Sol em Dó Ré Mi
^{Character Design}

I was responsible for designing the cast and characters for Thiago Calçado's Sol em Dó Ré Mi, a hybrid cut-out and stop-motion children's show featuring tons of fun musical sequences and playful designs.
_{Special thanks to Thiago Beline (Line Producer and Animator) for being my Harmony mentor, to Rafael Lucino (Art Director) for being a wonderful art director and guide, and to}
^{Thiago Calçado (Director and Animator) for trusting me with these characters.}

We also needed tons of character turnaround variations with different costumes and shapes. The musical notes had a base version and a few variations so that the rig could be mostly reused. Here are a few sheets I put together to better help production.

The team also needed a few visual guides so that the stop-motion puppets could be made. Here are some of the concepts and face sheets I put together for Sol, Beethoven (Sol's bird friend) and Gil (Sol's father).

At last, here's the full line-up of every character.

Thanks for sticking along! Check out Cafundó's website for more information on Sol em Dó Ré Mi.

Valorant®: Neon Cinematic
^Animatic

15s cinematic for Valorant featuring Neon's dash powers.

Final movie

GSK®: RSV Awareness Campaign
^{Concept Art and Storyboard}

Campaign by Publicis for GSK, featuring animation by SPIRIT Animation. We sought to raise awareness of the risks of RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) in a playful manner.

Color Script

Storyboards and Animatic

Defenza®: Funk do Defenza
^Animatic

Campaign by GHFly for Defenza, featuring animation by SPIRIT Animation. I was responsibly for boarding the campaign - though a few changes occured during production!

Final movie

Mili Baby®: Fralda Pants
^Animatic

Promotional video for Mili Baby's new product.

Final movie

Overtime, visual development for an original show pilot (2024). Developed as my undergraduate thesis.
At the end of this page you can also find the 14' animatic I made as a proxy for an hypothetical pilot episode.

Overtime (Pilot) | 14' Mystery/Fantasy animated series animatic

Thank you for staying until the end!

A Lenda de Monsterra (2022), teaser produced as part of our Animation undergraduate program at UFSC along with Jorge Rangel and Gabriel Olivier. Watch the final short film below!
^{The orphans Astor, Elba and Hugo go on a magical adventure to find their true families - but end up uncovering the mysteries of the lost land of Monsterra.}

Gouda (2023), short film produced for CG classes as Animation undergraduate at UFSC. Watch the full short film below!
^{A little mouse, Gouda, tries to reach a piece of gouda cheese.}

Animatic VS Final

Visual Development

The Rotfather character and prop exploration (2023) | Visit the project's website

Other work - mostly fan art and personal illustrations.

Story Portfolio | Personal Projects

A series of boards done for a few projects. Many of these sequences are from Overtime, a 14 min pilot animatic for an original mystery/fantasy animated show. This project was also my undergrad thesis (2024) and also features visual development material, which can be found here.

Other animatics:

Story Portfolio | Professional Work

A few storyboard sequences I worked on, mainly for advertising. I also worked on visual development for some of these projects, which you can check out clicking on the projects.

About & Contact

Hi!I'm Mariel, a storyboard artist, character designer and overall 2D generalist based in Florianópolis, Brazil. I'm passionate about creative storytelling and silly visual gags coupled with themes such as fantasy, suspense and generally slice-of-life.Currently working at Spirit Animation as storyboard artist and 2D generalist and seeking freelance opportunities.

Previous Experience	Year
Spirit Animation	03/2024 - Now	Storyboard artist
G2E | The Rotfather	2023 - 2024	Character/Prop Designer
Cafundó Estúdio | Sol em Dó Ré Mi	2022	Character Designer
Freelance	2019 - Now	Generalist Illustrator

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