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Hiro Kawahara
Hiro Kawahara
Illustrator, art director and comic artist
São Paulo, Brazil

Summary

Illustrator and art director. Drawing teacher. I work mostly for juvenile and infantile content for marketing and advertising campaigns.
My most visible work are the McDonald's tray liners, in Brazil, wich I create, write, compose and illustrate. Each model has a 12-14 million printing. Specifically these works were seen more than 3.5 billion times along 21 years.
Since 2015 I decided to became a Comic Artist. I created 7 books till the present day. I´m creating my 8th book, "Miwa", to be released on December 2022.

Skills

Art DirectionConcept ArtConcept DesignIllustrationWatercolorsSketchingComic ArtWriting

Software proficiency

Illustrator
Illustrator
Manga Studio
Manga Studio
Corel Painter
Corel Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop

Experience

  • Owner at Gironda Publishing
    São Paulo, Brazil
    September 2015 - Present

    I founded a Publishing House in 2015 focused to create and edit independent comic books.

    We created and printed 7 comic books and at this moment, we are producing the 8th book, "Miwa", the story of a storyteller girl in coma status for a long time and creates stories in her mind to keep himself alive.

  • Owner at Hiro Academy
    São Paulo, Brazil
    March 2013 - Present

    I created a Drawing Course in 2013 that learns gesture drawing with Betty Edward's theories and practices. This Course evolved to something bigger and unique and I teach visual storytelling, character design and comics in a different way.

  • Creativity Director for infantile products and art director at Taterka Comunicaçoes
    São Paulo, Brazil
    April 1996 - March 2002

    I worked for McDonald's company since 1996 till present time. At Taterka, I was art director and creative director, working on Happy Meal advertising campaigns and developing toys and packages.

    My most visible work are the McDonald's tray liners, in Brazil, wich I create, write, compose and illustrate. Each model has a 12-14 million printing. Specifically these works were seen more than 3.5 billion times along 21 years. At present moment, I'm a freelancer illustrator, still working for McDonald's and another big clients like Pao de Açucar, Itau Bank, Sodexo and Carrefour Market.