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With over seven years of experience in 3D art and animation, including: animating, modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering, and Art direction. I’m confident in my ability to lead your 3D Art efforts and contribute meaningfully to your project’s visual identity.…

Gabriel Matos Cardoso

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With over seven years of experience in 3D art and animation, including: animating, modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering, and Art direction. I’m confident in my ability to lead your 3D Art efforts and contribute meaningfully to your project’s visual identity.…

Available to hire

With over seven years of experience in 3D art and animation, including: animating, modeling, texturing, rigging, lighting, rendering, and Art direction. I’m confident in my ability to lead your 3D Art efforts and contribute meaningfully to your project’s visual identity.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Portuguese

Fluent

French

Beginner

Spanish; Castilian

Intermediate

Work Experience

Head of the 3D Art Department and Animator at Art Daggers Outsourcing Studio

January 1, 2019 - January 1, 2025

Led a diverse team of 3D artists, designed and developed game assets (characters, environments, props) for mobile, console, and PC games; rigged and animated characters; sculpted models in ZBrush; baked textures with Substance Painter; created real-time and baked lighting in Unity; produced procedural PBR textures with Substance Designer; created 2D animation in After Effects; contributed to IP creation and client projects; trained new team members; optimized production pipeline and workflow; ensured compliance with client art standards.

3D Artist at Flipstar Studios

January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2019

Created game-ready assets for a cartoon-styled racing title 'Crystal Chasers League' during early access; followed and enforced development policies; produced assets per model sheets and concept art; sculpted, retopologized, and textured environment assets and characters using ZBrush, Blender, and Substance Painter; produced game-ready vegetation sets and procedural textures; collaborated with art and design teams.

3D Artist, Animator and Art Team Lead at Laboratório de Entretenimento Digital UNIVALI

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018

Established workflows and pipelines for the art team; created art direction documentation; led asset production for mobile and PC games; trained new team members on industry tools; organized university game jams; ensured consistency with art style across projects.