Hi, I'm Cesar Octavio Garcia Vega, a digital compositor with over 3 years of experience in commercials and TV films. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams on live-action projects and am eager to expand my skills into 3D animation. I'm committed to continuous learning and delivering high-quality storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments and love finding seamless ways to integrate digital elements with live-action plates to bring stories to life.

Cesar Octavio Garcia Vega

Hi, I'm Cesar Octavio Garcia Vega, a digital compositor with over 3 years of experience in commercials and TV films. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams on live-action projects and am eager to expand my skills into 3D animation. I'm committed to continuous learning and delivering high-quality storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments and love finding seamless ways to integrate digital elements with live-action plates to bring stories to life.

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Hi, I’m Cesar Octavio Garcia Vega, a digital compositor with over 3 years of experience in commercials and TV films. I enjoy collaborating with creative teams on live-action projects and am eager to expand my skills into 3D animation. I’m committed to continuous learning and delivering high-quality storytelling. I thrive in fast-paced environments and love finding seamless ways to integrate digital elements with live-action plates to bring stories to life.

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Language

English
Advanced
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Digital Compositor (Freelance) at We Love Battle Entertainment (WeLAB)
January 1, 2023 - November 16, 2025
In charge of various tasks, including rotoscoping, tracking, clean up, matchmove, set extension, CG integration (creation of CG element models, shading, rendering and lighting). Contributed to the Canadian film industry by delivering visual content for Hallmark Channel productions and other projects with WeLAB. Collaborated extensively with creative teams to ensure the visual content met artistic vision and production requirements. Executed advanced compositing techniques and applied software methods to enable seamless integration of digital elements into live-action plates.
Digital Compositor (Intern) at Crafty Apes
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2025
As an intern I performed tasks such as keying, screen replacement, cleanup and hue keying. I received constant feedback and training from industry professionals to improve my skills as an artist during the practicum.
LRC (Lighting, Render & Compositor) at OOL Digital Studio
May 2, 2022 - January 31, 2024
Mid Lighting, Rendering and Compositing Artist responsible for lighting and scene setup before rendering, followed by the final compositing stage for live-action commercials and 3D animation. Managed multiple projects in parallel during peak seasons for Mexican television commercials, using various software and techniques to create the required products.

Education

Advanced VFX Compositing (Diploma) at Lost Boys School of Visual Effects, Vancouver, Canada
January 11, 2030 - March 1, 2025
Lighting Technical Director (Certificate) at Lost Boys School of Visual Effects, Vancouver, Canada
January 11, 2030 - September 1, 2025
Modeling in Blender (Course Done) at FX Academy, Guadalajara, Mexico
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2023
Compositing in Nuke (Course Done) at FX Academy, Guadalajara, Mexico
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2022
Master in Modeling and Animation with VFX specialization (Graduate) at COCO School, Alicante, Spain
January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2020
Bachelor of Animation and Digital Art (Graduate) at Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Guadalajara
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

Qualifications

Sunscreen Film Festival
April 27, 2023 - April 30, 2023
My friends and I participated in the Sunscreen Film Festival with our shortfilm MIGO, and we won. I was leading the visual effects.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE608 DemoReel2025
    For this Reel you can see different skills about VFX Compositing and Lighting. Each video has their own breakdowns about every step, of course I couldn't put all of them. The FX were provided by Technical FX Artist. The rest of the steps I have it in a BreakdownSheet. I hope you enjoy it.