Ayla Valiyeva
Illustrator/ Visual Development Artist
Freelance artist with 3 years of experience as a children's book illustrator and visual development artist. A passion for storytelling drives my work, complemented by strong communication skills and the ability to excel both autonomously and within diverse team settings. Adaptable to various styles and work environments, I am dedicated to bringing creative solutions to every project.

EXPERIENCE
2024- Present
Lightbox Filmworks
Visual Development: Storyboard, Color, Character design, Illustration
2024
Storytime Magazine
Illustration
2023
Hipe Kids
Character Design, Illustration
2023
Invisible Worlds
Illustration
2022
Editions Plumes de Bourdon
“L’Attrape-rêves” Children’s Book Illustration
Finalist for the price of the Incorruptibles, also known as the price of Incos
2022
Mesha Bolton
“There Are No Monsters Under The Bed?”
Children’s Book Illustration
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2021-2022
Inku JP
Visual Development :Environment Design,Character design,Props design, Illustrations, Banners.
EDUCATION
SCHOOLISM
Visual Development Step by Step with Sylvain Marc
Book Illustration with Marie-Alice Harel
Fundamentals of Expressive Character design with Wouter Tulp
Introduction to Visual Development with Victoria Ying
Painting with Light and colour with Dice Tsutsumi
And more..
DOMESTIKA
Cinematic Digital Illustration with Photoshop with Izzy Burton
Character Creation for Animation: Shapes, Color and Expression with Laura Ewing Ferrer
Lighting Principles for Digital Painting with Samuel Smith
Illustrating Emotions through Color with Gaby Zermeno
Character Design: Illustrate an Expressive Creature with Sam Nassour
Concept Art for Animation: Designing Magical Environments with Tory Polska
Speed Painting in Photoshop with Gabriel Gomez
And More..
SVS LEARN
Unique and Appealing Character Design
The Magic of Color
Developing Great Visual Storytelling
Painting Color and Light
Creative Composition
And more..
* 1st place for Original Character Design on SVSLearn Critique Arena
WORKSHOPS
Illustration Workshop with Francesco Denicolo
Cinematic Color Keyframes with Samuel Smith
Other Education
2014
MASTERS IN ECONOMY AND MANAGEMENT
2008
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE - Bachelor
2006
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS Bachelor
skills
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PC and Macintosh platforms;
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Adobe Photoshop;
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Adobe Indesign (intermediate level)
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Procreate;
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Adobe Illustrator (intermediate level)
languages
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Azeri
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English
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French
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Russian
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