AURORA JIMENEZ
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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
CHARACTER DESIGNER
FILMS
TV / SERIES
FAT CAT PROPS
The Tale of Despereaux / Props designer
El guerrero sin Nombre / Production designer
Aquelarre / Set designer
El ermitano / Props designer
Monkey Opera / Visual development
El Cid / 2D Layout
Visual Development for several 3D Animation
projects
/ Hansel & Gretel
/ Que Humanidad / TV serie / Anima2
/ Felix & The Flying Machine / Disney
Crazy cartoony stylized design of an Ice Van Toy.
Created from scratch to color & texture final design,
including:
Pre-Viz 3D Maya of Ice Van Toy model
Orthographic views
Surfacing details
Graphics texture maps
See more in the Character design section:
FAT RUBBER CAT
GALLERY
PINOCCHIO
COMMERCIALS
TV SERIES
MORE WORK
PINOCCHIO, a Victorian tale.
Personal Project. Free adaptation of the classic fairy tale
Pinocchio, translated to the 1890 Victorian London.
All the characters concepts are designed from scratch
using Wacom Cintiq and Photoshop.
More coming soon.
Crazy cartoony stylized characters inspired by
the circus world.
All the characters concepts designed with pencil
& marker, painted in Photoshop.
Created from scratch to color & texture final design.
See more in the Visual development section:
FAT RUBBER CAT PROPS
Concept design for several 3D Animation commercials
Danone Ads./ Painting Practice /Passion Pictures
Visual development / Art direction for 3D TV series:
Felix & The Flying Machine / Disney
Valentin / Pasozebra
I designed each character from scratch to finished design:
concept, posing & expressions, and color & texture ideas.
Projects; Creature character design for videogames /
/ costume design / caricature, & illustration.
Designed using traditional drawing tools: pencil, ink,
watercolour, gouache and CG software: Photoshop
ABOUT
After I graduated in Fine Arts, I studied Art direction for Film & TV during three years. Since then I have been working in the Motion Pictures & Film Industry for 9 years.
My experience include working in CG Animation feature films, like The Tale of Despereaux (Universal Pictures, London, UK), CG Animation TV series, like Felix & The Flying Machine (Disney Co., Spain) and 3D Animation TV commercials.
I am currently working as a freelancer Visual development artist and Character designer for different companies in London, and open to work worldwide on contract or as freelancer.
RESUME / CV
EDUCATION
1998 / 2001 ECAM. Madrid School of Film & TV. Madrid, Spain / Art Direction for Film & TV
1992 / 1998 Universidad Complutense. Fine Arts Faculty. Madrid, Spain / BA Fine Arts
OTHER TRAINING & COURSES
2008 Escape Studios. London, UK / Autodesk 3D Maya Foundation
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
2007 / 2008 The Tale of Despereaux / Universal Pictures. London, UK / Props Designer
2003 / 2004 El guerrero sin nombre / Tornasol Films, Madrid, Spain / Production Designer
2003 El Cid, the Legend / Filmax animation, Madrid, Spain / 2D Layout Artist.
ANIMATION TV SERIES
2005 / 2007 Felix & The Flying machine / Disney / Pasozebra, Valencia, Spain /
/ Art Director & Character Designer
2001 !Que Humanidad! / Creanima2, Madrid. Spain / Set Designer
2000 Defender 5. The ultimate force / Creanima2, Madrid. Spain /
/ Visual Development Artist
ANIMATION COMMERCIALS
2008 / 2009 TV commercials at Painting Practice / Passion Pictures / London, UK /
/ Character Design & Concept Artist.
2007 Grefusa ad Campaing / Pasozebra, Valencia, Spain /
/ Character Design & Visual development.
2006 / 2007 Actimel Team. Danone / Pasozebra, Valencia, Spain /
/ Character Design / Art direction
2005 Con azucar funcionas mejor / Pasozebra, Valencia, Spain /
/ Visual development.
LIVE ACTION
2008 Monkey Bee. Musical video / Flesheaters Productions / Painting practice. London, UK /
/ Visual Development
2008 Between two Worlds [feature film] / Big Tex Productions / Painting practice. London, UK /
/ Pre-viz 2D layout
2005 20 centimetres [feature film] / Aligator Prod./ Estudios Picasso. Madrid, Spain /
/ Storyboard Artist
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 / 2007 ECAM. Madrid School of Film & TV. Madrid, Spain /
/ Visual Development & layout for Animation
2005 / 2007 Jaume I University of Castellon, Spain. Master in CGI production /
/ Art direction & Storyboard
SKILLS & TOOLS
Character design / Visual development / Concept art / Art direction
Traditional drawing & painting tools
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS 4 / Autodesk 3D Maya / Cintiq
LANGUAJES
English / Spanish
D.O.B. June 1974.
European Union passport (Spain)
AURORA JIMENEZ CV / RESUME
VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO / 4 MB
CHARACTER DESIGNER PORTFOLIO / 6 MB
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EU mobile +34 645-510142
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