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Luis Arizaga Rico🔸
Luis Arizaga Rico🔸
Character Artist for Storytelling
(From Barcelona, Spain) Montreal, Canada

Summary

I'm modeler and Character visual developer for Animation films.
I have more than 20 years of experience.

My skills include: Creating 2D/3D Character concept art in preproduction, and translating it into 3D with perfect topology for production, high quality facial blend shapes, UV's, and hair proxy mesh.

I have experience with in house projects but also with projects for clients, working directly with directors.
I feel comfortable leading teams while keeping a good environment with fluent communication between departments.

IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4696809/

Skills

Character ModelingCharacter DesignDigital PaintingDigital SculptingDrawing3D ModelingLightingTexturingRenderingCompositing

Software proficiency

ZBrush
ZBrush
Maya
Maya
Blender
Blender
Substance 3D Painter
Substance 3D Painter
Photoshop
Photoshop
Mari
Mari
UVLayout
UVLayout
Shotgun
Shotgun

Reel

Productions

    • Movie
      The Cat in the Hat
    • Year
      2027
    • Role
      Lead 3D Character Artist
    • Company
      DNEG Animation
    • Movie
      Thelma the Unicorn.
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Senior Character Artist
    • Company
      Mikros Animation Studios
    • Movie
      Tiger's Apprentice (Paramount).
    • Year
      2024
    • Role
      Senior Character Artist
    • Company
      Mikros Animation Studios
    • Movie
      Paw Patrol. The Mighty Movie
    • Year
      2023
    • Role
      Lead 3D Character Artist
    • Company
      Mikros Animation Studios
    • Movie
      Paw Patrol. The Movie
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character artist, Modeler.
    • Company
      Mikros Animation Studios
    • Movie
      Riverdance - (Netflix).
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character artist, Modeler.
    • Company
      Cinesite Studios.
    • Movie
      Extinct - (Netflix).
    • Year
      2021
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character artist.
    • Company
      Cinesite Studios.
    • Movie
      The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
    • Year
      2020
    • Role
      Senior 3D Modeler.
    • Company
      Mikros Animation Studios
    • Movie
      The Addams Family.
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character artist, Modeler.
    • Company
      Cinesite Studios.
    • Movie
      Playmobil: The Movie
    • Year
      2019
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character artist, Modeler.
    • Company
      On Animation Studios
    • Movie
      Early Man.
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Senior 3D Character Artist, Modeler, Texture artist.
    • Company
      Aardman Animation
    • Movie
      Troll: The Tale of a Tail / Troll Kongens Hale
    • Year
      2018
    • Role
      Lead 3D Character artist. Modeler
    • Company
      Squeeze Studio
    • Movie
      Alleycats
    • Year
      2017
    • Role
      Senior Character Modeler of main characters
    • Company
      Blow Studios
    • Movie
      Alike
    • Year
      2015
    • Role
      3d Modeler, Lighter, render, texture artist, compositing
    • Company
      Pepe School Land
    • TV Production
      Holymonks
    • Year
      2009
    • Role
      Art director
    • Company
      Digital Rebel Animation Studio

Experience

  • Lead Character Modeler at DNEG Animation
    Montreal, CA
    April 2024 - Present

    Lead Character modeler.

    I provide high quality 3d digital characters and blend shapes for feature animation films.

    I give assistance to the team of character modeling.

  • Lead Character Modeler at Mikros Image Animation Studios
    Montreal
    September 2019 - April 2023

    Lead Character modeler.

    I provide high quality 3d digital characters and blend shapes for feature animation films.

    On these movies:

    - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

    - Thelma the Unicorn (2025).

    - Tiger's Apprentice (2024).

    - Paw Patrol, The Mighty Movie (2023).

    - Paw Patrol, The Movie.

    - The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge On The Run.

  • Senior Character Modeler at Cinesite
    Montreal
    November 2018 - August 2019

    Senior 3D Character modeler. I provide high quality 3d digital characters for animated films:

    “The Family Addmas”.

    "Extinct".

    "River Dance".

  • Senior Character Modeler at On Animation Studios
    Montreal
    October 2017 - October 2018

    Senior 3D Character modeler for Playmobil the movie.

  • Senior Character Modeler at Aardman
    Bristol
    May 2017 - September 2017

    Senior 3d character modeler working with Aardman in the film "Early Man".

  • Senior Character Artist at Aardman
    Bristol
    April 2017 - April 2017

    Full 3d visual development of characters for TV advertisement. Modeling, texture, shading and lighting for appealing characters.

  • Lead Character Modeler at Squeeze Animation Studio
    Quebec city, Canada
    October 2016 - January 2017

    Responsabilities: Provide 3d characters for the new redesigned aspect of the upcoming animated film "Troll, the Tale of a Tail".

    I supervised the modeling team to achieve the characters appeal and the art quality.

  • Senior Character Modeler at IMC Toys
    Barcelona
    June 2015 - August 2015

    3D modeling and digital sculpture of various Disney toy characters: Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Daisy.

    3D modeling and digital sculpture of various Minnie complete sets (dresses, complements and props).

    3D modeling and digital sculpture of Miles from Tomorrowland.

    3D digital sculpture of Doozers characters.

    3D digital sculpture of Snoopy character.

  • 3D Art Instructor at KING
    Barcelona, Spain
    March 2016 - April 2016

    Teach the 2D artists to develop 3D game assets for King projects.

  • Teacher at Digital Rebel School
    Barcelona, Spain
    January 2011 - September 2016

    Responsibilities: Give courses of different fields: 3D modeling, Character design in 2D and its digital development, 3D sculpture, lighting and composition, and materials and texturing.

    Some of my students were from the following companies: Gameloft, King, Beesquare, Socialpoint, Zitro.

  • Senior Character Artist at AXIS ANIMATION
    Barcelona
    May 2016 - June 2016

    Modeled, shaded, textured and rendered 3d characters in cartoonish style from designs provided by Axis Animation and Flaunt Productions.

  • Senior Character Artist at Blow Studio
    October 2015 - October 2016

    Responsible for modeling the main characters for the short film “Alleycats”.

  • 3d modeler, lighter at Pepe School Land
    Barcelona, Spain
    January 2013 - January 2015

    Responsibilities: Modeling, lighting and composition and rendering for the short film.

    Animated short film "Alike”. Alike won the "Premios Goya" award 2016 Best animated short film.

    Best animation short film award Mundos Digitales International Film Festival 2015.

  • Art director, character artist. at Digital Rebel Studio
    Barcelona, Spain
    January 2008 - January 2011

    Responsibilities: Art director of the TV series “Holymonks”. It was selected for the prestigious International Festival of Animation in Annecy, France and Siggraph Asia (HongKong) among others. After it Holymonks was acquired by Channel + France who emited it in more than 70 countries. ("Holymonks" is a registered trademark property of Luis Arizaga).

  • Character designer, character artist at Digital Rebel Studio
    Barcelona, Spain
    January 2005 - September 2015

    Responsibilities: working as a 3D artist. Clients includes SHACKLETON MADRID S.L., Motoko creative motion design, KJ-Artists.com, Imagine Publishing, 3D total.

    3D artist for toy company: IMC.