CURRICULUM - C.V.

PIERPAOLO PUTIGNANO - CURRICULUM VITAE

EMPLOYMENT 2011 - Present Editrice Fiesta, Milan (publisher) Cyrano il tucano, comic-strip Character designer, freelance comic artist 2018 Caliber Comics, U.S.A. (publisher) Morning Star, spin-off miniserie (4 issues), Comic artist 2017 Diaframma S.r.l., Calenzano - Florence (Advertising Agency). Storyboard artist 2016 - 2017  Kleiner Flug, Scarperia - Florence (publisher) Pian d'Albero, graphic novel. Scriptwriter, Character designer, comic artist 2015 - 2016  Diaframma S.r.l., Calenzano - Florence (Advertising Agency). Storyboard artist 2014 - 2015  Kleiner Flug, Scarperia - Florence (publisher) Pier Capponi, graphic novel. Character designer, comic artist 2013 - 2014  Kleiner Flug, Scarperia - Florence (publisher) L’ultimo viaggio dell’Endurance, graphic novel. Character designer, scriptwriter and comic artist 2012 Pixable Studios, Dresden (animation studio and service) Ritter Rost, animated serie Storyboard artist 2008 - 2009  Toposodo, Pisa (Animation Studio - Producer) So? Adventure in the Univerphone, animated serie, pilot. Storyboard artist, character designer Taratabong!, animated serie, season 2 Storyboard artist, texture artist, set and props concept designer, character designer Taratabong!, animated serie, season 1 Storyboard artist, texture artist, set and props concept designer, character designer La Banda Volante (Wings Out!), animated serie 2D Background artist, set and props concept designer OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES 1997 - Present Lucca Comics and Games, Lucca (International Festival of Comics, Animation, Illustration and Games) Original art exhibitions curator and, from 2009, manager of original art exhibition space design 2014 Symmaceo Communications, Milan (Professional services) Marvel Comics Italy (several titles) Graphic designer, letterer 2011 - 2012  RW Lion Comics (DC Comics, Italy - Publisher), Florence Graphic designer, letterer (several titles) Superman, special collection for Mondadori Supervisor, graphic designer, letterer 2009 Anteprima Adv, Lucca (Advertising studio) Visualizer, Illustrator 2007 Leader S.r.l., Florence (Advertising studio) Merloni S.p.A., advertising campaign Storyboard artist Also, from 1986 to present day, I worked as 2D key animator and in betweener, illustrator and cartoonist.

INFORMATIONS Birth Date July 8th, 1968 Citizenship Italian Mail pierpaolo.putignano[at]gmail.com SKILLS Foreign Language English Operating System Windows MacOs Software Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Flash (animation only) Autodesk Sketchbook Pro Adobe Lightroom Corel Painter Open Office Suite EDUCATION Classical A levels Training course for 2D animation trainers INTERESTS Photography TEACHINGS I taught in some comics, animation and web cartoon courses in Florence (Scuola Internazionale dei Comics), Bologna (Noetica) and Pisa (Università degli Studi di Pisa, free inter-disciplinary course) AWARDS Illustration Marathon 2013, Florence. 8 comic pages or 8 illustrations in 8 hours. 100 competitors. 2nd Prize winner Illustration Marathon 2014, Barberino di Mugello 3rd Prize winner Illustration Marathon / Vetrine d'Artista 2015, Sorrento (Naples) Executive prize winner