George Doutsiopoulos

Freelance Illustrator

Freelance illustrator with 10 years of experience. Clientele consists of publishing houses and other companies from America, Europe and Asia – including Scholastic and Heinemann. Specializes in illustrations for board games and card games, children's books and young-adult books, and is looking to enter the gaming industry.

Work Experience

George Doutsiopoulos

Self-employed Illustrator

• Design, develop, and deliver illustrations to clients according to specifications
• Create illustrations for board games, card games and digital games
• Create cover and interior illustrations for children’s books and story books
• Good communication skills and friendly disposition!
2008 -

Vafopoulio Cultural Center

Art Instructor

Teached a class on the fundamentals of drawing, character designing and colour theory to young adults
2012 - 2015 Thessaloniki, Greece

IEK DELTA

Graphic Design Instructor

Teached a class on composition, colour, harmony and visual communication to adults
2011 - 2012 Thessaloniki, Greece

Gialamas Collection

Graphic Designer

Designed licenced products – brands include Warner Brothers, DC Comics, Nickelodeon and Hasbro
2006 - 2008 Thessaloniki, Greece

Education

Middlesex University

DIPLOMA OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN GRAPHIC DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION • 2009 • MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY / AKTO Art & design

Studied with a full 3-year scholarship, which was the 1st award in a national comic book competition.
2006 - 2009 Thessaloniki, Greece

Languages

English (Fluent),
Greek (Native),
Italian (Conversational),
French (Beginner),

Awards

AKTO

#1 national Illustration award with a full 3-year scholarship in AKTO Art & Design

2006

Neil Gaiman & BlackBerry

Neil Gaiman asked people to contribute art to illustrate twelve stories (each for a month of the year) and, out of thousands, he picked George’s illustration for the month June. In April, George took part in the project’s documentary with Neil Gaiman.

2013

Skills

Character Design, CLIP STUDIO PAINT, Concept Art, Cooperative And Friendly, Digital Painting, Good Communication Skills, Illustration, Photoshop,

Volunteer Experience or Leadership

• WORKING WITH FOREIGN CLIENTS

A talk adressed to starting professional freelancers, hosted by Design Toolkit, Thessaloniki, GR, 2017
• THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL PROJECTS

A talk during the Behance Portfolio Review week, Thessaloniki, GR, 2016
• GUEST ARTIST OF BEHANCE PORTFOLIO REVIEW WEEK
Thessaloniki, GR, 2016
• VISUAL STORYTELLING

A short talk given at the High School of Arts, Thessaloniki, GR, 2015
• CHARACTER DESIGN WORKSHOP

Hosted by Design Toolkit, Thessaloniki, GR, 2014
• ILLUSTRATION & ART

A short talk given at the High School of Arts, Thessaloniki, GR, 2013

Exhibitions

• ILLUSTRASYROS

Illustration exhibition, part of the Animasyros event , Syros, GR, 2018
• EN AITHRIA 9

Comic book exhibition, hosted by Comicdom and the Hellenic American Union, Athens, GR, 2018
• FOURTH WALL

Comic book exhibition, hosted by Comicdom Con Athens 2018, Athens, GR, 2018
• EN AITHRIA 8

Comic book exhibition, hosted by Comicdom and the Hellenic American Union, Athens, GR, 2017
• HISTORY REPEATING

Comic book exhibition, hosted by Comicdom Con Athens 2017, Athens, GR, 2017
• POSTER EXHIBITION

Hosted by Bike Art, a non-profit organization, Thessaloniki, GR, 2018