I'm a passionate Motion Designer based in Barcelona, Spain. I studied Visual Communications and Graphic Design at the University of Damascus in Syria. In my second year, I started an internship in an animation studio and shortly after, I was part of their main animators team and I started working on a famous animation series for the MBC3 kids channel in Dubai. I continued my work in the only animation studio that was left during the war in Syria until 2015 while I was preparing for my graduation from the university. However, 4 days before my graduation day, a rocket hit my house in Damascus and I was severely injured. Nobody knows how I survived but what mostly motivated me to stay alive was my great desire not to let my story end before I achieve the very first goal in my life which is graduating from the university. Two years later, I moved to Moscow Russia after I got a job offer from Ano Novosti TV. I worked there for 5 years and then in 2022 I moved here to Barcelona to achieve a long-awaited dream of pursuing my higher education and graduating one more time, up on my feet and outside of the hospital. Last September, that dream was made a reality as I finished at the top of my class in Motion Design, and for my graduation project, I made a short animated film about my own story and how I survived and healed from the most unimaginable injuries and all the lessons I've learned throughout this experience. Please Click HERE on this private link of my project and please note that I haven't published it because my university IDEP Barcelona nominated it to the LAUS awards and it's participating in Film Festivals so far it's been officially selected in BARCIFF, LiftOFF festival, and OFFF festival. In the past years, I had the pleasure of being part of very exciting projects. I was a Video and Image curator on the HitRECord website, where we worked on interesting projects with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Jesica Alba. We also did projects with Zappos and Netflix. Here in Spain, I was also lucky to be part of the Blit Studio team where we worked on amazing projects for big clients like BMW, Mango, Santander, and many more.

Ashtar Alahmad

I'm a passionate Motion Designer based in Barcelona, Spain. I studied Visual Communications and Graphic Design at the University of Damascus in Syria. In my second year, I started an internship in an animation studio and shortly after, I was part of their main animators team and I started working on a famous animation series for the MBC3 kids channel in Dubai. I continued my work in the only animation studio that was left during the war in Syria until 2015 while I was preparing for my graduation from the university. However, 4 days before my graduation day, a rocket hit my house in Damascus and I was severely injured. Nobody knows how I survived but what mostly motivated me to stay alive was my great desire not to let my story end before I achieve the very first goal in my life which is graduating from the university. Two years later, I moved to Moscow Russia after I got a job offer from Ano Novosti TV. I worked there for 5 years and then in 2022 I moved here to Barcelona to achieve a long-awaited dream of pursuing my higher education and graduating one more time, up on my feet and outside of the hospital. Last September, that dream was made a reality as I finished at the top of my class in Motion Design, and for my graduation project, I made a short animated film about my own story and how I survived and healed from the most unimaginable injuries and all the lessons I've learned throughout this experience. Please Click HERE on this private link of my project and please note that I haven't published it because my university IDEP Barcelona nominated it to the LAUS awards and it's participating in Film Festivals so far it's been officially selected in BARCIFF, LiftOFF festival, and OFFF festival. In the past years, I had the pleasure of being part of very exciting projects. I was a Video and Image curator on the HitRECord website, where we worked on interesting projects with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Jesica Alba. We also did projects with Zappos and Netflix. Here in Spain, I was also lucky to be part of the Blit Studio team where we worked on amazing projects for big clients like BMW, Mango, Santander, and many more.

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I’m a passionate Motion Designer based in Barcelona, Spain.
I studied Visual Communications and Graphic Design at the University of Damascus in Syria. In my second year, I started an internship in an animation studio and shortly after, I was part of their main animators team and I started working on a famous animation series for the MBC3 kids channel in Dubai. I continued my work in the only animation studio that was left during the war in Syria until 2015 while I was preparing for my graduation from the university. However, 4 days before my graduation day, a rocket hit my house in Damascus and I was severely injured. Nobody knows how I survived but what mostly motivated me to stay alive was my great desire not to let my story end before I achieve the very first goal in my life which is graduating from the university. Two years later, I moved to Moscow Russia after I got a job offer from Ano Novosti TV. I worked there for 5 years and then in 2022 I moved here to Barcelona to achieve a long-awaited dream of pursuing my higher education and graduating one more time, up on my feet and outside of the hospital.
Last September, that dream was made a reality as I finished at the top of my class in Motion Design, and for my graduation project, I made a short animated film about my own story and how I survived and healed from the most unimaginable injuries and all the lessons I’ve learned throughout this experience. Please Click HERE on this private link of my project and please note that I haven’t published it because my university IDEP Barcelona nominated it to the LAUS awards and it’s participating in Film Festivals so far it’s been officially selected in BARCIFF, LiftOFF festival, and OFFF festival.
In the past years, I had the pleasure of being part of very exciting projects. I was a Video and Image curator on the HitRECord website, where we worked on interesting projects with Joseph Gordon Levitt and Jesica Alba. We also did projects with Zappos and Netflix.
Here in Spain, I was also lucky to be part of the Blit Studio team where we worked on amazing projects for big clients like BMW, Mango, Santander, and many more.

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Skills

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Narrative Illustration
2D
2D Animation
Ed
Editorial Illustration
Ex
Explainer Video
Il
Illustration
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Experience Level

Narrative Illustration
Expert
2D Animation
Expert
Editorial Illustration
Expert
Explainer Video
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Logo
Expert
Motion Graphic
Expert
Music Video
Expert
Corporate Video
Expert
Portrait
Expert
Poster
Expert
Procreate
Expert
Promo Video
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Social Media Design
Expert
Video Advert
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Adobe After Effects
Expert
Adobe Animate
Expert
Adobe Character Animator
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Adobe Premiere Pro
Expert
Animation
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Branding
Expert
Character Design
Expert
3D Model
Expert
3D Design
Expert
3D Animation
Expert
MAXON Cinema 4D
Expert
AI Collection (Video)
Intermediate
Adobe Audition
Intermediate
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Language

English
Fluent
Arabic
Fluent
French
Intermediate
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
Russian
Beginner

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts at Damascus University
September 9, 2010 - September 15, 2015
Majoring Graphic Design and visual communications
Postgraduate in Motion Graphic Design at Idep Barcelona
October 16, 2022 - October 26, 2023

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Skills

Na
Narrative Illustration
2D
2D Animation
Ed
Editorial Illustration
Ex
Explainer Video
Il
Illustration
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Experience Level

Narrative Illustration
Expert
2D Animation
Expert
Editorial Illustration
Expert
Explainer Video
Expert
Illustration
Expert
Infographic
Expert
Logo
Expert
Motion Graphic
Expert
Music Video
Expert
Corporate Video
Expert
Portrait
Expert
Poster
Expert
Procreate
Expert
Promo Video
Expert
Short Film
Expert
Social Media Design
Expert
Video Advert
Expert
Cartoon
Expert
Adobe After Effects
Expert
Adobe Animate
Expert
Adobe Character Animator
Expert
Adobe Illustrator
Expert
Adobe Photoshop
Expert
Adobe Premiere Pro
Expert
Animation
Expert
Book Illustration
Expert
Branding
Expert
Character Design
Expert
3D Model
Expert
3D Design
Expert
3D Animation
Expert
MAXON Cinema 4D
Expert
AI Collection (Video)
Intermediate
Adobe Audition
Intermediate
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