I’m David Sánchez Báez, an Art Director and versatile Concept Artist specializing in background design and traditional sculpture. I bring extensive experience creating animation assets—characters, sets, props, and creatures—adapting my work to different artistic styles while keeping a strong focus on detail, consistency, and production-ready quality. I’m recognized for resilience and an empathetic, proactive approach that helps teams move forward smoothly. Across international and multidisciplinary settings, I combine creative vision with technical care—optimizing scene composition, camera placement, and anatomical proportions—to support reliable 3D modeling and animation pipelines, from concept to final art direction.…

David Sánchez Báez

I’m David Sánchez Báez, an Art Director and versatile Concept Artist specializing in background design and traditional sculpture. I bring extensive experience creating animation assets—characters, sets, props, and creatures—adapting my work to different artistic styles while keeping a strong focus on detail, consistency, and production-ready quality. I’m recognized for resilience and an empathetic, proactive approach that helps teams move forward smoothly. Across international and multidisciplinary settings, I combine creative vision with technical care—optimizing scene composition, camera placement, and anatomical proportions—to support reliable 3D modeling and animation pipelines, from concept to final art direction.…

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I’m David Sánchez Báez, an Art Director and versatile Concept Artist specializing in background design and traditional sculpture. I bring extensive experience creating animation assets—characters, sets, props, and creatures—adapting my work to different artistic styles while keeping a strong focus on detail, consistency, and production-ready quality.

I’m recognized for resilience and an empathetic, proactive approach that helps teams move forward smoothly. Across international and multidisciplinary settings, I combine creative vision with technical care—optimizing scene composition, camera placement, and anatomical proportions—to support reliable 3D modeling and animation pipelines, from concept to final art direction.

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Language

Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
English
Advanced

Work Experience

Layout Artist at Pipeline Studios
August 14, 2023 - June 16, 2025
Layout artist for Elinor Wonder's Why Season 2 and Work it Out Wombats Season 2
Layout Artist at Pipeline Studios International
August 1, 2023 - June 30, 2025
Optimized scene composition by adjusting camera placement and grouping to maintain scale continuity and correct anatomical proportions. Established and executed precise sketching and inking of backgrounds based on production animation references, and managed layered integration of background elements to enable seamless handoff to the animation department.
Concept Artist at Bomboillo Amarillo
May 1, 2023 - July 31, 2023
Developed interior/exterior environments, props, and creature designs for episodic content. Engineered detailed character and creature turnarounds and redesigns to ensure technical accuracy for 3D modeling pipelines, supporting consistent asset production.
Concept Artist at Bombillo Amarillo
April 1, 2023 - May 18, 2023
Concept artist for 3D animated series, Bobbles and Friends
Art Director / Concept Artist at NUTSOS Studio
June 1, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Led and mentored a team of artists to deliver high-quality visual concepts for engaging projects. Produced character designs, costumes, and environments aligned with project art bibles, and streamlined art production for multi-platform use across social media, web, and Toon Boom Harmony animation workflows.

Education

Tecnólogo en Animación Digital at Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, SENA
January 1, 2021 - June 29, 2023
Ingeniero en Diseño de Entretenimiento Digital at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana
January 18, 2016 - November 26, 2021

Qualifications

Adobe certified professional - Adobe Photoshop
August 1, 2023 - October 15, 2026
Digital Animation (Adobe Certified Professional)
January 11, 2030 - October 15, 2026

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education