Personal Information

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Name: Angel Gabriel Díaz Romero
Date of birth: 18-06-1982
Nationality: Spanish
Current Address: Barcelona, Spain
Phone: 622217720
E-Mail: tiflos20@gmail.com
Website: www.tiflos.com

Professional Experience

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2007-2009: Lead character artist at Grin Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

- Wanted - (Lead character artist)

I was leading a character team of 5 people on a nextgen project during 2 years (xbox 360 and PS3), planning scheduls, working close with the management team, making characters, renders, working with the engine of Grin, adding shaders to the characters, talking with the concept team for every character design, etc.

- Terminator Salvation - (character artist)

I was leading a collaboration with the character team of Grin Gothemborg, talking directly with the lead of the project, making some models, heads and textures for characters.

 

2007-2009: Freelance character artist.

Quantic Dream - Heavy Rain (France) - (Senior character artist)

I modeled 2 realistic characters for this videogame, making high and low models, improving the quality and making the textures.

Liquid development - (Senior character artist)

I modeled 3 realistic heads, making high versions in Zbrush, low models and making the textures under specifications.

 

2004-2006: 3d artist in Pyro Studios (Madrid, Spain):

- Commandos Strike Force - (lighting and modelling) 

I worked as modeler and lighting during 1 year, making some models for environments, and adding the ambient with lights in the game.

Later I worked as a character artist during 2 years making characters for 2 projects next gen for console

2003-2004 ( 3d animation):

Achitecture modelling for a company of construction and several videos of animation for the City council of Burguillos.

2003-2004 (Graphic design):

Excmo. City council of Burguillos. Burguillos, Seville. Responsable of all the images for marketing.

2002-2003 (Web design):

Particular company, 8 months like designer of Web pages.

Others:

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2009: My image “hakara” isTop Row (front page) in Zbrush Central, 3dpoder, CGchain, CG gallery, CG-node , 3DTotal and CGtalk. Showed on different magazines as the 3Dcreative magazine, CGarena magazine, 1 making of in Cgarena and the special edition of the magazine EichNews On-line, and added to the turntable gallery of pixologic.

2003: Award winning (first position) in the “I aid of renders” of 3Dpoder Community (3dpoder.com)

2005: My image “the abyss” (El abismo) in cover of 3dpoder. And the Computer Arts magazine requests four images to me of my gallery.

2006: Freelance modeler for figures 3d high poly (Atalaya miniatures)

Software experience

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3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Mudbox, Photoshop, Body Paint 3d, Deep Paint 3d, Combustion, Adobe Premiere, Corel Draw, Real Flow, Macromedia Flash, Vray, ACTools, Cloth, Hair.

more than 13 years of non professional experience.

Skills

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Modelling (high and low poly), rigging, skinning, texturing, animation, lighting.

Education

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E.G.B.: 1989 - 1996 "Public School Manuel Medina", Burguillos (Sevilla).

B.U.P.: 1997 - 2001 "Instituto de Educación Secundaria Burguillos", Burguillos (Sevilla).

Course from Initiation to Landscape 2001, distributed by the City council of Burguillos, awarded with the First mention of honor and prize to the most popular work.

C.E.P.: 2003 (certified of professional specialization): Course of animation with 3D Studio MAX in “System Centers of Formation” (Seville).

Languages

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English (intermediate level), Spanish (native)

Likings

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CG, drawing, films, travels, videogames, airsoft, parties :D