Rafael Hurtado

Current

• "A Cranberry Christmas" at Film Roman

Past

• Freelance at Sam Hurwitz Productions
• FREELANCE-Lip Sync for American Greetings' "MARYOKU YUMMY" at OddBot Studios
• Dead Space -Downfall at Film Roman

• FREELANCE-Illustration Character Clean-up for the "SPACE CHIMPS" movie at Anchor Bay
• Animator and Character Set-Up for "Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS" at Film Roman
• Assistant Animator for BET's BUFU animated series. at film roman
• Flash Character designer and set-up for ABC Family's SLACKER CATS at Starz Animation
• Fox 11 News Special Report! at Fox Broadcasting Company
• Character, Prop Designer, Color, and Clean-up for Rob Zombie's "THE HAUNTED WORLD OF SUPERBEASTO" at IDT Entertainment
• FREELANCE- Character deign and Animation for LOWER LEARNING at Starz Media
• FREELANCE- Digital color for EA Entertainment's WHIPLASH videogame at Starz Animation
• Production Coordinator for Mike Mignola's HELLBOY at IDT Entertainment
• Digital Clean-Up Freelance at Mc Farlane Entertainment
• FREELANCE-Poster Design for HELLBOY Animated Add Campaign at Anchor Bay Entertainment
• FREELANCE-Digital Clean-Up for "THE SIMPSONS" at film roman
• Prop Designer and Clean-up for Tod McFarlane's SPAWN The Animation at IDT Entertainment

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Education

• The Art Institue of California_Los Angeles
• East Los Angeles College

Recommended

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Connections

68 connections

Industry

Animation

Websites

• My Blog

Rafael Hurtado’s Summary

I've been in the Animation Industry since February of 2005. I am a Digital Artist, Multi-tasker and fast learner.

Rafael Hurtado’s Specialties:

Flash,Photoshop,Illustrator,After Effects,Premiere,Toon Boom, and traditional drawing skills.

Rafael Hurtado’s Experience

• "A Cranberry Christmas"

  Film Roman

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  August 2008 — Present (3 months)

  Character designer, set-up, color stylist, and animator for abc family's christmas special.

• Freelance

  Sam Hurwitz Productions

  (Animation industry)

  August 2008 — September 2008 (2 months)

  Freelance Character Clean-up, set-up, and BG painting for DVD content for a Disney Movie.

• FREELANCE-Lip Sync for American Greetings' "MARYOKU YUMMY"

  OddBot Studios

  (Animation industry)

  February 2008 — August 2008 (7 months)

  Lip sync Animation of 48 entire episodes for OddBot Studios.

• Dead Space -Downfall

  Film Roman

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; ROMN; Animation industry)

  March 2008 — August 2008 (6 months)

  Matte Painter and BG painter, and DVD cover painter for Dead Space -Downfall. Based on the game from Electronic Arts in October, 2008.

• FREELANCE-Illustration Character Clean-up for the "SPACE CHIMPS" movie

  Anchor Bay

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)

  May 2008 — May 2008 (1 month)

  Illustration and Character Clean-up for "SPACE CHIMPS".
  Advertising Campaign for Carl's Jr.

• Animator and Character Set-Up for "Mel Brooks' SPACEBALLS"

  Film Roman

  (Public Company; Entertainment industry)

  February 2008 — March 2008 (2 months)

  Animator and Designer for "Spaceballs: The Animated Series" for the G4 Channel and the European market.

• Assistant Animator for BET's BUFU animated series.

  film roman

  (Public Company; Animation industry)

  November 2007 — February 2008 (4 months)

  Assistant Animator, character layout, design, clean-up,color, and set-up for BET Entertainment's flash animated show BUFU.

• Flash Character designer and set-up for ABC Family's SLACKER CATS

  Starz Animation

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  November 2006 — November 2007 (1 year 1 month)

  Character and prop designer and set-up for Slacker Cats.
  Animation Retakes, BG paint, Logo design, color stylist, and Animator for ABC Family's Slacker Cats.

• Fox 11 News Special Report!

  Fox Broadcasting Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NWS; Entertainment industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Character Clean-up and set-up for Al Eisner's TV special about the 2D Animation Industry.

• Character, Prop Designer, Color, and Clean-up for Rob Zombie's "THE HAUNTED WORLD OF SUPERBEASTO"

  IDT Entertainment

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year)

  Character and prop designs, color, and clean-up for Rob Zombie's "The Haunted World of SUPERBEASTO"

• FREELANCE- Character deign and Animation for LOWER LEARNING

  Starz Media

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Entertainment industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  FREELANCE- Character deign and Animation for the movie LOWER LEARNING starring Eva Longoria and directed by Mark Lafferty.

• FREELANCE- Digital color for EA Entertainment's WHIPLASH videogame

  Starz Animation

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  Digital color for EA Entertainment's WHIPLASH videogame. Color artwork for a pitch idea for a cartoon based on the video game.

• Production Coordinator for Mike Mignola's HELLBOY

  IDT Entertainment

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  2005 — 2006 (1 year)

  Production Coordinator for Mike Mignola's Hellboy Animated.
  HELLBOY; SWORD OF STORMS, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2007 and HELLBOY;BLOOD AND IRON.

• Digital Clean-Up Freelance

  Mc Farlane Entertainment

  (Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Digital storyboard Clean-up on Disturbed's "LAND OF CONFUSION" Music Video

• FREELANCE-Poster Design for HELLBOY Animated Add Campaign

  Anchor Bay Entertainment

  (Public Company; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  Poster Design for HELLBOY Animated ;SWORD OF STORMS Add Campaign

• FREELANCE-Digital Clean-Up for "THE SIMPSONS"

  film roman

  (Public Company; Animation industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

  THE SIMPSONS - Digital Clean-up in ILLUSTRATOR for the marketing department

• Prop Designer and Clean-up for Tod McFarlane's SPAWN The Animation

  IDT Entertainment

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)

  March 2005 — October 2005 (8 months)

  Prop Designer and Clean-up for SPAWN The Animation.

Rafael Hurtado’s Education

• The Art Institue of California_Los Angeles

  Animation 2003 — 2003

• East Los Angeles College

  AA degree, General Education, 1998 — 2000

Additional Information

Rafael Hurtado’s Websites:

• My Blog

Rafael Hurtado’s Interests:

Animation,Matte Painting.

Rafael Hurtado’s Groups:

•    Animation, Media & Entertainment
•    Flash Animation Professionals Network

Rafael Hurtado’s Honors:

EMMY Nomination for "HELLBOY: Sword of Storms"

Rafael Hurtado’s Contact Settings

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