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Background artist, environment designer, illustrator (+57) 300 4238119 sergiochavesart@gmail.com http://www.sergiochavesart.com P R O F I L E Visual artist with 5 years of experience in background art, environment design and illustration for children animation products (small and big children alike), following several years as draftsman and animator for the advertisement industry. His work is featured in many nationally and internationally awarded animated film and multimedia projects. His personal and industry works go along teaching and curatorial activity. E X P E R I E N C E • Background artist, Breaking Games, 2017 – Current Background designer and painter for “Rise of Tribes” a boardgame being developed in Burbank, CA. • Lead concept artist, Timbo Estudio, 2016 Lead designer for the environments of the studio's 2 nd animated feature film in production. Worked closely with the director to design and paint most of the project's interior and exterior locations, while giving guidelines for asset creation to 3D artists. • Background artist, Timbo Estudio, 2015 Background designer and painter for “Microaventuras” (Micro-adventures), an online 2D/3D animated show. • Background artist, Hierro Animación, 2015 Background painter for “La Otra Forma” (The other shape), a traditional animation feature film currently in production. Work included establishing the color and feel of the various movie locations. • Associate teacher – Digital illustration, Unicolmayor, 2014-2016 Teacher of the “Digital illustration”, “Advanced digital illustration” and “Digital sketching” courses for the “Digital and Multimedia Design” undergraduate program. Contents go from basic illustration to visual development and digital painting techniques. • Background artist and illustrator, Kuku Design, 2013-2015 Designer and painter for the multi-awarded trans-media project “Butrón, cuentos para niños con barba” (Butron, tales for kids with beards), featured in film festivals and audiovisual markets in Colombia, USA and South Korea. Painted backgrounds for the multiple visual components of the project, including animated e-books and mobile app backgrounds.
S E R G I O C H A V E S sergiochavesart@gmail.com • http://www.sergiochavesart.com • (+57) 300 4238119