Mariana Krasteva

Born in Sofia, Bulgaria 

01.01.1982

 

 

Work experience:

 

From december 2017 until now

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

CEO/ Illustrator 

Creator of the publishing house for childrens books How It All Began, author and illustrator, head of teams for creation of literary and educational products for children   

 

From september 2022 until now

SOFT UNI Creative

Teacher and creator of the "Book Illustration" course

 

From april 2020 to may 2022

MINIBOSS Business School & Leonardo Art School International

                                  -   Certified Teacher for children 6-12 years old 

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From december 2015 to december 2017

GARLIC advertising agency

                                  -   Graphic designer for the main customer - National Lottery

                                  -   Creating designs for the lottery tickets, promotional materials, campaigns, TV commercials, Viber icons.

 

From march 2008 to november 2015      

PLAYTECH Bulgaria (online casino games)

From 20012 to 2013  -  Team leader 

                                  -   Responsible for the entire Slots team, coordinating and organizing  several projects at a time, watching for games plans and deadlines, communicating with the higher managers every day

                                                           

From 2010 to november 2015 – Art director

                                  -   Responsible for grapfic design, concepts, ideas, leading and organizing  team of designers and animators, watching for game plan and deadlines

                                  -   Art director for the following games:

Vampire princess of darkness, Dragon Dance (Wu Long), Dragon Kingdom, Jazz Club, Jacks or better, VIP club, Don Quixote, Chippendales, Secrets of the Amazon, Blowfish

 

From march 2008 to 2010 - Graphic designer

                                  -   Making graphic design for slot machines

                                  -   Participating in the following games:

Wild Spirit, Silent Samuray, Arctic Treasure, Funkey Monkey, Happy Bugs, Panther Moon, Electra, Baywatch, Captain America, Lucky Panda, Spamalot

                                                

 

From may 2007 to December 2007              

Imperia Online / Dobicom (online strategy games)

Concept  artist  and  designer for Galactic Imperia

                                  -   www.galacticimperia.org

                                  -   Making concept drawings

                                  -   Complete design and vision, web pages, logo

 

From may 2006 to may 2007                         

Nu Image Bulgaria / Worldwide FX

Concept  artist

                                  -   www.wwfx.net

                                  -   Concept drawings of characters and buildings, matte paintings, visualizations for special effects, storyboards for film productions

                                  -   Participation in more than 20 film productions,

like: Day Of The Dead, Megasnake, Brand Houser, Gene Generation

 

 

From august 2004 to may 2006                     

Venelin animation (animation studio)

Assistant  animator

                                   -   www.venelin-animation.com

                                   -   Classical hand made animation - clean up, backgrounds

                                   -   Participation in the international productions

Asterix And The Vikings  and  Little Short-Sighted Boa

 

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Education:

2001-2007 Studied at the

National Academy Of Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria

Graphic art and printmaking technics, Master of Arts (M.A.)

 

​1995-2005 Studied at the

National School of Applied Arts "Saint Luca", Sofia

Design in advertizing and space design

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Participation in exhibitions and competitions:

• Second prize in the competition for young talents "The Soul of a Spring" Yambol 2005

• Official selection of the EX LIBRIS Massimo Battolla competition, on Dante Alighieri - Divine Comedy, Italy 2005

• Award for EX LIBRIS at the exhibition on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the National Academy of Arts, Sofia 2006

• Solo exhibition Graphics, Sofia 2006

• Participation in the Biennale of Illustration exhibition, Sofia 2020

• Nominations in Illustrator and Author categories for the "Konstantnin Konstantinov" National Award - for contribution to children's book publishing, in the previous year, Children's Book Festival, Sliven 2022

• Competition "Civic Alarm Clock" 2022 - nomination in the Illustration category

• Nomination in the category SmArt - literature and humanities for the ArtAction of the Year Award for Art with a Cause 2022

• Nomination in the Children's Hero category for the "Golden Apple" Awards - National Network for Children - for the promotion of organizations and individuals who contribute to the life and well-being of Bulgarian children 2022

• ASUS ProArtist Awards - an international competition. Nomination in the category Illustration / Graphic Design 2022

• Participation in the Biennale of Illustration exhibition, Sofia 2022

• THIRD PLACE of international competition Golden Time awards in category Illustration, UNITED KINGDOM, 2023

• Nomination in the Illustrator category for the "Konstantnin Konstantinov" National Award - for contribution to children's book publishing, in the previous year, Children's Book Festival, Sliven 2024