Yara Polana

Yara.polana@gmail.com +354 779 1022, Iceland

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Studied Multimedia for 4 years then moved to Iceland to study Visual Communication. Has been working with Design, Music and Video since 2005 but started taking everything on a professional level from 2010 focusing on being a Creative Director and Record Label owner.
Live is a journey, everything we do is to prove our existence to the world and we are never done until we transcend.

In this portfolio I will show you a part of my journey.

Logo Design

Drowning Records is a underground label for electro abstract 8bitstep music, a genre that mostly dubstep fans dig deep into. The logo is portraying the digging wave, where only few go deep and others stay on the surface.

Type of work: Teacher: Location: Duration:

Academic Stefn Snr Grtarsson LH, Iceland 12-19 Oct 2012

Logo Design

The concept for Umferdarstofa was to create a brand that reflects safety in trac, an ideal visual asset for both icelanders and foreigners rise awareness in their travels.

Type of work: Teacher: Location: Duration:

Academic Stefn Snr Grtarsson LH Sep - Oct 2012

Logo Design

Bantu Records is a Rock/Metal African Record Label. Inspired by afro hair traditions and styles, the idea was to bring the african culture reality into the metal scene.

Type of work: Teacher: Location: Duration:

Academic Stefn Snr Grtarsson LH, Iceland 12-19 Oct 2012

Logo Design

This Icelandic metal band was searching for a symbol, something simple and elegant, that is easy to spot and memorize among the many hardcore metal

logo designs. The aim is to have a professional look and to attract more people to join the concerts.

Type of work: Band: Location: Duration:

Freelance Axe Order Reykjavk, Iceland Aug - Oct 2012

Video Production

Dont Walk Away by MONA The video is about forgotten letters of a current relationship breakup. The concept stays with the idea of the band, paper, drawings, and real life.

Type of work: Company: Location: Duration:

Professional MONA RECORDS Maputo, Mozambique Jun - Aug 2011

Video Production

Making of Dont Walk Away was pretty simple but complex because the band already had xed scenes in mind which made the work a little faster. This video can be viewed at youtube.com/m0n4c3.

Type of work: Company: Location: Duration:

Professional MONA RECORDS Maputo, Mozambique Jun - Aug 2011

Video Production

Sky is blue(Lyric Video) by MONA. The concept of the video was to mix drawings and hands, having drawn instruments on paper and playing them seemed like a never before seen idea and it t with the bands concept, also the song. This video can be viewed at youtube.com/m0n4c3.

Type of work: Company: Location: Year:

Professional MONA RECORDS Maputo, Mozambique Mai - Nov 2010

Branding

MONA is a Mozambican Rockabenta band and the rst band signed in MONA Records. The branding for this band created a big breakthrough for musicians in the media. The concept is the mixture of simple stick gures

and real life. After the release of 4 videos the band had a steady place in the biggest festivals in Mozambique.

Type of work: Colaboration: Location: Duration:

Professional Melchior Ferreira Maputo, Mozambique Feb 2010 - Nov 2012

Branding

ISCIM is a Mozambican Institute for Communication and Image. Concept for the magazine based on the need for the institute to help students publish their work and connect with the companies who support the Institute.

The Institute had lack of information printed and online, therefor I designed books for Multimedia where each one has basic information on material and course curriculum.

Type of work: Institute: Location: Duration:

Conceptional ISCIM Maputo, Mozambique Mar - Jun 2011