Laura Serra

Laura Serra

lettering artist, illustrator, translator, graphic designer

Resume

1984-1986 various illustrations, lettering (pencils)

1986 - 1991 fashion illustration, cartoons
(pencils & water colour, paint)

1991 - 1996 fashion illustration, lettering, portraits
(pencils, markers & watercolour), oil-painting

1996 - 2002 cartoons, caricatures, drawing lyrics on everything,
portraits (pencil), surrealistic illustrations
(ballpoint-pen), & oil-painting

2000 - 2003 apprenticeship as a digital media designer and
media engineer in a large-format printing company
& in a vocational institute in Karlsruhe, Germany.
• Qualification Licensed Media-Designer
> Staatlich geprüfte Mediengestalterin in Digital-
und Printmedien, Fachrichtung Mediendesign, Print

2002 - 2006 surrealistic illustrations and new experiments
with pencils, watercolour, ballpoint-pen, vectors

2003 - 2006 vocational institute for Graphic Design in Karlsruhe
• Qualification Licensed Graphic Designer with an advanced
technical college entrance qualification
> Staatlich Geprüfte Grafik Designerin mit
Fachhochschulreife

2006 - 2008 Cartoons, lettering, vector illustrations
(pencils, intuos2 pen tablet, Illustrator)

2007 - 2010 Collages, lettering
(guache, tape, newspapers, watercolour, pencil, ink,
ballpoint-pen, thread, coffee, flower petals & leafs)

2008 - 2010 Portraits, more lettering, mixed collages
(pencils, acrylliclic, guache, watercolour, ink, crayon,
sharpies)

Since 2003 I work as a lettering artist, illustrator, graphic-designer, and Translator for various companies.

Companies I've worked for include Ernst&Young, Leo Burnett, Crowdflower, Typographica, Fonts In Use, etc.

Location

Berlin, Germany

Specialties

  • Illustration
  • Packaging
  • Print

Experience

20+ years