Freelance Mangaka, Illustrator and animator.
About Me.
My name is KyOo and I'm a freelance Mangaka and Illustrator based in Italy.
I have a passion for anime and manga since I was 10 years old, and I started working digitally at 14, doing my first animation. I have many years on experience with manga techniques, animations and basic game development.
In my free time I love to read, play videogames, writing stories, crafting and handmade. I'm into astronomy and science, and I like to say that life didn't make me an astronaut, but made me an artist, and that's not so different from walking among the stars!
Education and Jobs
2014 - 2019
Degree
Academy of Fine Arts
I attended the Scenography for Cinema and Theatre course in the first three years, then I attendend the course of Graphic Design as the final two years. I matured experience in storyboard, scenery illustration and backgrounds, graphic for advertising and more.
2017 - 2018
Illustrator
Aoi Manga International
It was my first editor, which made me learn the basic narrative techniques in manga panels. In Aoi Manga I started working on my first artbook "Quasar".
2018 - 2020
Mangaka and Illustrator
Shui Entertainment
After the close of Aoi Manga, I brought the project "Quasar" in Shui Entertainment, where it finally have been published. In this period I worked on a magazine with other artists and a book based on Shakespeare story.
2021 - 2022
Comic Artist
Friendtales
I worked with the Friendtales team as a Comic artist, as we realized different books about children mental health problems. These books, selling in the US, were brought into school to help kids face their fears in different ways.
2021 - 2022
Illustrator
Assoluto Design Studio
I worked with this studio as an illustrator for commissions. It was a 6 months stage which helped me understanding the work in the industry of graphic design and advertising for marketing.
2021 - 2023
Mangaka
Mangasenpai Edizioni
2023 - Now
Mangaka
Tora Edizioni
I worked with Mangasenpai on my manga "Balance of Destiny". The first volume was published in November 2022.
I'm actually working with Tora Edizioni on my manga "Balance of Destiny". We're starting over my comic series with a new editor. The first volume is been published on July 2023.
Skills
Drawing in anime / manga style, cartoon style.
Experience in concept art and character design.
Experience in animation with different techniques.
I use softwares like Clip Studio Paint, Procreate for drawing and frame-per-frame animations.
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere and Live 2D for motion animations and vtuber models.
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign for graphic projects.
Maya and 3D Studio Max for 3D projects.
RPG Maker and Renpy for simple rpg games or graphic novels.