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Freelance 3D ARTIST
===Experience ===
(2007-2007) Nahuala Producciones Mexico
CGI Artist for independent film “La leyenda de la Nahuala” - (as
Freelancer)

Visual 3d FX for 2D environment in three sequences. Tasks like:
fireworks, simple lava simulation, smoke.

FX was made in Maya with basic particles system, and particles
expressions.

(2006-2008) Houston Chronicles Animation Provider chron.com/nick
3D Animator for Nick Anderson's blog – (current client)

Animation generalist from sketching his concept, throw modeling and
character settings, to editing and final output.

Tasks breakdown:

Storyboarding

Modeling

Character settings and facial settings

Animation with double rig system

Some direction (when apply)

Lip sync animation

Lighting and render

Editing

2004 - Freelancer / OutSource Anywhere
3D Animator / Freelancer 3D Generalist

General 3D animation

Character design and animation in 3D

3D Modeling

Architectural modeling and rides

animation Story Boarding

Web designer

Graphic Design

Video presentations from stills images, and some 3d elements. For
corporative / business presentation.

2002-2004 Bendita Producciones Puebla
Main 3D animator - Outsource Provider

3D general animation for video productions support

3D character animations for the local Mayor’s administration promotion.

Story Boarding for 3D the animation's projects.

Design, Animation and Compositing (Maya Fusion) of backs and
graphics for several use.

2001–2002 Producciones Pitaya Puebla
3D animation department – Outsource Provider

Corporative Image implementation

Animation of the studio video counter (worm falling)

3D Character animation and design of “Benemerita Universidad
Autonoma de Puebla” (BUAP) corporative video.

Logo animations of BUAP

Animations of logo and TV spot for government and none profit
organizations in the states of Puebla and Veracruz.

General 3D stuff for video production support

1998–2000 Seta Producciones Puebla
General 3D animation

Animations of characters in LightWave as is the Sausage of fritz
commercial.

Animation Character of the Tacos of Floury.

Particles FX in LightWave for Victorinox’s Rocket TV spot.

Several support animating 3D graphics for corporative videos

Multimedia interface design for Volkswagen, local Government and some
industrial.

Architectural modeling of Puebla’s downtown and other areas.

Architectural modeling of industrial park’s expansion.

Editor’s assistant

1997–1998 GEMTEL Puebla (host and web provider) Puebla
Web Design
§ Design and construction of Gemtel’s web site. No further in use right
now.

1995–1996 Foto Aguirre (Digital Images service) Puebla
Graphic Design / Digital artist

Graphic design on logo, and publicity’s banners

Digital restoration of pictures

Digital photo compositing

===Skills===
-- Alias Maya User.--

I modeled characters in NURBS multi patches, polygons and/or
combination of both techniques.

I made sets of control rig, and basics control attributes such as fingers
bend and curls.

Made Blend shapes for facial animations an controls.

Character animation by the use of TRAX tool, creating poses clips and
animations clips for lip sync, an motion body.

I use a double rig system for character animation.

First I set the skeleton

Then I save a control rig version with a low resolution
representation of the character

In another file I save the High definition mesh and paint the
influence weight for further deformation by the skeleton.

Finally I animate the low resolution mesh, then import the
hight resolution character and then match the last with the
first.

Simple Expressions and Driven Key for animation propose.

Shading procedural an texture maps.

Lighting an rendering in Maya Software, Vector Graphics and Metal
Ray (standard stuff, none custom programming ones)

Creation of some scenarios and rain effects with Pain FX.

Basic use of Dynamics, and particles expressions, specially for some
smokes, and collisions.

---Maya fusion user (compositing)---

Since I had been using Maya, I compose most of my animations;
rendering in layer as needed, and then, matching and making some
color corrections in Maya fusion.

Compositing of animated backgrounds for use in video broadcast and
other graphic support.

Compositing of 3D environment with 2D character (Maya princess in
demo reel).

Also I edit my animations in simple OS editors and Sony Vegas
Studio.

---Adobe Photoshop User / GIMP---

Creation of textures for 3D stuff and UV lay out.

Digital image fix and photo compositions

Translation between image's formats

---FreeHand user---

Graphic Design for logos and web interfaces

Vector illustration and multimedia icons

Banners design

---Flash User---

Implementation of FreeHand interfaces templates for further actions
and animations in web sites projects

Actions Script for buttons control and XML data use. For an easy
updating and maintenance.

---Drawing skill in B/W---

Sketching concepts and designs

Character concepts

Personal ideas for further development

Story Boarding

===Education===
-1997- Self Education in:

3D animation

Character Design and Animation

3D Modeling

Compositing

Screenwriter

Web Design

-1993–1997 Universidad Interamericana Puebla
Bachelor Degree in “Graphic Design and Artistic Communication”
(Diseño Gráfico y Comunicación Artística)
Mexican License No: 3081216

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