WALID ZAIDANE
Illustrator & Character Designer
I create expressive characters, illustrated worlds and visual stories for children's books, comics and animation.
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Character Design: Children's Books - Comics
A character-driven world developed across children's picture books, character design and sequential storytelling.
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Character Design
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Character Design: Comics
sorsor
a project showcasing a full production pipeline: from initial character design and turnarounds to villain line-ups and final sequential manga pages.
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Comics & Sequential Storytelling
Gloomy Marie, Hero, Medusa, hello! i love y..
Character acting, pacing and visual storytelling across short and long-form comics.
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Illustration
Sleepy Benny, PsychoPet, The Three Amigos, The Pico Family
Expressive characters, playful worlds and story-driven images.
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Storyboard
MSA, Rat-Hut, 3D short movie
Storyboards and animatics focused on character acting, staging, camera language and narrative rhythm.