Monica Torasso is an Italian illustrator, character designer and 2D animation director. She works with animation studios including Studio Bozzetto, Arc’s, Boulder Media, Wooga and 3Dclouds, designing characters for animated series and video games such as "King of Seas". She collaborated with Irish singer Róisín Murphy on the artwork for Hit Parade.
Her editorial illustrations have appeared in ELLE Netherlands, Wired Italia, National Geographic Traveller, NME, Menelique, Copystudio and La Repubblica. She received the Silver Medal at the 2026 Annual by Autori di Immagini and was selected for Communication Arts 2026.
With a background in Architecture, she works across character design, illustration and traditional frame-by-frame animation. She attended a Pictoplasma masterclass in Berlin and collaborated with The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark, through the AVENUE programme.
In 2026, she co-directed All You Can Waste, an animated short exploring the environmental impact of special waste produced by Mufilm.
She was member of the jury for BJCEM 2019 (Biennale des jeunes créateurs de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée) for the "Visual Arts" department.