Selected work

UGLYCASH

Character design, illustration and brand animation

Brand Illustrator & Animator
Uglyman, the character of UGLYCASH, front and back: a green figure with a stack of cash for a head, tattoos and brown trousers

UGLYCASH is a dollar account for Latin America. As part of the design team, I developed characters, illustrations and animations for campaigns, social media and posters.

Company
UGLYCASH
Teams
Design and illustration
Deliverables
  • Character design
  • Campaign illustration
  • Animation
  • Office posters and social assets

Character design

I designed Uglyman as UGLYCASH’s hero in its fight against unequal economic opportunity. His rival, a villain in a suit and tie, represents traditional banking.

The villain of the UGLYCASH Manifesto, front and back: a muscular figure in a torn black suit with an egg for a head
UGLYCASH drawing: DJ pig at the turntable
UGLYCASH drawing: a hand holding cash
UGLYCASH drawing: pig in bed under a blanket of notes
UGLYCASH drawing: toaster toasting a banknote
UGLYCASH drawing: pig wearing an UGLY cap
UGLYCASH drawing: banknote on a clothesline
UGLYCASH drawing: kite
UGLYCASH drawing: crumpled banknotes
UGLYCASH drawing: banknote shirt
UGLYCASH drawing: rolled banknotes
UGLYCASH drawing: UGLY ST street sign
UGLYCASH drawing: melting smiley
Uglyman, the character of UGLYCASH, front and back: a green figure with a stack of cash for a head, tattoos and brown trousers
Uglyman action figure, key image

Posters and animation

The posters for the Buenos Aires and San Francisco offices celebrate Latin American identity and community. For UGLYCASH’s social media, I combined collage, lettering and drawing in short, irreverent animations.

Latino Bank Arise: a poster of friends watching the sunset over the Golden Gate
The Interface of Inclusion: a poster of a park in a pink city, with picnics and bicycles
Say My Name: a poster of a crowd gathered in a night street
Digital Bridge: a poster of the Americas inside a ring of people and landmarks
La Tarjeta: a poster of a figure with open arms over a hillside neighbourhood

Manifesto and Rewards

I contributed illustration and animation to two films: the brand manifesto and the introduction to Rewards, its rewards programme.

UGLYCASH · Manifesto, opening frame
UGLYCASH · How Rewards work, opening frame

Credits

Character design, illustration, animation
Catalina Vásquez Salazar
Film production
Rino Arreaza, Rodolfo Castillo
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