Carlos Arancibia

Carlos Arancibia

I love making characters come to life!

Senior Character Animator / 20 yrs

Vancouver, BC

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Animator

The Silence (2019)

Animator

The Shape of Water (2017)

Inbetween Artist

Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015)

Animator / Character Designer

Fall Project (2015)

Clean-up Animation

Tarzan (2014)

Cinematic Animator

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Inbetween Artist

The Little Matchgirl (2006)

Animator

The Wild (2006)

Character Animation

My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)

Clean Up Artist

Brother Bear (2003)

Inbetweener

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

Inbetween Artist

The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Clean Up Artist

Tarzan (1999)

Inbetween Artist

Mulan (1998)

Key Animator / Layout Artist

Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997)

Clean Up Artist

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)

Inbetweener

The Lion King (1994)
I have more than 25 years of experience as a Senior Animator, including animated features,live action
and video game experience.
With about 12 movie credits and AAA Games shipped including:
"Mulan" (1997), "Tarzan"(1999) , "Emperors New Groove" (2000) , "Lilo and Stitch" (2002), "Brother
Bear" (2003)
"The Wild"(2006)
"My Super Ex-girlfriend" (2006), "The Chronicles of Narnia" (2006), "Shape of Water" (2017)
Created cinematics for Triple A titles: "Mass Effect 1","Mass Effect 2","Mass Effect 3","Dragon
Age","Dragon Age II", and "Dragon Age: Inquisition".

I was also an Animation Instructor at Vanarts for 5 years.

I believe I can bring a lot of experience and value to your production.. I have plenty of experience animating in Maya, 3DMax, Houdini, I-clone and Blender.
Work History

  • Animation Instructor

    VanArts

    March 2018 - Present
    Vancouver, WA

  • Lead Animator

    ICON Creative Studio

    January 2023 - September 2023
    Vancouver, Canada

  • Animator

    Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley

    ? - December 2017

  • Senior Character Animator

    Mr. X

    July 2016 - July 2016

    Character animation, creature animation.

  • Senior 3d Animator

    Arc Productions

    July 2015 - June 2016

    Lipsync, character performance, cloth sym and just doing awesome animation.

  • Senior Cinematics Animator

    BioWare

    September 2007 - March 2015

    Sequence blocking, camera animation, composition, creature animation, sequence pacing, mocap stitching. Facial animation and scene export. Also did in game animation.

  • Animator

    C.O.R.E Digital Pictures

    September 2006 - July 2007

    "Urban Vermin"

  • Animator

    Digital Domain

    January 2006 - June 2006

    Did animation for various scenes involving the main characters as well as some creature animation (shark)

  • Animator

    C.O.R.E. Feature Animation

    2004 - 2006
    Toronto, Canada Area

    Character Animator for "The Wild"

  • Clean Up Artist

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    July 1997 - August 2003

    Credits include: "Mulan","Tarzan", "Emperor's New Groove", "Lilo and Stitch and "Brother Bear". Also did some work on the special editions of "The Lion King" (Imax), "Pocahontas" and "Beauty and The Beast".

  • Location Designer

    Phoenix Animation Studio Inc.

    April 1996 - July 1996

    Designing the location to be used as the background. Composition.

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Education

  • Animation in Animation

    Sheridan College

    1995 - 1997

  • Graphic Design

    Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

    1992 - 1993