Emanuela Carnevale aka Brodino Digitale
Emanuela Carnevale, aka Brodino Digitale, is a freelance illustrator based in Milan.
She holds a degree in Graphic Design and studied Illustration at MiMaster. After graduating, she worked in Art Direction, social campaigns, and animation for advertising agencies, experiences that shaped her visual language.
In 2020, during the pandemic lockdown, she began illustrating daily, turning illustration into a personal and professional practice. Her work draws from real stories, memories, photography, and imagined futures, blending emotional storytelling with conceptual imagery. She has a soft spot for human relationships and everyday gestures.
Clients:
The New York Times
The Washington Post
Penguin Random House
HarperCollins (Italy & USA)
Les Echos
Zeit
Mondadori
Feltrinelli
De Agostini
La Nuova Frontiera
The Good Life Magazine
The Girlfriend Newsletter (AARP)
SZ Magazine
Freundin Magazine
Het Financieele Dagblad
Samsung
Corneliani
AIRC – Italian Foundation for Cancer Research
Mezzariga Tennis
La Stampa
Bastille Magazine
The Milaneser
FrizziFrizzi
Umson Magazine
Inpact Media Verlag
Currently I’m available for new commissions and licensing existing images: carnevaleemanuela@gmail.com
Awards and publications
Selected for “AI-AP 2024”
Selected for “Communication Art competitions 2024“
Selected for “Tapirulan Illustrators Contest 2023”
Selected for “Cheap Festival 2022” - festival of Street Poster Art in Bologna
(Call for artists ON FIRE)
Selected for “Annual” Autori di Immagini - Italian Annual Awards 2021
Selected for “CoseBelle Festival contest 2020”
Art-book “DAC -Designer Against Coronavirus”
Interviews
FRIZZIFRIZZI - Notizie in Brodo
PICAME - Storie di ordinaria pandemia: intervista a “Brodino Digitale”
BRILLO - Emanuela Carnevale’s flamboyant illustrations between irony and truth
ARTWORT - Intervista illustrata in 5 disegnini
PICAME - Raccolta di illustrazioni contro la violenza sulle donne