e-mail: gio.panda@gmail.com
location: milano, italy
specialty: children illustration
Contact
gio@giorgiobaroni-illustrations.com
Biography
Based in a small town near Milano -Italy- Giorgio works in the world of illustration since 2005.
After 3 years of illustration school he developed a very personal and distinctive style with traditional mediums like oils and with digital, depicting stylised but yet very expressive characters and very emotive landscapes.
He works as editorial illustrator for an Italian magazine from the beginning of 2006 and helped fill in some blanks of a couple of American ones.
One of his biggest dreams is to illustrate children books, dream realized since he's now working on some projects in Italy and France.
He had some international recognition from two illustration contests, one at European level where he placed second in the Beginners category and one of worldwide level in Torino -Italy- in occasion of the last Winter Olympic Games in 2006.
Member of the Italian illustrators association "Associaizone Illustratori" from 2005 he's going to be for the second time on their Annual.
Awards
2nd overall prize at the international illustration contest "sulle ali delle farfalle: in viaggio.." took place in september 2005 in Bordano (UD) Italy with the story "il pirata rolando"
selected for the art gallery at the international illustration contest "torino olympic city" took place in december 2005 until february/march 2006 in Torino Italy to celebrate the XX olympic winter games
Education
graduated at the art school "liceo artistico statale I°" in Milano Italy in july 2001
graduated in july 2005 at the illustration school "scuola del fumetto" in Milano Italy