avfxartist

It's All An Illusion, What Do You See?

- Bilingual/Literate/Fluent: English/Spanish.

- B.S. in Media Arts and Animation (2001, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA ).

- M.F.A. in Visual Effects, (exp. 2012, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, USA ).

- 2005: “Emerging Artist of the Year” grant from the Cultural Board of the State of Florida.

- 2007: Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s TV Programming: Series “It’s the Write Time” (sic); awarded by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (N.A.T.A.S.).

- 2008: Platinum AVA , awarded by the Association of Marketing and Communications Professionals (A.M.C.P.).

- 2009: Top #5 Comedy Podcast of 2008 as judged & awarded by Podbean.com (in my first year). Over 100k+ worldwide subscribers, 1 million+ views & growing!

- I worked in Broadcast TV for the last 10+ years as an Art Director, & also have feature film experience doing 2D-to-3D Conversion/Roto/Paint/Projection Mapping/Matchmoving demos for Warner Bros., Disney & Marvel. Among these conversion demos: Iron Man 1, The Matrix, 300, Robin Hood (2010), WB Classic Cartoons – Bugs Bunny & Yosemite Sam, The Monkey King (Chinese animation), 10,000 B.C.

- My work experience ranges from: commercials, soap operas, TV features, TV series, DVD Authoring (both video and multimedia), Editing, 2D/3D animation, Motion Graphics, Photo/Video Retouching, Compositing, and Digital Visual Effects. Additionally, I have served as a technical consultant both on set and off, for SD/HD video technologies and proper recording for post production integration.

- I am sincerely grateful to have been able to work with: Microsoft, L’Oreal, Maybelline, Pulte, Suzuki, Saban Entertainment Group (M.M Power Rangers), Play/Along Toys/Jakks Pacific, Muscular Dystrophy Association, V.E.E. Entertainment Group (theatrical productions of Jim Henson’s Muppets), & Disney. Specialties

- Bilingual: English/Spanish - Experienced with chromakey sets - Can work remotely, either alone and/or in groups - Highly technical; learn quickly - Comfortable with new and emerging technologies - Compositing & Visual Effects - Eye for details - Able to assemble & direct production crews - Capture Video/Film/Photo elements required for smoother transitions to Post Production; particularly those heavy with Visual Effects