personal information
First Name / Surname
 
Erika Signini
Permanent Address
 
Via Visconti 14bis, 28010 Agrate Conturbia (NO)
Current Address
 
Corso 22 Marzo 61, 20129 Milano
Nationality
 
Italiana
Date of Birth
 
23/12/1986 a Borgomanero (NO)
Tax Code
 
SGNRKE86T63B019H
Telephone
 
+39 3470634422
e-mail
 
erika.signini@gmail.com
Skype
 
iktis916
Web
 
http://www.horrorvacui.it
 
work experience
2011
 
Animazione personaggi (Flash) per applicazione mobile presso Forge Reply
2011
 
2D artist per gioco mobile “Sheep Up!” presso BadSeed Entertainment
2011
 
Junior concept artist for the videogame
“Raving Rabbids: Alive & Kicking” at Ubisoft
2011
 
Character designer and animator for the 2D videogame “Aloha”
presso Forge11/Forge Reply
2010
 
Character animation for web game “gli Amici del Mulino”
2010
 
Background artist (clean-up, color) for the TV series “The Qpiz”
at NeoNetwork
2010
 
Background artist (rough, clean-up) for the TV series “PopPixie”
at Stranemani
2009/2010
 
Background artist (rough) for the TV series “The DaVincibles”
at Stranemani
2008
 
Designer and checker of drafts and layouts for websites and web applications at JITS - just in time support
2008
 
Pagination assistant and photo editing for company catalogues and publicity at Vanessa Publishing S.N.C.
-
 
Freelance illustrations and logos
 
education and training
2008/2009
 
Three-year course of Illustration and Multimedia Animation, 100/100
Istituto Europeo di Design, Visual Arts, Milano
Thesis projects: “I due re e i due labirinti”, short film in traditional animation and digital cut-out, an adaptation of “The two Kings and the two Labyrinths“ by Jorge Luis Borges, awarded the “Fabrizio Bellocchio” prize and a Special Mention at Castelli Animati 2009;
“Ro-kats”, proposal for a TV series in Flash animation (graphic bible and trailer)
2009
 
2D Animation course
(Character Design, Layout, Traditional animation)
UPGRADE Authorized Training Center
2004/2005
 
High school diploma 92/100
Istituto Salesiano Don Bosco di Borgomanero (NO),
Liceo Classico Sperimentale (secondary school focusing on humanities)
Languages
 
Italian
 
Mother tongue
English
 
Fluent, both written and oral.
In 2004 I achieved the FCE (Cambridge First Certificate in English), grade A
I took part in several study tours in the United States attending language
classes
I took part in the poetic translation contest “Achille Marazza” 2004 placing
2nd
 
computer competences and artistic skills
 
Very good knowledge of the Windows and Macintosh operating systems
 
Advanced knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite package
(Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects)
 
Good knowledge of Corel Painter IX, X and Softimage Toonz 4.6
 
Basic knowledge of Autodesk Maya, Adobe Dreamweaver
and Adobe Premiere
 
I can draw and paint with both traditional techniques
(pencils, ink, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, mixed media)
and digital techniques (Photoshop, Painter, Flash)
 
Traditional (hand drawn) and digital
(Flash animation, After Effects, motion graphics) animation
 
social skills
 
 
I am prone to teamwork, also with professionists from different fields. I work
well individually (I am precise and able to organize my own work), though I
consider teamwork challenging and stimulating. As I have a wide variety of
personal interest I tend to be fexible and adaptable.