leo espinosa
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a little magazine about this illustratorTRANSCRIPT
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STUDIO ESPINOSA is a renewable resource for art, design and creative develop-ment powered by Leo’s signature “neocomic” style. Illustrations ranges from avante-guard to ultra funky to whimsical and quirky, and give the studio unparalleled diversity and agility.
Leo Espinosa studied design in Colombia (the country, not the school) and began his career as a mild manner art director who moonlighted as a comic book artist. In 1993, Leo moved to New York and started working as an illustrator. His artwork regularly appeared in The New York Times, Wired, In Style Magazine and many more. In 2003, Leo designed two watches for Swatch, one of which later became their inter-national advertising campaign. Based on that success, Leo joined forces with his wife, Laura to
launch Studio Espinosa.Laura Jaffe Espinosa studied at English and Art at Tufts University and design at SVA. Since she could never could decide between pictures or words she went to work at Saatchi and Saatchi advertising. She rose to the po-sition of creative director before leaving corporate life in 1997 to pursue a variety of freelance de-sign and marketing opportunities.
ABOUT
ABOUTWORK OTIS AND RAE
Two charming and cheekie little creatures whose humor and pluck guide them through imagination’s adven-tures. “Otis and Rae and the Grumbling Splunk” is the first in a series of children’s books written by Laura Espinosa and illustrated by Leo Espinosa.
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CD jacket illustrations for “Pombo Musical”. This album was awarded a Latin Grammy for Best Album for Children in 2009
POMBO MUSICAL
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She’s sweet and just a little saucy! Fresh from an enchanted forest comes this little fairy we call applesauce. She’s cute and and coy and 100% pixie. Apple-sauce adds a sweet and tangy twist to just about anything a girl could wish for, from accesories to more accesories! And Kros Kros has cross over appeal from a young girls to teens, you see, she’s sweet but not sugar coated.
KRIS KROS APPLESAUCE
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An action-packed animated series about four crime fighting pieces of sushi and a wad of wasabi that were jolted to life to fight for all that is right. Originally created by Studio Espinosa, the property was picked up by American Greeting Proper-ties and developed into a series of 52, 11-minute episodes co-produced with DIC Entertainment
SUSHI PACK
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A dual-licensed program custom developed for Coca-Cola Licensing, Harmony was inspired by the 1971 jingle, I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. She’s a modern day goddess designed to promote a sense of well being and peace. Her transcendental allure and blend of cultural symbolism are targeted primarily to the teen girl market. If you look closely you’ll see that she really does embody the spirit of Coke.
HARMONY™ COCA-COLA ESPINOSA COLLECTION
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Leo Espinosa
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Studio Espinosa, Inc.
11 Wright Street #1 Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
1+617 441 7773 <[email protected]>
