Passions
I consider family, dogs,
nature and art my passions.
What i can't live without.
I cherish, protect and hold them
very dear to my heart.

Values
Honesty, simplicity and appreciation.

Strengths
Empathy, i am able to relate,
to really listen.
Care, i like to help and to take care.
Detail oriented, i see the details, acknowledge what others
might devalue.

Art
I consider myself lucky to be born and raised in Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Because i lived in a culture rich of history and art, and growing up in an old european city full of history, i have seen and been around beautiful expressions of art, such as architecture, arts and crafts, where my mind could be stimulated with art
almost everywhere.

Artistic background
At an early age i began to draw with great detail
and precision what i would see. Then with curiosity came creativity, and passions like drawing, painting
and making art crafts, were well nurtured and became present throughout my life.
I have studied history of art, learned painting
and drawing techniques at school and college,
where i later graduated in Communication Design.

Creative designer
Creativity is what motivates me as a designer.
To always be able to explore, create, be curious,
is what makes me want to be a designer.

Illustrator
I love the freedom in expressing my interpretation
of something, united with creativity.

Salomé Pires
My name is Salomé Pires
("Salumeh" would be the closest
to a Portuguese pronunciation).

The analog world - Drawing
My drawings and illustrations are mostly hand drawn.
I do realistic drawings but i also like to express freely something i read, something i think or feel, through
the classical pencil and give it a great final touch.
I use analog methods and materials like graphite,
oil and chalk pastels, coal and paints.

The digital world - Designing
As far as Communication Design, i specialised
in Graphic Design, giving great importance to the creative process, brainstorming first, always focusing on the client/user needs, and then sketching and creating a true and consistent concept for the brand.
This is, for me, the only base of a creative and solid project, with strong reasonings that support and deliver a successful outcome of the product communication.

Key points i bring to my work
Firstly, the most important are the user needs
and the briefing.
I make sure the developing of the project and the final product always reflect these, so the solutions i present are always original and tailored made.
Secondly, i balance my rationality and my creativity
to create something thoughtful, but also useful
to the end-user.
And lastly, i appreciate simple things and i’m always looking for the details, these hold so much importance but are often miss looked or miss understood.
So in my line of work i take special attention to the details and i follow simplicity, where "Less is More".

In these two worlds of Graphic Design and illustration,
i begin with a creative concept, using both analog and digital art methods,
i develop a project focused on the product, with the user in mind,
and the result is always an original and tailored made solution.

Goals
To keep evolving as a creative artist.
Through Graphic Design,
paintings, digital or analog drawings
and illustrations.

As an illustrator my special interest
is children's books illustration.
As a Communication Designer,
i'm interested in working on rebranding
or creating a brand, designing the line
of merchandising and the product communication.

Digitally i use Adobe Illustrator where i develop logos, icons and layouts like vectorial drawings.
I specially like the process of creating a logotype from scratch. Going through the whole process of creating from the concept idea to presenting the final solution.
I use Adobe Photoshop to manipulate images
and retouch photos. And Adobe InDesign to create editorial or printed communication.