Antonio Aragüez Vela

Illustrator

Alicante, Spain
I've done a little of everything in the field of illustration: advertising, backgrounds and storyboards for cartoons, collaborations for newspapers and magazines; and, above all, children's books. Before with traditional materials (ink, watercolor, gouache, etc.) and now with digital techniques (Illustrator and Photoshop).

Work Experience

Freelance

Illustrator

- Cooperation in Cartoon (Storyboard & Background) with Joséramón Sánchez and Cruz Delgado Productions.
- Illustrations for language books (ALHAMBRA Publishing).
- Illustrations for Bilingual Education Plan USA (SANTILLANA Publishing)
- Children Books Illustrations for Venezuela and Puerto Rico (JACALPE y EDIME Publishing)
- Illustrations for SANTILLANA, MANGOLD and ALTEA Publishing.
- Illustrations for magazines publishers: SARPE, HACHETTE, BAYARD, SM, and State Journals: FOMENTO, PUERTOS del ESTADO and TRÁFICO.
- Staying in Barcelona, represented by SAFIA, S.A. (Illustrators Agency)
- Several works done for different publicity agencies (Maizena, Denticlor, etc.)
- Poster for the Olympic Volunteering and Poster for Catalonian Film Directors for Cannes Festival.
- Books for ANAYA, SANTILLANA and OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
- Cooperation with french magazines addressed to children: YOUPI (Bayard Presse Jeunesse) and DIABOLO (Milan Editions)
- Different works for Graphic Studios (Location Van, J.BAN, TAU Diseño, Stephen Long, etc.), and publicity campaign for PRÉNATAL.
- Collaboration in newspaper INFORMACIÓN, illustrating booklets, supplements and special sections.
-Three-year cooperation with the TV program “Saber Vivir” (RTVE) as illustrator.
-Illustration and text for one chapter of the book “Animalada” (Bestiario de los Ilustradores
Valencianos). Generalitat Valenciana y APIV.
- Cooperation with PUNTUAL (Marketing and Communication Agency) making different works.
- Design of the Storyboard, Illustrations and background for the cartoons film “CEMACAM VENTAMINA” for CAM and PUNTUAL.
- Books (Primary Levels) for OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, GRAZALEMA, RICHMOND PUBLISHING, EDELVIVES, SM Llengua Valenciana , VORAMAR and SANTILLANA Publishing.
May 1974 - Present Spain

Education

Information Sciences Faculty (Universidad Complutense De Madrid)

Graduated in Information Sciences (Audiovisual Image Sciences section).

October 1972 - June 1977 Madrid, Spain

School Of Visual Arts (SVA)

Illustration & Graphic Design course, led by Milton Glaser.

June 1982 - July 1982 Dublin, Ireland

Computer Sciences Faculty (Universidad Politécnica De Madrid)

Multimedia Graphic Techniques course.

May 1990 - June 1990 Madrid, Spain

Languages

Spanish (Native),
French (Fluent),
English (Conversational),

Awards

Ministerio De Obras Públicas Y Transportes.

Poster contest winner for the Educational Campaign on Water.

1985

Ministerio De Cultura.

Winner of the poster design “DÍA DEL LIBRO”.

1987

OEPLI.Organización Española Para El Libro Infantil Y Juvenil. Sección Española Del IBBY.

Poster contest winner for the Children’s Book Week. “SEMANA DEL LIBRO INFANTIL”.

1988

Ayuntamiento De Alicante.

Winner of the poster design “FIESTAS DE AGOSTO DE ALICANTE”.

1994

Ayuntamiento De Alicante.

Poster contest winner “FOGUERES DE SANT JOAN”.

1995

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Mac OS X, Tempera & Acrilic, Traditional Drawing Techniques, Watercolor,

Additional Education Information

-Course about silk screen printing in Centro Cultural Tetuán (Ayuntamiento de Madrid).
1987
- Course about Engraving held at “Okume” (Engraving Arts Workshop).
1989
- Course of Computer Graphic Design (Apple Macintosh) held by REDIO,S.A.
1991
-Course of Graphic Design and Cultural Communication. Institute of Culture “Juan Gil-Albert”.
1995
- Course about Interior Design held at ARTES (Escuela Gráfica e Interactiva).
2004
-Monographic course about Adobe Illustrator CS4 held by ESECAV
(Escuela Europea para la Comunicación y las Artes Visuales).
2010
- Attend at the 1 International Meeting of Illustration and Graphic Design “Al Aire Libro"
(Buñol, Valencia).
2011

Teaching Experience

- Giving Final Art and Illustration Lessons at School of Creativity, Communication & Visual
Arts (Wesleyan University). Madrid 1991.
- Giving a Workshop about Illustration, organized by the Department of Arts and Visual Communication "Eusebio Sempere" at Institute of Culture JUAN GIL-ALBERT.
Alicante 1996
- Giving drawing extracurricular classes (Primary Education) at BRITISH SCHOOL of Alicante.
Course 2003-2004.

Exhibitions

- Different exhibitions for APIM (Association of Professional Illustrators of Madrid).
Member of the APIM since 1984.
- Exhibition “LA ILUSTRACIÓN EN EL KIOSCO”,
organized by SM & BAYARD-PRESSE.
Patio de la Cultura de la Sede de Tabacalera. Madrid 1989.
- “IL-LUSTRADORS DE GREETINGS”, exhibition sponsored by UNICEF.
Casa Elizalde. Barcelona 1990
- Exhibition “ILUSTRADORES BARCELONESES”
“Consul” exhibition hall, Nîmes, France, 1990.
- XI Exhibition “ARTISTAS ALICANTINOS”.
Sala Municipal de Exposiciones. Alicante, 1994.
- Exhibition “ANIMALADA” (Bestiario de los Ilustradores Valencianos)
Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana. 1998.