General Skills and Traits
Available for relocation
Able to work well under pressure and deadlines
Organization
Adaptation to new environments
Eager to keep learning new techniques
Good in taking directions
Team-working
Flexibility
Self-Direction
Speaks English and Portuguese Fluently
Basic Spanish

Experience	Professional Experiences Freelancer as a Compositor/Generalist April 2012 Between Pixel - “X-Story” • 3D Modeling • Shading and Lightning • Texturing • Matchmoving • Compositing • Rotoscoping • Matte Extraction Academic Experiences Full Sail University - Winter Park, FL May 2011 Motion Capture Group Project - “Wrath of Maya” • Shading and Lightning (Maya | mentalray) • Cortex Tracking clean-up and set up June 2011 Software Technology Group Project - “Ka’As” Modus Operandi • Penguin Texture (Photoshop) • Penguin Shading (XSI | mentalray) • Penguin Fur System (XSI) • Polar Bear Texture (Photoshop) • Polar Bear Shading (XSI | mentalray) • Polar Bear Fur System and Dynamics (XSI) August 2011 Visual Effects Group Project • Compositing and Rotoscoping (Nuke) • Effects Storyboard (Photoshop) September 2011 Animation Production Group Project • Animation of 2 Shots (Maya)
Education	Education March 2012 Full Sail University - Winter Park, FL (United States) Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Animation December 2009 - April 2010 Tecnoponta Treinamentos - Santos, SP (Brazil) Technical Courses • Digital Painting • Hand Drawing • Character Animation (3DS Max) • Fundamentals of 3D Max • Advanced 3DS Max • Character Modeling (3DS Max)
Speciality	Technical Skills Compositing Matte Painting Digital Painting Animation (Fundamentals) Traditional Art Rotoscoping Texturing Environment Modeling Shading & Lightning Sculpting 2D Tracking Dynamics (Fundamentals) Matchmoving Digital Design Photography Rendering Stereoscopy Keying Clean Plate Creation 3D Camera Projections Color Correction 3D Tracking Color Grading Matte Extraction
Hardware Proficiency	Canon 60D
Software Proficiency	Maya Mental Ray 3DS Max UDK XSI Crazy Bump Photoshop Nuke Painter After Effects Open Canvas Final Cut Pro Sai PaintTool Adobe Premiere Pro xNormal SynthEyes Mocha PFTrack

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