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Hi there! I’m Rafael, a 3D Generalist based in Mar del Plata with 5+ years of experience in game development and real-time environments. I specialise in modeling, texturing, optimization, and animation pipelines for games and trailers, with a strong background in illustration and visual storytelling. I enjoy collaborating with 2D artists to bring ideas to life and telling engaging stories through art. I love leading small teams on animation production, creating optimized textures, baked maps, and LODs for real-time engines, and turning concepts into polished, performant 3D assets for games and interactive experiences.…Hi there! I’m Rafael, a 3D Generalist based in Mar del Plata with 5+ years of experience in game development and real-time environments. I specialise in modeling, texturing, optimization, and animation pipelines for games and trailers, with a strong background in illustration and visual storytelling. I enjoy collaborating with 2D artists to bring ideas to life and telling engaging stories through art. I love leading small teams on animation production, creating optimized textures, baked maps, and LODs for real-time engines, and turning concepts into polished, performant 3D assets for games and interactive experiences.

Rafael Fuentes

3D Modeler, Animator, Character Designer

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Hi there! I’m Rafael, a 3D Generalist based in Mar del Plata with 5+ years of experience in game development and real-time environments. I specialise in modeling, texturing, optimization, and animation pipelines for games and trailers, with a strong background in illustration and visual storytelling. I enjoy collaborating with 2D artists to bring ideas to life and telling engaging stories through art. I love leading small teams on animation production, creating optimized textures, baked maps, and LODs for real-time engines, and turning concepts into polished, performant 3D assets for games and interactive experiences.…Hi there! I’m Rafael, a 3D Generalist based in Mar del Plata with 5+ years of experience in game development and real-time environments. I specialise in modeling, texturing, optimization, and animation pipelines for games and trailers, with a strong background in illustration and visual storytelling. I enjoy collaborating with 2D artists to bring ideas to life and telling engaging stories through art. I love leading small teams on animation production, creating optimized textures, baked maps, and LODs for real-time engines, and turning concepts into polished, performant 3D assets for games and interactive experiences.

Available to hire

Hi there! I’m Rafael, a 3D Generalist based in Mar del Plata with 5+ years of experience in game development and real-time environments. I specialise in modeling, texturing, optimization, and animation pipelines for games and trailers, with a strong background in illustration and visual storytelling. I enjoy collaborating with 2D artists to bring ideas to life and telling engaging stories through art.

I love leading small teams on animation production, creating optimized textures, baked maps, and LODs for real-time engines, and turning concepts into polished, performant 3D assets for games and interactive experiences.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Fluent

English

Intermediate

Work Experience

3D Modeler at Waypoint

October 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021

Created collectible and print-ready figure assets, including characters from franchises such as Final Fantasy, The Walking Dead, and Baldur's Gate; designed 3D printing models, characters, keychains, and pins; collaborated with design team to ensure printability.

3D Generalist at Trick Gaming Studios

November 1, 2018 - Present

Worked as a 3D Generalist at Trick Gaming Studios (Mar del Plata) from November 2018 to present, handling a wide range of tasks including character modeling, texturing, and animation; designed models for 3D printing (characters, keychains, pins); led animation production for a trailer, managing a small team, timelines, tasks, and video editing; worked as Environment Artist focusing on modeling, texturing, and optimization of environments, props, and buildings; created optimized textures, baked textures, and prepared LODs, colliders, and prefabs for real-time engines.