
Animation Consultant and Contractor
Portugal

Animation Consultant and Contractor
Portugal
(Animation industry)
March 1995 — Present (13 years 8 months)
Several projects as freelancer, from logo work to architecture previsualization, character animation and special effects. Proficient in all aspects of 3D work: Modeling, texturing, rigging, animating, simulation, lighting, motion tracking and compositing.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
November 2006 — January 2007 (3 months)
Special Effects for 3D cinematic production for dome projection (360º dome). Lava, smoke, dust, vapor, etc
(Animation industry)
2002 — 2007 (5 years)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)
Special effects for game intro: rocket smoke trails, explosions, dynamic hard-body simulations.
Lighting and compositing for animated series.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)
October 2002 — March 2004 (1 year 6 months)
-Responsible for all rigs for a children animated series (all characters and vehicles).
-All particle simulation and special effects.
-Some character modeling and texturing
-Animation of several shots.
-Environment/location modeling
-Rigging and mixing mocap animation with keyframe animation
-Lighting of several episodes
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
September 2000 — December 2000 (4 months)
Particle animation of dust and polen, simulation of several effects.
Motion capture cleaning and extra animation.
(Animation industry)
1997 — 1999 (2 years)
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1993 — September 1995 (2 years 3 months)
System analysis and programming.
Bachelor, Computer Science, 1989 — 1992