books, Visual Art, Visual Design, Vector Illustration, Concept Art, Background Design, Creative Design, Cartoon Illustration, Portrait Illustration, Web Illustration, Digital Illustration, Food Illustration, Pixel-art Illustration, Pixel Art, Women, Color Concepts, Digital Coloring, Icon Design, Digital Art, Vector Design, Pixel, Conceptual Design, Digital Painting, Artwork, Art, Printing Materials, Frame by Frame Animation, Character Animation, Graphic Design, Audiovisual Design, Project Design, Advertising Design, Social Media, Ad Campaigns, Campaign Design, Short Films, 2D Animation, Social Media Campaigns, LinkedIn Marketing, Medical Illustration, Online Platform, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Technical Illustration, 2D, Visual Storytelling, Concept Development, Animation, Motion Design, Motion & Animation Design, Vectors, Vector Images, Video Editing, Videos, Infographics, 2D Graphics, Presentations, Pitch Decks, Pitch Presentations, Logo Design, Marketing Design, Print Design, Video & Audio Processing, Iconography, Motion Graphics, Web Marketing, Storyboarding, Branding, Gaming, Educational Games, Nutrition & Supplements, Childcare, TV, Green Energy, Animated GIFs, Technology Trends, Quantum Computing, Product Branding, Websites, Toys & Children's Products, Books, Adult Education, Web Platforms, Digital Storyboards, Storytelling, Journey Mapping, Customer Journey, IT, UI Animation, Presentation Design, Layout, Ebook Design, Book Design & Illustration
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