eduardo schaal

eduardo schaal

Senior Matte Painter / Senior Concept Artist / 19 yrs

São Paulo, Brazil

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Virtual Production Art Director

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Back to 15 (2022)

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Temporada de Verão (2022)

Matte Painting Supervisor

A Dangerous Practice (2022)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Thousand Fangs (2021)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Kissing Game (2020)

Matte Painting Supervisor / Visual Effects Supervisor

Girls from Ipanema (2020)

Concept Designer

Omniscient (2020)

Visual Effects Supervisor

The Moons (2020)

Matte Painting Supervisor

Santos Dumont (2019)

Visual Effects Supervisor

Sintonia (2019)

Digital Matte Painter

Bunele maniere (2018)

Matte Painting Supervisor / Digital Matte Painter / Visual Effects Sup

3% (2016)

Concept Artist / Storyboard Artist

Curupira (2005)

Work History
  • VFX Art Director

    Quanta

    January 2018 - Present
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    At Quanta Post I am responsible for creating concept art, storyboards, animatics and keyframes to communicate ideas and develop goals for the design and look of TV Shows and Feature Films for players like Netflix, HBO and Globo Play.

    Also, I am responsible for creative direction and feedback to a team of concept artists, supervising the Art Department and overseeing the creation of CG assets, Digital Matte Paintings and Compositing work to ensure the visual quality during the whole post-production/VFX period of a project.

  • Visual Effects Supervisor

    Quanta

    January 2018 - Present
  • Illustrator /matte painter

    Schaal Studio

    December 2009 - Present
    Sao Paulo, Brazil

    My own studio that offers services in Illustration, concept art and matte paintings for film companies, VFX Houses and Publishing companies. A list of clients includes Editora Abril, Vetor Zero, Prodigo Films, Oca Filmes and Dezenove Filmes

  • Matte Painter

    Vetor Zero

    February 2016 - January 2018
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    Using Photoshop, Maya, Modo and Nuke as primary tools, I am responsible for 2D and 3D Matte Paintings that fix, extend, enhance or completely substitute backgrounds, and also, I am responsible for pre-production concept art and keyframes for VFX and Full CG animated commercials.

  • Art Director

    Top Free Games

    October 2012 - December 2014
  • Senior Art Director

    Wildlife Studios

    August 2012 - November 2014

    Being responsible for the direction of the visual style of a project, helping the art team to keep on track with the pre-defined vision.
    Producing concept art, animation pre-visualizations, developing new tools to automate process, organizing the pipeline and working with the Production Manager on supervising and supporting the art team through the production process were my overall duties as the Art Director at TFG, now, Wild Life Studios

  • Art Director

    GLAZ PRODUCTION

    June 2011 - January 2012
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    Working as the art director for a full-CG feature film in pre-production.

  • Art Director - Matte Painter

    Vetor Zero

    August 2010 - October 2011

    Concept Artist and Matte Painter, being responsible for color keys, design, 2D and 2.5D matte paintings and compositing work for 2 long-term full CG animated projects.

  • VFX Art Director

    422 South

    December 2007 - December 2009

    Visual effects and animation senior art director, being responsable for design, concept art, pre-viz, post-viz and final shots that include 2D/3D animation, digital matte paintings and motion graphics in long-format HDTV documentaries.
    Projects for clients like National Geographic, History Channel, KPITV, ColourField and BBC

  • VFX Art Director

    Trattoria Filmes

    May 2004 - May 2007
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    Art direction and concept design for mixed media commercials, short movies and music videos (Film, HD-Video, stop-motion, 2D CG animation, 3D CG animation and VFX) Principal projects include 2 award winners short-films, 2 music videos for major Brazilian artists and more than 40 commercials for main Brazilian and Portuguese clients

  • Art Director and Illustrator

    Fábrica de Quadrinhos

    August 1998 - May 2004
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    Art director and senior Illustrator for one of the major animation and illustration studios in Brazil, responsible for producing 2D and 3D digital illustrations, storyboards and animatics for advertising campaigns for main agencies like J.W.Thompson, Leo Burnett, Y&R, Dm9-DDB and publishing houses like Abril, Globo and Marvel Comics

    from 2002 to 2004 - partner of the studio

  • Art Instructor

    Panamericana . Escola de Arte e Design

    February 1993 - December 1998
    São Paulo Area, Brazil

    Senior Instructor in Illustration, Graphic Design and Digital Art Tools courses for more than 800 students in the 5 year period.

Education
  • degree in Illustration and Advertising Art

    Escola Panamericana de Artes

    1986 - 1989
  • Gnomon School of Visual Effects

    ? - ?