
3D Animation Teacher Assistant at Southern Illinois University
Málaga Area, Spain

3D Animation Teacher Assistant at Southern Illinois University
Málaga Area, Spain
I am an interdisciplinary artist interested in new media art and digital compositing. My current techniques include 3D computer animation (Maya and Motionbuilder), photo-collage, digital illustration and photography (Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Painter).
I am interested in the first pre-production stages of storytelling for media (concept art for movies and story-boarding) and teaching.
Most of my recent work deals with the creation of meanings through opposition of real and unreal images, collision of realities and simulation, leading to a discourse about the rely of society in new technologies and the hyper-real.
I have also 3 years of experience as a journalist (radio, TV and photojournalism). I maintain an interest for info-graphics.
Fluently in English and Spanish. Proficient in German and French.
3D Animation, Illustration, Graphic Design, Concept Art, Storyboarding, Drawing, Photography, Digital compositions, Maya, Motionbuilder, Vue Infinite, After Effects, Final Cut, XHTML, CSS, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash, Anime Studio, Toon Boom.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2009 — Present (5 months)
3D Animation teacher assistant at SIUC.
In charge of special lectures at: Character Design, Rigging, Motion Builder and Vue Infinite.
(Non-Profit; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Selected for working at the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) organized by the Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) in New Orleans.
I was able to meet professionals from the animation industry and students from all over the world.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
December 2008 — August 2009 (9 months)
Teacher Assistant at Journalism department. In charge of the lab sections, teaching Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign to undergraduate students.
(Media Production industry)
December 2005 — November 2006 (1 year )
Experience in Sports, Conferences, Interviews and Entertainment (Music and Theatre).
(Privately Held; Broadcast Media industry)
February 2005 — November 2005 (10 months)
Work focused in additional help in daily radio routines at Cadena SER Vélez Málaga.
Experience in live broadcasting news and interviews. Skills developed in sound editing for radio.
Additional work at LOCALIA (owned by the same company) in video editing and post-production for broadcasting news.
Doctor , Music and Communication , 2009 — 2012 (expected)
Currently working in my Ph.D dissertation in Spain.
Master in Fine Arts (MFA) , 3D Animation, Digital Photo-Illustration , 2007 — 2011 (expected)
DEA , Advanced Studies Diploma in Music and Communication , 2006 — 2009
Obtained in July 2009.
* Courses: Music in Cinema, Cultural Studies and Music, Popular Music and Technology, Music and noises, History of Spanish Music at 18th and 19th Century, Music and Language.
* Pre-thesis paper: "When Techno met Anime: Analysis of Interstella 5555 by Daft Punk attending to the hybrid relationship established between electronic music and Japanese animation."
Journalism , 2002 — 2006
* Presenter at symposium “Heroes, Übermenschen, Superhumans”, Siegen (Germany), May 2010
* Presenter at PCA/ACA, St.Louis , March 2010
* Graphic Designer: Freaks & Co., Art Gallery Online (Spain), Jan 2010
* MFA Thesis Preview Exhibition at SIUC Museum, Carbondale, IL, Oct-Dec 2009
* Exhibition with Emerge at Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL August-Sep 2009
* Student Volunteer at SIGGRAPH, New Orleans, August 2009
* Special Mention Award for Flamingo at Combocarte, Universidad de Málaga, (Spain) March 2009
* Lecture guest at MCMA 557 in Adobe Illustrator, SIUC, March 2009.
* Screening of Flamingo at I 3D Computer Animation Festival at Southern Illinois University, December 2008.
* Lecture guest at RT437 in Motionbuilder, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, November 2008
* Graphic Designer: Caduceus Software Medico (Spain), 2008
* Presenter at PCA/ACA, San Francisco, March 2008
* Finalist Combocarte Awards, Málaga, (Spain) July 2007