Homero Montoya Caso

http://www.homero.carbonmade.com/

Los Angeles, California • +1-323-***-**** • adyymj@r.postjobfree.com CHARACTER DESIGNER

Experienced 2d animator, designer, and storyboard artist with over 20 years experience in production and the arts. Classically trained artist able to adapt and adjust to given stylistic needs and direction. Led and worked on projects ranging from national audio-visual installations in Cuba to international commercial advertisements and animated short films. Having worn many hats in the production process, the importance of working with teams to better build and maintain a tone to facilitate consistent and focused vision in storytelling is a passion and skill. WORK EXPERIENCE Watercolors of Cuba - ICRT. Cuba, 2020 - 2021

2D animated 6 part series:

Character Designer

● Developed initial stylised character designs.

● Created production reference and character sheets.

● Worked closely with concept artists to define the visual style for each chapter.

● Worked closely with the director and client to ensure consistency and visual language.

Universe - Rof Studio. Cuba, 2016 - 2019

Video clip 2D animation 8 part series:

Character Designer / Art Director / Storyboard Artist

● Developed initial stylised character designs and character sheets.

● Drawing of poses and turnaround of the characters. .

● Storyboard / animatic proposing the visual language, composition, and rhythm.

. Muses - Brain On Studios / Zipango . Cuba, 2015 - 2016 Animated Film:

Character Designer / Storyboard Artist

● Development of the visual concept.

● Led the team by performing character design, poses, props, and turnarounds. 50th Anniversary of Elpidio Valdes - ICAIC. Cuba, 2014 - 2015 Promotional Short, Ad:

Character Designer

● Drown the first sketches in search of the characters.

● Supervised the completion and turnaround of the designers team. S.O.S Havana -- Havana Club international. Cuba, 2013 - 2014 Animated Short, Ad: Winner for Best Corporate Short Film by Pernod Ricard. France Character Design / Storyboard /2D Animator

● Character design, color and scene layout.

● 2D Animation in After Effect.

Meñique - ICAIC. Cuba/Spain, 2010-2013

Animated film: Winner for the Best Animated Film at Havana Film Festival 2014 - Nominated for Goya Award for Animated Film

Character Designer / Storyboard Artist

● Design poses, turnarounds of characters, and developed the storyboard’s panels.

● Working closely with the 3d design and modeling team. El Rock del Primitivo - ICAIC / EGREM. Cuba, 2008 -2009 Animated Music Video Series: Winner for the Best Animated Clip at Cubanima Festival and Cubadisco Festival

Character Designer / Storyboard Artist / Layout Artist

● Created the first sketches of the characters inspired by the lyrics. Sólo la verdad - ICAIC / EGREM. Cuba, 2007 - 2008

Animated Music video Series: Winner of Caracol Award for the Best Animated Clip at Cuban Television Festival

Character Designer / Storyboard Artist / Layout Artist

● Created the first sketches of the characters inspired by the lyrics.

● Realization of the preliminary storyboard and the animatic. El Niño Robot - ICAIC / EGREM. Cuba, 2005 - 2006

Animated Music Video Series:

Character Designer

● Created the first sketches of the characters inspired by the lyrics. Viva Cuba - Quad, DDC Films LLC, TVC Casa Productora. Cuba/ Francia, 2004 - 2005 Film: Winner of The Grand Prix Ecrans Juniors for children’s cinema at the Cannes Film Festival 2005 2D Animator

● Traditional 2d animation of some scenes and animated effects of the movie following the indications of the animation director and the character designer . El Güije Enamorado - ICAIC. Cuba, 2003 - 2004

Animated Short: Winner for Best Animated Short at Caracol Award of Cuban Television Festival 2004 Character Designer / Storyboard Artist / 2D Animator

● Preliminary sketch of the storyboard, the scenes layout, and main animation.

● Lead the animation assistants so that they comply with the style and deadline. Más Vampiros en la Habana - ICAIC/ Cuba, Durniok Productions/ Alemania, Iskra S.L/TVE España. 2001 - 2003

Animated film: Winner Grand Coral - First Prize in Animation at Havana Film Festival 2003 2d Animation Assistant / Clean up Artist

● Draw the intermediates between the key poses indicated by the main animator.

● Cleaned the sketches to give the finish to the animation before moving on to the color department.

EDUCATION International Film and Television School (EICTV), San Antonio, Cuba 2008-2009. Production Design and Development of Animation Projects.

Cuban Institute of Art and Cinematographic Industry (ICAIC). Havana, Cuba 2000-2001. Animation Course

Hermanos Gomez Polytechnic. Havana, Cuba 1994 – 1998. High School. SKILLS Strong Drawing skills, Technical Drawing skills, 2D Animation, Design, Strong Cinematography knowledge, Strong Visual storytelling skills, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effect.

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