Hi! I'm Marina Araújo, known professionally and on the web as Marewwna! I'm a self-taught illustrator and visdev artist from Recife, Brazil, born on the 16th of March, 1994. I'm imaginative, passionate and absolutely boundary-free when it comes to bringing ideas to life!
Favourite subject matters include strong female characters, botanical illustrations and fanarts every once in a while—paying tribute to whatever inspires me is always a pleasure.
I have a background in architecture and graphic design, which have me grown specially detail-oriented and with a caring eye for composition. Learn more about my education and work experience below.
Other interests include cinema (enough as to make me have a letterboxd account) and TV, vegetarian cuisine (cooking is a therapy!) and playing the guitar and ukulele as a hobby. Surrounding myself with different art forms helps me keep creative when I'm not working.
EDUCATION
Design
Bachelor degree - Federal University of Pernambuco
Recife, Brazil • 2016 - Present
Architectural Studies
1 year study abroad program - University of Strathclyde
Glasgow, Scotland • 2014
Architecture
Bachelor degree - Federal University of Pernambuco (unfinished)
Recife, Brazil • 2011 - 2013
Other learning experiences, courses and workshops
Adobe Animate (Julia Simas)
Advanced Adobe Illustrator (Paula Cruz)
Backgrounds for animation (Gabi Milanelli - Quanta Academia)
Comics Are for Everybody workshop (Helô d'Angelo)
Digital pattern design workshop (Priscila Lins - Ymã Lab)
Editorial design for illustrators (Daniel Wu)
Elements of cute & children illustration (Julia Mello)
Illustrated portraits with botanical elements (Isadora Zeferino)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Illustrator and researcher
Voxar Labs
Recife, Brazil • May 2021 - present
Graphic designer and illustrator
Accounting School Professor Barreto Guimarães
Recife, Brazil • Feb 2020 - present
Summer design intern
C.E.S.A.R. - Center of advanced studies on design
Recife, Brazil • Jan 2020 - Feb 2020
Graphic design intern
1POST
Remote work • July 2019 - Aug 2019
Graphic design intern
Jupiter Comunicação
Recife, Brazil • Apr 2018 - July 2019
Freelance designer and illustrator
Remote work • 2017 - present
Volunteer work
Fica em Casa Hack (mentoring on design processes)
Remote work • 2020
15th R Design - R Fervo - Regional design students meeting (communication, accounting, product design
and general event organization)
Recife, Brazil • 2018