Hey There! 
I’m Kristy Anne Ligones a.k.a. KDLIG (Kay-Dee-League) I’m an Illustrator, also doing a bit of graphic design, but mostly illustration base. I'm currently working as a concept illustrator here in Dubai.
I used to work for an American Publishing company base in Cebu Philippines as a Picture Book Designer, then had a brief job as a Graphic Artist at a boutique advertising agency in Cebu called Studio 7. I also ventured into freelancing for 3 years at my hometown in Cagayan de Oro city, before heading to Dubai to work as an in-house illustrator for Team Young & Rubicam Advertising Agency (VMLY&R) for 7 ½ years. From late 2017 to early 2021 I ventured in freelancing full-time in dubai, working for various companies, from ad agencies, production companies, events companies and more. recently, I got a full-time job as a concept illustrator for an architectural firm here in dubai, that specializes theme parks.
btw if you hire me for freelance, make sure you hire me for my work, cuz I worked hard to put up samples of my stuff, and I'm paying for this website and domain, just for you to see if i'm the right one for the job, and please don't base my rate on my race, where I come from, the color of my skin nor my gender, if you're looking for someone that is cheap and can work for free, go learn how to design and draw on your own! 
XOXO,kdlig
(don't worry, i'm really a good person, just pay me and I will deliver the goods, then we're all happy people =D)


Skills :
can do both traditional and digital

Job scope:
Illustration, Graphic Design, and 2D animation

Programs:
Adobe Illustrator              Adobe Animate CC
Adobe Photoshop                Adobe After Effects
Adobe Indesign                  Adobe Premiere Pro
Affinity Designer

Apps:
Procreate
Rough Animator
Adobe fresco

Exhibitions and Art Events:
UAE

MEGA Vinyl DIY toy exhibit ( Dubai UAE) 2010
Philips Senso Touch 3D razor exhibit (Armani hotel, Dubai UAE) 2010
The Worlds Together exhibit (Marsam Mattar Gallery, Dubai, UAE) 2011 Virgin Megastore UAE 10th Anniversary 2011
3KEEZ Illustration Exhibit (American University of Dubai, Dubai UAE) 2011 SNEAKER SUMMIT DBX (JamJar Dubai, UAE) 2011
GENIUS (Illustration) Exhibit (Dubai) 2012   
MEGA Vinyl DYI toy exhibit (Dubai Mall, Dubai, UAE) 2012                    
FAKIE 2 curated by FN Designs (Dubai, FN designs Gallery) 2012           NEW ERA (Dubai, Al Serkal) 2012
THE NOOKA NOOKA Art Attack (Dubai, Al Serkal) 2012                          SOLE DXB (Dubai, Al Serkal) 2012
CHOCOL'art Chocolate, creativity and charity 2013
WILD THINGS (illustration) (Dubai, FN designs Gallery) 2013
MEGA Vinyl DYI toy exhibit (Dubai Mall, UAE) 2013                           SIKKA ART FAIR 2013 DrawDeck exhibit 2013
MEFCC Artist Alley
(Middle East Film &Comic Convention) 2012-2014            It's Al Square (Jamjar, dubai UAE) 2014
GIBSON Vision of Sound (Hard Rock cafe, Dubai UAE) 2014
STREET CON Street Art Connection 2014- 2015 (Al Ghurair Mall, Dubai, UAE)
ART WARS - Customized Stormtrooper Helmets (Dubai Mall, UAE) 2014
GAME OF ARTS - Game of Thrones customized shields (Dubai Mall, UAE) 2015
WRIST PROJECT 1440 (Desertfish Studio, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE) 2015
ING Creatives Artist's Aley (Dubai, Al Serkal) 2017
STAIRCASE GALLERY DIFC, DUBAI (MURAL ART) 2019
Creative Dubai Expo 2020 "REIMAGINE" on the spot sketching on Pavillions 2021

PHILIPPINES

Perfect On Paper 2 (Cebu City Philippines) 2008 
Perfect On Paper 3 (Cebu City Philippines) 2009
TubodFest (Cebu City Philippines) 2009
Girlaloo (Cebu City Philippines) 2009
SILIPAN RINIGAN : Arts and Music Fest3 (Manila, Philippines) 2010           Inday Art Exhibit (Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines) 2011                          Flora &Fauna Exhibit Cagayan de oro philippines 2016
HOME CU Art Gallery Cagayan de Oro Philippines 2017
Cebu Graphic Design Week (Futurism Exhibition) 2018

USA

WWA Gallery Presents: "The Devil Made Me Do It" (Culver City, USA) 2010 NIKE Al for One, Trainer 1.2 exhibit (Niketown, New York USA) 2010
Ninh Nguyen Autum/Winter Collection - Artists collaboration
(Michelson Studio: 163 Bank St., New York, USA) 2011
FILL NI THE GROOVE Vinyl Record Show 3 (Tempe, Arizona USA) 2011
The Sketchbook Project 2011 (The Brooklyn Art Library, New York) 2011 The Sketchbook Project 2012 (The Brooklyn Art Library, New York) 2012

 EUROPE

BAETULONA Project (Barcelona Spain) 2010
EXPO FOR MATTIA (Italy) 2011
CREATIVE CARD PROJECT EDITION ZERO PLaying arts card deck with DIGITAL ABSTRACT collective group (Barcelona Spain) 2012

JAPAN

DESIGNERS OF ASIA (Kyoto, Japan) 2012


SPEAKER:
VISUAL 2009 Conference (Cebu City, Philippines) 2009
VISUAL ARABIA Conference (Dubai, UAE) 2013
AD:MISSION 2013 Connective Creativity  (Cebu City, Philippines) 2013

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:

Awards and recognition as part of a team and an illustrator for an 
advertising campaign

DUBAI LYNX


ADC AWARDS


CRESTA



List of KNOWN CLIENTS throughout the years:

AKQA (Dubai)
ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE (DUBAI)
BRASH (DUBAI)
VMLY&R (DUBAI)
SAATCHI & SAATCHI (DUBAI)
M&C SAATCHI (DUBAI)
M&D CREATIVE (DUBAI)
PUBLICIS GROUP (DUBAI)
SCIENCE & SUNSHINE (DUBAI)
STICKY FINGER (DUBAI)
LOWE (DUBAI)
HELLO PROJECT SPACE (DUBAI)
FACTORY THIRTY ONE (DUBAI)
EVOLUTION EVENTS (DUBAI)
BOHO BAHA EVENTS (BAHRAIN)
JUNG VON MATT NECKAR GMBH (GERMANY)
RAKEZ (RAK, UAE)
BRUNSWICK GULF ( ABU DHABI, UAE)
ILLUSTRADO (DUBAI)


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