Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # GIANFRANCO BONADIES Portfolio Illustration and Animation ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Pagine - [Home](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/) - #commercials Illustration Portfolio #TV Motion Showreel #editorial Illustration Portfolio #opentitles Motion Showreel #people Illustration Portfolio #characters Motion Showreel LinKedin Instagram Facebook Behance - [Narrative Illustration](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/) - Narrative illustrations and personal projects exploring characters, environments and visual storytelling. Download PDF Load More Loading More... You’ve reached the end of the list - [About Me](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/about-me/) - I’m Gianfranco Bonadies, an illustrator and animator based in Bari, Italy. With a background in painting and a master’s degree in 3D animation from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, I began my career in the audiovisual industry, working across storyboarding, animation, and visual design. Over time, I gravitated toward illustration and motion graphics, seeking a - [Showreel](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/showreel/) - [Motion](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/motion/) - [Contact](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/contact/) - Your Name Your email Subject Your message Gianfranco Bonadies_______________+39 3914073863email@gianfrancobonadies.com Instagram Facebook Linkedin Behance Via Francesco Crispi 62 , 70124 Bari (ITALY) gianfrancobonadies@pec.it p.i. 07686220729 - [Portfolio](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio-2/) - [Clients](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/clients/) - [Portfolio](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/) - AllAnimalsCharactersChildrenCommercialsEditorialEducationFinancialFoodIllustrationInfographicLawMotionMovieMusicPeoplePlacesTalesTechnologyTVWebTo the moon: How start-up CFOs turn ambitions into realityCharactersCommercialsEditorialIllustrationPlacesLLC’S WebsiteCharactersEditorialFinancialIllustrationLawPeopleTechnologyWebMigrantesAnimalsChildrenEditorialIllustrationPlacesMaking a comebackEditorialFinancialIllustrationPeoplePlacesTechnologyAgnese’s StoryCharactersInfographicMotionPeopleTalesTechnologyTVThe Life of a TurbineCharactersInfographicMotionPeopleTalesTechnologyTVHow do Civil Society Actors in Italy and Sweden address the needs of migrant women with precarious legal status experiencing GBV?EditorialFinancialIllustrationLawPeoplePlacesEttore The GreatCharactersChildrenEditorialIllustrationPlacesTalesThe Talent ChallengeFinancialIllustrationPeopleScherzi di Anton Čechov CharactersCommercialsEditorialIllustrationPlaces(This is not) Protect Ya Neck – Wu Tang ClanEditorialFinancialIllustrationTechnologyLa tua ## Narrative Illustration - [Stories from the Old Town](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/the-lantern-journey-copy/) - Narrative scene sets in a small Mediterranean town populated by anthropomorphic characters.Picture book concept, 2026. - [Migrants](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/migrants/) - Illustration from a personal project, 2024 - [Chiara and the Whale](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/chiara-and-the-whale/) - Illustration from a personal project, 2023. - [Ettore and The Challenge of Barletta](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/ettore-and-the-challenge-of-barletta/) - Study and editorial cover illustration for the digital magazineThe Puglieser.Commission, 2025. - [Islands](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/islands/) - Personal illustration series, Digital 2022. - [Maestrale](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/maestrale/) - Atmospheric illustration exploring Mediterraneanlandscapes and light.Personal project, 2025. - [The Station](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/the-station/) - Commissioned illustration forthe Periferie Animate FestivalPoster, 2026. - [DEEP (a motion comic)](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/deep-a-motion-comic/) - Illustration sequence from the motion comic created for the Sky documentary Essere Hikikomori - La miavita in una stanza (Being Hikikomori – My Life in One Room)Teen / graphic storytelling / sci-fi setting, 2022 DEEP is a motion comic inside the documentary "Essere hikikomori, la mia vita in una stanza"(2023) It was written together by - [La cosa più probabile (The Most Likely Thing)](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/wacebo-stories/) - Picture book published by Bacchilega Editore, 2014.Written and illustrated by Gianfranco Bonadies.Oil on paper - [Aiko The Mosquito](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/aiko-the-mosquito/) - Character design for a children’s book project. Character development and poses, 2025.Character and text created by Nicky Michaelides and Nadia Hadjizenonos. - [Wacebo Stories](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/wacebo-stories-2/) - Selection of scenes and environments from the interactive book series.Environment and visual storytelling, 2025–2026. - [The Flood](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/fisherman/) - Narrative illustration about a child, a fisherman,and the survivors of a flood.Picture book concept, 2025 - [The Lantern Journey](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/narrative-illustration/the-lantern-journey/) - Narrative illustration sequence exploring the relationship between a child and his dog. ## Videos - [Labour law community](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/video/labour-law-community/) ## Galleries - [Random Ilos](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/random-ilos/) - [Forensic Account](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/forensic-account/) - [ESG](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/esg/) - [A plan for All](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/a-plan-for-all/) - [vegan](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/vegan/) - [budget2022](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/budget2022/) - [Stakeholders](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/stakeholders/) - [](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/2843/) - [Stronger](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/stronger/) - [byte sized city](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/byte-sized-city/) - [Islands](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/islands/) - [Alphabet](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/alphabet/) - [analysts](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/analysts/) - [An outside perspective](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/an-outside-perspective/) - [daniele](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/daniele/) - [Trought good and bad](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/trought-good-and-bad/) - [The Talent Challenge](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/the-talent-challenge/) - [LLC](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/llc/) - [Making a comeback](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/making-a-comeback/) - [innovation city](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/innovation-city/) - [estate italiana](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/estate-italiana/) - [Building Trust, A plan for all](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/rl_gallery/2600/) ## SimpLy Galleries - [Flood](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/pgc_simply_gallery/test-cazzo/) ## Portfolio - [The Life of a Turbine](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/lupiae-maris-2/) - #Motion #TV #TalesClient | Hope Group 2024 This animation began with a voice-over written by the company’s communications team. I built a narrative to accompany the images, pairing the life of a turbine with that of a family across generations. The story traces their deep connection to the territory and to the technological roots of - [Lupiae Maris](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/lupiae-maris-3/) - #Motion #TV #TalesClient | Lupiae Maris/Hope Group 2023 This animation also started from a script by the company’s communications team. I imagined the ancient wisdom of "old sea wolves" (the Latin name of the company) as an old fisherman releasing a small fish back into the sea—a metaphorical cue for narrating marine life development and - [Deep](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/deep/) - #Motion #Documentary #MotionComic #Movie #TV DEEP is a motion comic inside the documentary "Essere hikikomori, la mia vita in una stanza"(2023) It was written together by Gianfranco Bonadies, the directors, and the four guys in the documentary. Arts and Motion: Gianfranco Bonadies. Assistaint: Mariagela Cipriani Graphic Support: Giulia Schiavone ESSERE HIKOKOMORI, LA MIA VITA IN - [Scherzi di Anton Čechov ](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/scherzi-di-anton-cechov/) - #Commercials #Editorial #theatre#PostersClient | Teatro Vallisa 2025 This series of posters, created for Scherzi — a theatrical staging of Anton Chekhov’s one-act comedies (The Bear, A Marriage Proposal, and A Tragic Role) — explores the tragicomic essence of everyday life through irony and subtle visual cues.Rather than focusing on the protagonists’ overt drama, the illustrations - [Mysterious Island](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/mysterious-island/) - #Motion #TV #TalesClient | Report rai3 2020-2023 Since 2020 I collaborate occasionally with Report, the investigative Rai3 broadcast, creating animated illustrations that serve as intros for certain services that speak of technology. The one below is Jules Verne prediction about a water as powerful creator of electricity. For these animations, as usual, time was limited—just - [How do Civil Society Actors in Italy and Sweden address the needs of migrant women with precarious legal status experiencing GBV?](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/how-do-civil-society-actors-in-italy-and-sweden-address-the-needs-of-migrant-women-with-precarious-legal-status-experiencing-gbv/) - #Illustration #People#Editorial #LawClient | Lunds University 2025 Starting from the analysis of the written report, I created a series of illustrations that visually interpret the complex journey of migrant women with precarious legal status. The images evoke their condition of invisibility, vulnerability, and resilience, while highlighting the role of civil society actors involved in providing - [Xmas Postcard](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/xmas-postcard/) - #Motion #Commercial #Characters #ChildrenClient | L'Arancia Agency Script | L'Arancia AgencyConcept and Character Design | Gianfranco BonadiesStoryboard, Illustration, and Animation | Gianfranco BonadiesYear 2018 A Christmas animated postcard, created for Base Company. - [Byte-sized city](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/byte-sized-city/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #TechnologyClient | Aplus Magazine 2017 Illustrations for an article about transitions and transformations of a city in a new "smart" dimension. - [LLC'S Website](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/llcs-website/) - #Financial #Law #Web #PeopleClient | LLC (Labour Law Community) 2025 I created these images for LLC (Labour Law Community), a web platform for labor law professionals. The client was open to experimentation, and the human-centered nature of labor law allowed me to explore visually rich, metaphorical concepts. For the HOME image, I depicted a large - [Agnese's Story](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/the-life-of-agnese/) - #Motion #TV #TalesClient | Fidelio / Hope Group 2025 This commissioned animation tells the story of Agnese, a young environmental engineer from Puglia who returns home from Milan—the emblematic city of career-driven migration—to contribute to the development of agrivoltaic panels, helping shape a more sustainable future. - [Enhancing engagement](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/stakeholders/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #StakeholdersClient | Aplus Magazine 2022 "How can investor relations professionals help companies to better engage with stakeholders and build long-term trust?" - [Ettore The Great](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/ettore-the-great/) - #Illustration #Editorial #MagazineClient | The Puglieser 2025 The Puglieser is one of many imaginary magazines inspired by The New Yorker covers, showcasing various illustrators. This issue focused on themes from Puglia, my home region. I was assigned the "Disfida di Barletta." After studying the historical duel and creating several sketches, I chose a side view - [A Collective Message](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/a-collective-message/) - #Motion #TV #Tales #WebClient | Peplo / Hera Group 2025 This project was a race against time: I had just ten days to go from script proposal and storyboard to client approval and final delivery. Commissioned by Peplo—an agency managing HR communication for various Italian companies—the piece was for Hera Group's HR team as part - [Innovation City](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/innovation-city/) - #Financial #Editorial #MagazineClient | Aplus Magazine 2023 "With its strong infrastructure and proximity to Mainland China, no other city has what Hong Kong will always have. But with challenges such as border closures and travel restrictions still standing in the way, can the city maintain its lustre and status as an innovation and technology hub - [Making a comeback](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/amaking-a-comeback/) - Financial #Editorial #Magazine #PlacesClient | Aplus 2023 "Amid Hong Kong launching its global promotion campaign after three years of strict COVID-19 restrictions, Nicky Burridge talks to Institute members working in the tourism sector about how organizations are positioning themselves for the rebound, and the role CPAs play in helping the sector take advantage of the - [Blue time](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/chiara-and-the-whale/) - #Tales #Animals #Illustration #childrenPersonal Project 2023 - [As aventuras de Pety ( Trailer pilot )](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/o-magico-mundo-de-pety/) - #Animation #Characters #Children CLIENT | Aranhas Film 2018Director | Anahi BorgesCo-authorship and screen visualizer | Elena FedeliArt Director | Laura CarvalhoCreated ( illustrations, setup and animations) by Gianfranco Bonadies - [Adding sustainable value](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/daniele-silvestri-overtour-2017-copy/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #ESGClient | Aplus Magazine 2020 "Environmental, social and governance reporting is no longer something businesses can turn a blind eye to. Disclosures are key to attracting investors, while also serve as an impetus for companies to improve their operations, and benefit society and the environment." - [Strongher Togheter](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/strongher-togheder/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #Merged #AcquisitionsClient | Aplus Magazine 2022 "When done right, mergers and acquisitions have the ability to help a company to achieve exponential growth, capture a larger share of the market and effectively elevate the business. However, the journey to a successful merger or acquisition is pockmarked with challenges, and calls for experts - [Vegan Investors](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/vegan-investors/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #Food #VeganClient | Aplus Magazine 2017 " Illustrations created to describe the growth of companies dedicated to the production of vegan products, especially after the growth of Beyond Meat stocks on the Wall Stree market." - [A plan for All](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/a-plan-for-all/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #PostCovid #Covid #BusinessClient | Aplus Magazine 2022 " After Covid, the Strategic Plan 2020-2022 was released serving as a blueprint that shares the Institute’s long-term vision, and sets out its strategic aims." - [Mystery](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/mystery/) - #Illustration #TalesPersonal Project 2015 - [Analysts value](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/analysts-value/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #valuationsClient | Aplus Magazine 2019 " Valuations are playing an increasing role in business. Though the fundamental process – determining the current or projected worth of an asset of company – remains the same, new regulations have cast a spotlight on the specialism and the valuers working in the field.." - [Forensic account](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/forerensic-account/) - #Financial #Editorial #MagazineClient | Aplus Magazine 2019 Illustrations for an article about forensic accountants. - [I Auditor](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/i-auditor/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #technologiesClient | Aplus Magazine 2017 "This is the first article I illustrated for Aplus magazine. The article was about the incorporation of new technologies and articifical intelligence into the company’s methods of data storage and management. I began my metaphorical research from the imaginary world of Metropolis by Fritz Lang, transposing it - [La tua più bella estate italiana](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/la-tua-piu-bella-estate-italiana/) - #Commercials #Editorial #Places #PostersClient | Marinobus 2018 Marinobus Summer campain illustrations. I took inspiration from the travel agency posters of the 1920s to 1950s, capturing that nostalgic vibe. The star of the posters is none other than the company's very first bus. - [An outside perspective](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/an-outside-perspective/) - Financial #Editorial #MagazineClient | Aplus 2023 "Every listed company in Hong Kong requires independent and impartial advice to ensure it is being managed correctly – a need that calls for an independent non-executive director (INED)." - [LLC](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/llc/) - #Financial #Law #Web #PeopleClient | Labour Law Community 2020 Here are some of the illustrations I made for LLC, Labour Law Community, a community and platform for lawyers who are experts in labor law. Home Who we are Research Dialogues University Events - [Throught good times and bad](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/throught-good-times-and-bad/) - #Financial #Editorial #MagazineClient | Aplus Magazine 2022 "This month, the World Bank warned that the world is in for one of the worst periods for economic growth fueled by uncertainty and high inflation. Amid the gloom, Nicky Burridge finds out the steps chief financial officers and treasury managers are taking to manage the risks and whether the current - [The Talent Challenge](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/the-tallent-challenge/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #BusinessClient | Aplus Magazine 2022 "The COVID-19 pandemic has uprooted the foundations of what it means to be happily employed. Beyond having a better salary or a corner office with the best view, employees now have other requirements – and companies are struggling to keep up." - [Altalex](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/altalex/) - #Financial #Law #WebClient | Wolters Kluwer 2023 Here are some illustrations that I've made as covers for the sections of the online law platform ALTALEX. This was a large commission with tight deadlines and detailed style and color guidelines from the client. Despite the constraints, I found enjoyment in shaping some of the visual concepts - [(This is not) Protect Ya Neck – Wu Tang Clan](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/this-is-not-protect-ya-neck-wu-tang-clan-2/) - #Illustration #Music #Characters #PeopleClient | Tinals 2025 Tinals is an independent project that transforms VHS and tape boxes into illustrated art pieces inspired by songs and films. Their catalog lacked a rap and hip hop section—genres I love. I chose to illustrate one of the most iconic and cross-generational tracks, Wu-Tang Clan's "Protect Ya Neck." - [Migrantes](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/migrantes/) - #Animals #Editorial #Posters Client | Private Commission 2025 For this illustration, I was given complete creative freedom to interpret the theme of travel and rootlessness. I took a poetic route, inspired by migratory birds, and fell in love with grey storks. I portrayed their journey, placing them low over the water to play with reflections - [To the moon: How start-up CFOs turn ambitions into reality](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/to-the-moon-how-start-up-cfos-turn-ambitions-into-reality/) - #illustration #financial #characters #conceptual #EditorialClient | Aplus Finace Magazine 2025 This magazine article gathers the experiences of senior CFOs embarking on new adventures as they begin working with young startups, highlighting both the benefits and challenges. In my drafts, I focused on two aspects: the youthful work environment and the resulting need for adaptation, and the - [Random Financial](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/random-financial-copy/) - #Financial #Editorial #Magazine #Technology #People #Business #Covid #TechnologyClient | Various "Some random images on business finance and work, extrapolated from articles illustrated over the years. " Ready to the New Global Standards Welcome Board Hong Kong Resilience Working in Covid time Team Work The accountant of tomorrow. Assembly Line Chinese shadow on the Silicon Valley For - [PastForward](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/pastforward/) - #Motion #OpentitlesClient | Apulia Film commisionDistribution | Repubblica TV The project is an opening titles sequence for an Italian web series called Past Forward. The show is a path through nine decades in Italy, from the 70’s to the year 2050 . The opening summarises the concept of the serie using and combining illustrations, motion - [Daniele Silvestri OverTour 2017](https://www.gianfrancobonadies.com/portfolio/daniele-silvestri-overtour-2017/) - #Posters #Music #Places #CommercialsClient | OTR I’ve made this serie of poster for each date of Daniele Silvestri’s tour, a famous italian singer. Every poster shows a different location of great cultural interest , theatres and arena where the singer played. 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