Santiago Gonzalez

• Bachelors Degree in Digital Art, 4 years of learning different aspects of digital art, such as concept art, 2D and 3D animation, videogames, coding, 3D modeling, rigging, and more, obtaining a 4.0 GPA, while actively participating in extracurriculars, showing commitment and responsibility. • Worked on interdisciplinary projects, with students from various and similar fields, gaining valuable collaboration and problem solving experience, inbaddition to the experience of collaborating in a context where everything was online due to the pandemic. • Learned the basics of visual language for film, video games, and marketing areas and how to apply them to convey emotions in a visual story . • Specialized the last two years in animation working on projects using different tools like MoCap, Blender, Unreal Engine or Maya and how to integrate all of those tools to get the best results

• Diploma in animation, focused on learning the basics of animation in 2D and learning how to apply it in 3D. • Learned the creative process of animating a shot, how to develop a pipeline to be more efficient, and how to apply 2D animation as a tool of help plan 3D animated scenes. • Developed my own idea for a scene, identifying how to apply all of what I have learned into the animation that I’m working on.

• Specialization in 3D animation, focused on perfecting the basics, weight, timing, acting and making things feel alive. • Participated in 5 different projects, maintaining a high level of organization and working with different styles of animation and work environments. • Experienced receiving and applying constant feedback from my directors and different mentors, and learned how to make decisions based on different opinions. • Understand how a pipeline of animation works and contribute to distinct parts of it, such as modeling, rigging, and motion capture augmenting.