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Education
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Otherworks
Awards
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Clara Prado Vazquez

Summary

Experienced and dependable 3d modeler, I was employed by two of the best studios in the world, Bluesky and PIxar, contribuiting to big successes like Ige Age 4 or Inside OUt 2. Organized and attention to detail candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals and also open and fast to learn new pipelines or software. Background includes also teaching, beta tester, freelance jobs. Proficient in maya, zbrush. Quality-driven and hardworking with excellent communication and project management skills.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Pixar Senior Environment Modeler

Pixar
01.2020 - 01.2024
  • I worked in "Lightyear" "Inside Out 2", "Elemental" and one oncoming movie doing the modeling for sets, rigging cars and testing trees tool "Blossom" with Houdini.

Freelance modeler

01.2015 - 01.2019
  • Work for Video House studio- modeling sets for a TV series
  • Modeling characters and sets for TV commercials and shorts.

Senior Character Modeler

Ilion Studios-Paramount Animation
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Modeled one of the main characters and create the universal topology used for all characters.

Blue Sky Studios Modeler

Blue Sky Studios
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • 2009-2011: "Rio" Set modeler
  • 2011-2012: "Ice Age 4" Lead set modeler, character modeler
  • 2011-2012: "Leafmen" character modeler, set modeler
  • 2013-2014: "Rio 2" sets, set lead, character modeler
  • 2014: "Peanuts" sets, set lead.

Filmax Bren Entertainment

Filmax Bren Entertainment
01.2000 - 01.2009
  • I worked in four 3D animated feature films
  • Perez II (2008): senior 3D modeler, lighting and shading
  • Render
  • Donkey Xote(2007): facial expressions lead, character senior modeler and Final Layout.(Goya nominee) -P3k (2002): senior 3d modeler of sets and props
  • (Goya prize) -El Cid(2005): senior 3d modeling of props
  • ( Goya prize ) tv series: Goomer (2000): character and set modeling, shading and lighting.

Education

Master of Image Syntesis -

University of Balears
01.1998

Graduated in Sciences of Comunication -

Santiago University
01.1996

Workshop in cinema animation -

Image and Sound School of Coruna
01.1995

Fine Arts studies -

Pontevedra Fine Arts University
01.1994

Skills

  • SoftimageXSI
  • Maya
  • Houdini
  • Adobe Substance
  • Presto
  • Marvelous Designer
  • Zbrush

Languages

French
English
Spanish

Otherworks

  • Internship at AT&T (USA) during three months in 1998, modeling of a character talking in realtime.
  • Info architecture for Parcbit (Government Balear) in 1999.
  • Different main titles design for two short films.
  • Amateur plasticine short films.
  • Film reviews for a small free magazine in Mallorca.

Awards

  • 1992 - Literary prize "Minerva"
  • 1999 - Art Futura best student short film nomination "Fat Cat Art"
  • 2004 - "El Cid" Goya Prize Best Animated Film
  • 2005 - "P3K" Goya Prize Best Animated Film
  • 2009 - "DonqueyXote" Goya Nominee Best Animated Film

Publications

1992 - "Vulnerado pola ausencia" short story publication

Hobbies and Interests

Cinema enthusiast

Timeline

Pixar Senior Environment Modeler

Pixar
01.2020 - 01.2024

Freelance modeler

01.2015 - 01.2019

Senior Character Modeler

Ilion Studios-Paramount Animation
01.2014 - 01.2015

Blue Sky Studios Modeler

Blue Sky Studios
01.2009 - 01.2014

Filmax Bren Entertainment

Filmax Bren Entertainment
01.2000 - 01.2009

Master of Image Syntesis -

University of Balears

Graduated in Sciences of Comunication -

Santiago University

Workshop in cinema animation -

Image and Sound School of Coruna

Fine Arts studies -

Pontevedra Fine Arts University
Clara Prado Vazquez