Anta Alek

Anta Alek – Designer

Berlin-based vector artist, blending retro-futuristic charm with vibrant colours. Style shapeshifter, art director, and creator of stories.

Overview

In my extensive professional journey, spanning over a decade, I've honed my craft as a Berlin-based vector artist, celebrated for my unique fusion of retro-futuristic aesthetics, exquisite gradients, and a vibrant color palette. For the past four years, I've had the privilege of serving as an in-house Senior Illustrator at Omio, a Berlin travel startup with a staggering 26 million users worldwide. In this dynamic role, I've not only been entrusted with art direction but have also managed a talented team of junior illustrators, guiding them towards artistic excellence.


My expertise spans a diverse spectrum, including business and editorial illustration, explainer videos, intricate infographics, captivating maps, character design, evocative book illustrations, and enchanting children's artwork. Moreover, I take pride in my ability to construct complex illustrative brand systems, ensuring visual consistency and brand recognition across various platforms. An unrelenting passion for creativity drives me to craft unique styles tailored to each project's distinct requirements, an endeavor that has seen me traverse through more than 40 distinctive artistic styles, always delivering exceptional and captivating results.


Anta’s clients include: Baileys, Citrix, Deloitte, Accenture, K-line, Philips, Siemens, Panasonic, Toyota, Genesis, Coca-Cola, Singapore Airlines, Omio (Germany), Quartz(USA), SNCF, Eurostar, Design Studio (UK), Heart-works Agency, EF/International Language Campus( Switzerland) amongst many others. Her work has been critically acclaimed internationally and is published in a number of magazines, such as Parmigiani (France), Forbes, Playboy, Harper's Bazaar, EDF(France) etc.

Services
Non-Fiction
Art Business & Management Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Design Entertainment Travel
Fiction
Children's
Languages
English

Work experience

Self-employed

Feb, 2023 — Present

Anta is a Berlin- based illustrator with 15 years of experience, can work in various technics and styles, do an art- direction for illustrative projects.

The area of expertise: Brand illustration, Business, Editorial, Explainer videos, infographics, Maps, illustration for various 2D animated projects, Character design, Book illustration, Children’s illustration.

omio

Jul, 2018 — Feb, 2023 (over 4 years)

Omio travel company, Germany.
Senior Illustrator.

My role was creating the brand illustrative system of more than 600 illustrations, making captivating campaigns, and working collaboratively with cross-functional teams. The expertise, creative leadership, and ability to deliver impactful illustrations contributed to the overall success of the company's marketing initiatives.

Self-employed

Mar, 2014 — Jul, 2018 (over 4 years)

The founder of Virtual Studio,
Freelancer, ART-director.
After development and сreation my personal educational system and series of masterpieces, became an art-director& teacher of my own team for working on big-scale projects. Author of many professional Illustrative articles.

Moona Group

Nov, 2012 — Mar, 2014 (over 1 year)

Moona Group
Created illustrations and animated scenarios for an interactive storybook App “Parcel of the courage”.

babychstudio

Aug, 2008 — Nov, 2012 (over 4 years)

JUNIOR ILLUSTRATOR
Created illustrations for ads, Interactive and print books, sites, postcards, 38 illustrations for Playboy magazine, as a result of four years: around 430 illustrations were made in more than 30 different art styles.

Babychstudio, Ukraine

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