Emmi Murao
Product Designer
Kansas City, MO, USAI am an illustrator / designer currently based in Lawrence, Kansas. I have a strong interest in character design and story telling using detailed line work and pattern making. I am half Japanese and half German-American. In my artwork, I like to combine traditional mediums with the digital and tend to mix Western and Japanese cultures through compositional studies, brushwork and color.
Work Experience
Self-Employed
Freelance Designer and Illustrator
Worked on multiple projects with multiple companies and individuals. Design projects such as greeting cards, album cover, info-graphs, logos, posters, t-shirts, business cards and more. Also sells various goods such as patches, pins, socks and more online and at a store in Downtown Lawrence.
2012
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Cornett-IMS
Design Intern
Working with the creative team to design and illustrate projects including, poster design for Keeneland, Cornett, UK football, flyers for A&W and other various projects.
May 2017
- August 2017
Kentucky, United States
Inkello / Yellow Pencil Studio
Assistant to Christy Schneider
Assisted in creating inventory, included using the letterpress, book binding, website maintenance, directed and edited tutorial video.
September 2015
- May 2016
Kansas, United States
University Of Kansas
Student Library Assistant at the East Asian Library
Student assistant to a Japanese Studies Librarian, directing and editing Japanese tutorial videos and translating and writing about Japanese culture and research guides.
January 2014
- August 2016
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
Lied Center
Graphic Design Intern
Student intern assisting the graphics department. Jobs include designing posters, coloring pages, logo designs, end of the year gift certificate advertisement and more.
September 2015
- May 2016
Kansas, United States
Education
The University Of Kansas
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration/Animation
Minor in Art History
August 2012
- May 2017
Kansas, United States
Maryland Institute College Of Art (MICA)
August 2011
- May 2012
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Languages
Japanese (Native),
Awards
Society Of Illustrators
Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship
2016
Skills
Illustrator,
Indesign,
Painting,
Photoshop,
Printmaking,