Christian Luigi Russo

Christian Luigi Russo – Designer

Alien, book designer and illustrator. I'm a full-time furby, way-loo with me your booklish desires! Your wishes are my book.

Overview

Hi beautiful souls, I'm Christian, an Italian graphic designer and illustrator with almost 10 years of experience in design and art. I worked in the publishing industry as a designer and cover artist, with books published by Mondadori and Poliniani. I refined my skills in cover design by studying at Feltrinelli. I also studied fashion design at IAUD and art direction for fashion at Central Saint Martins.

Currently, I'm getting another master's in art didactics because I love teaching and helping others.


I'm a volcano of inspiration and creative visions, I can offer you my high rendering skills as an illustrator and work with you as a designer for your publication. I work both in digital and in traditional media. I have no limits on what kind of genres I would work on, I can assure you that anything concerning fashion, humanities and queerness is my cup of tea. I put my heart and soul on mental health, and I'm the co-founder of Queer Mushroom Forest, a project about trans, non-binary and queer health. I helped activists for their publications and I'm an activist myself.


I'm sure that we can work together no matter what is everything could be between you and what you want to publish. I'm going to tell you what we can do together to make your dreams come true based on your budget and deadlines. Keep in mind that making a super complex project needs time and effort, but this shouldn't let you down thinking that something simpler couldn't fly high. Sometimes, keeping it simple makes the greatest results.

I can't wait to work with you and create something beautiful together!

Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Classics Magical Realism
Non-Fiction
Fashion & Textiles LGBTQ Non-Fiction Music
Languages
English
Certifications
  • Advanced Editorial Graphic Design Course by Feltrinelli
  • Accademia di Belle Arti di NapoliAccademia di Belle Arti di Napoli Bachelor degree, Graphic Design
  • Central Saint Martins, University of The Arts LondonCentral Saint Martins, University of The Arts London Short Course Online, Art direction for Fashion
  • Accademia della Moda - IUAD Accademia della Moda - IUAD Postgraduate MA , Accessory design

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2019 — Present

I worked on editorials, cover arts, fashion collections and as assistant lecturer in fashion illustration and communication.

Portfolio

Cover Design Illustration
Made with Reedsy
[All Exeunt]

Hardy, Thomas

Independently published

Cover Design Illustration
Rapaci (Italian Edition)

Pizzigoni, Giovanni

Cover Design Illustration
Cover Design Illustration

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Thomas H.

Thomas H.

Apr, 2024

Christian is a deeply talented artist from a technical perspective and, perhaps more importantly, has a phenomenal mind when it comes to conceptualizing and designing projects from a brief. He provided quick service, and was passionate to determine what kind of work my manuscript was in order to best match his art to it (in mood, tone, target demographics, etc). He also demonstrated strong comp...
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