Luisa Rafidi

I’m a digital artist with a passion for character art and giving them life through my work. My gift for drawing characters with life-like expressions has attracted studios to me such as Nickelodeon Animation, where I worked as a Visual Development Artist in charge of translating the main characters’ design into my style. In my free time you’ll most likely find me, well, drawing, playing video games, or daydreaming. I also enjoy going for walks with my camera and photographing anything that catches my eye, which may end up as inspiration for more art. I’ve been drawing ever since I could hold a pencil. Art always was and will always be a constant in my life — I couldn’t give up drawing even if I tried.To me, deadlines are sacred and must be honoured. Do it fast and do it well; these are the words I live by when doing a job. I work as a freelance character designer and illustrator, and currently I’m attending photography school, my other passion. Not only is it a joy to be able to tend to another creative field that I enjoy, but the knowledge I’m getting in photography will be useful for my art, and vice-versa. I’m well-acquainted with production pipelines, having worked with studios such as the previously mentioned Nickelodeon, and being trained at CG Masters in an animation studio-like environment. Always trying to improve myself and learn more, I’ve also had my fair share of academic experience — I’ve studied digital art and animation at DigiPen Institute of Technology (Washington, USA), 3D animation and VFX at CG Masters (British Columbia, Canada) and, at the moment, professional photography at Langara.I want to continue improving myself as an artist, creating characters and seeing them come to life in animation and games. If you’d like to work together, feel free to drop me a line at luisa@lulles.co.

If you'd like to work together, feel free to contact me at
luisa@lulles.co