Curriculum Vitae

Thorarinn Leifsson

totil@totil.com
Rambla del Raval 47 3-1 08001 Barcelona
+34 615925775 Spanish mobile
+34 931843911 Spanish home
+354 6593603 Icelandic mobile when visiting
+45 36949845 IP Phone

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Dear "employer".
Before you read this. CV´s are silly. People who read them are sad. Unfortunately I have to update my CV sometimes to apply for grants and such. Hope you like my work though. I do.
Thorarinn

Work

2008- to date
Working on a few Illustrated books.
Young readers book commissioned by The National Centre for Educational Materials
with original text and illustrations: Little Doris Ghost Story.

Father's Big Secret . sold to Germany.

Next book for the commercial market will be out in 2009.
Similar in style to the successful Father's Big Secret .

Diverse illustration projects. Book layout and design.

2007
Relocates to Barcelona.
Concentrates on original writing and illustrations from now on.

Father's Big Secret, first book with own text and illustration comes out in the end of the year. Receives excellent reviews.
Illustration and writing for Morgunblaðið.

2006
Guidebook for Icelandic tourists. Published in May.
Drew map of the whole of Copenhagen.

2005
Multimedia development for Researchgruppen.com in Copenhagen.
Clients included Baugur Group and Icelandair to name a few big fish.

2004
HC Andersen Illustrations in 5 books, published in 4 north european countries.
Newspaper layout for the Icelandic Community in Copenhagen.

2003
Totil.com produces web design, Illustration and Layout.
The teenage handbook. 70 illustrations.
Relocation to Copenhagen.

2002
Start working in own firm named Totil.com.
Mainly web-page design.
Expands to print work as well.

2001
Kveikir(EJS) a web-solutions company.
Pixel pusher.
Worked on projects for Radisson/SAS, Landsbanki íslands, Flaga hf., EJS hf., Ensimtækni and others.

Co-write and Illustrate Total Freedom, a children's book with wife Audur. The book gets excellent reviews from the press and is voted second best children book of the year by the Icelandic book sellers. Design and manage Trassi.is a website for kids aged 8-12. This Dreamweaver managed site became the most visited children's site In iceland in a short period.

2000
Ad firm Mekkano, the company created from the merge of Gaedamidlun and GSP. Mekkano was the biggest Advertising Agency of the period in Reykjavik. Employing 80+ individuals.

1998-2000
Employee number 3 at Visir.is an internet startup that grew quickly to become the second largest online news-service in Iceland. Designed event web sites, logos, icons, flash material and newspaper ads. Illustrator at DV-Fokus, a popular weekly.

1997 Web, print and illustration for various clients. The print design included CD design, posters and newspaper ads.

1989-1996
Independent Illustrator in traditional media. Airbrush, silk-screen printing, cartoons and painting.

1984-1989
Art student. Took one year of to be a street painter in Europe.

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Education
Iceland Academy of the Arts Bachelor of Arts equivalent in Fine Arts, 1984-1989. HTML course in 1997. Macromeda Flash course at mms.is in 1999. PDF treatment at mbl.is 2002.

Private Exhibitions
R&B Gallery in November 2000. Exhibition of Illustrations published in Dv-Fokus 1998-2000.
Iða. Exhibition of Illustrations from Fathers Big Secret. 2008.

Teaching
Iceland Academy of the Arts: "Cartoons and Macromedia Flash" in December 2000.

Technical skills
Painter. Indesign. Illustrator. BBEdit. Fireworks. Adobe Photoshop. Dreamweaver. Flash.

Languages
Icelandic mother tongue, Danish fluent, English fluent, Spanish Intermediate, Germanbasic. Lived in Denmark and attended primary school on Østerbro from 1971-77. Lived in Barcelona, Spain 1994-95. Berlin, 1991. Now lives in Barcelona.

Personal details

Date of birth: July 29th, 1966
Married to Audur Jonsdottir, writer and journalist.
Father to Salvor, born 1992.