taravat niki
My Work Showcase
Cartoonist.Illustrator. Graphic Designer
MY CARTOONS
I worked as a freelance cartoonist from 1999 until now. I worked for many newspapers and magazines as an editorial cartoonist. my editorial cartoons are not here but you can find them in my instagram page in highlight sections. I achieved some international awards in many cartoon festivals .
MY CHILDREN BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
I work as an illustrator for more than 20 years . I worked with many publications, magazines and websites. here of some of my illustrations.
GRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES
I worked as an illustrator/UI designer /Grapic designer/Character designer/Logo Designer/ for many companies, bif markets and publications for advertising purposes , education and teaching and etc. These are some of my Designs .
ILLUSTRATIONS , BOOK COVERS , TRACK/ALBUM COVERS
I illustrated for many book covers , stories , poems , posters ,animations, Album covers etc . here you can see some of them ...
LOGOS
I designed so many logoes. These are some of them.
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TARAVAT NIKI
Honors and Rewards
Honours and Awards:
1994- 1st prize- Humour & Caricature Magazine – Cartoon competition
2001- 1st prize- Hoze Honari Qazvin – Cartoon & Illustration Competition
2004- 1st prize- Illustration exhibition- Tehran – about Palestine
2005- 2nd prize- Persian Gulf cartoon competition
2013- 10th international Tehran cartoon biennial - Finalist– (Character designing- Persian cat)
2013- Tehran Illustration Biennial A world of light and shadow– Finalist
2013- Afdesta group international Illustration exhibition – Finalist
2015-Winner- International cartoon & caricature contest about Daish (isis) -TEHRAN– Special price
2015- Cow international design festival –Ukraine – selected work for exhibition
2015- 32th Aydin Dugan international cartoon competition – Turkey – Selected work for exhibition
2015- Winner- Selected work for Design the ultimate canvas for primesight (talent house) – for showing work in the largest urban billboard in Birmingham –UK
2015- Finalist – FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE GRAFICA SATIRICA SI LITERATURA UMORISTICA
2016- Winner "Nafas" First International of visual arts-TEHRAN – Cartoon
2016- Finalist – 7th international tourism cartoon competition- Turkey
2016- Finalist – 25th international humour Grafica Satrica festival – Romany
2016- Finalist – 43 Salato international De humor de Piracicaba
2016- Finalist – 5th Iran International Green Film Festival
2017- Finalist – BATOM, LAPIS & TPM
2019- Selected creator- Sticker for "Create engaging Instagram stickers for the holiday season" in Talenthouse festival
2019- Selected creator (Folkloric Stickers for IGAP Social media application) IRANCARTOON
2020- winner – Cartoon contest (we defeat Corona) Iran Cartoon festival
KEY SKILLS
Cartoonist/illustrator
Photoshop expert
Autocad draftswoman
Book cover Illustrator
Children book illustrator
Editorial cartoonist, comic strip
Story board designer
Story illustration , cover designing
Digital painter
Graphic designer (characters, logos, stickers, UI/UX designing)
Architect interior and exterior designer
Tattoo artist
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
Freelance Illustrator, cartoonist ,painter, Graphic designer 2009 - Present
Work for many companies as a graphic designer, making advertising clips, posters, catalogues, logos, headers, cartoons, sticker designing, character designing, etc.
Illustrator
I work as an illustrator in "Nabat" Children magazine 2019-2021
Editorial cartoonist, " Khorasan " Newspaper, Tehran-Iran 2019
I work as a cartoonist and publish 1 editorial cartoons per week
Editorial cartoonist, " Armane Melli " Newspaper, Tehran-Iran 2019
I worked as a cartoonist and publish 2 editorial cartoons per week
Editorial cartoonist, "Ghanoon Daily Newspaper”, Tehran- Iran 2016 - 2019
I worked as a cartoonist and posted 1-2 editorial cartoons per week for them about daily news, society, environment, politics etc.
Illustrator for language education books, Iran language Institute 2015 - 2019
I worked as a part time illustrator for illustrating more than 200 frames of adult language learning books.
University teacher, Islamic Azad university of Astaneh ashrafiieh 2011
Teach Architectural sketching & Architectural designing (presentation)
University teacher, "Jaberebne Hayyan" University – RASHT-IRAN 2008
Teaching Computational Design of Concrete Structures (Autocad)
Head of designing department, "HOTEL GOSTARE GUILAN" –IRAN 2006 - 2008
Architect, planning-Manager of designing department: Generally Designing Hotel Dorna, a 5-star hotel in Rasht-Iran, Managing between the construction team and the taskmaster
Architect, "MODERN SAZEH GUILAN" 2007 - 2010
Consulting engineer Doing part-time architectural projects such as villas, interior designs, etc
Head of technical and construction Department, "LOOSHAN IRON & STEEL CO" 2007 - 2009
Designing steel structures, (Corrugated steel structure) in Looshan Iron &steel company- Designing and planning industrial plants in Industrial town
Freelance children/Adult Illustrator 2000 - Present
I worked with many publications, children book publications, magazines, daily newspapers etc. as an Illustrator.
Vice president, Manager of technical and construction Department, Deputy Managing Director, Architect
"Setareh Derakhahane Dorfak" tourism group co. 2009 – 2015
Landscape Planning for touristic complexes in many tourist areas in Iran: " Rudbar" (500 Hectares), Masouleh (200 Hectares), Langeroud (160 Hectares) Supervision of contractors and consultants of the projects, Project Managing and workshop managing (as Deputy Managing Director (
Preparing physical planning for tourist areas
Participate in preparing comprehensive plans, economic and technical feasibility of the projects
Communication and cooperation with DSA Architects and Aurecon in regards to project requirements
Cooperation with the Austrian company Doppelmayr, receiving a 1-year job invitation from Doppelmayr
Cooperation and exchanging information with the German company Wiegand – site surveying, site analysing, preparing surveying maps and data
Architectural design and landscape design with very diverse, such as: Residential buildings, commercial buildings, sports entertainment and recreational centres
Extensive researching in tourism industry, tourist locations inside and outside of Iran, water parks, water sports and games, winter recreations, light and heavy structures applied in the design of tourist areas.
Studying and extensive researching in mountainous entertainment complexes and facilities
Participation in various Tourism conferences and exhibitions (International Conference on Investment Opportunities in Tourism Industry - Tehran - September 2007) (International Conference on Investment Opportunities in Tourism -Kish Island in January 2008) (The International Fair of Tourism - Rasht – October 2009)
Participation in land surveying project for landscape designing
Freelance cartoonist 1996 - Present
I worked as a part time cartoonist for may Humour magazines such as "Khat Khati”, "Humour and Caricature" "Nokteh”, "Nishkhat”, "Aftebe Yazd" newspaper, etc. I draw cartoons, comic strip, caricature, etc