jaime bescansa

Work History

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  Professor

  La tecnocreativa

  September 2019 - Present

  Madrid Area, Spain

  I'm a 3D freelancer, with passion for teaching. Currently working in several projects:
  Python for VFX at Fictizia (comming soon)
  Marvelous Designer at La tecnocreativa (comming soon)
  Also very excited to begin this new adventure at Antaruxa for rigging the characters of a Feature Film.

• 3D Professional / Teacher and Consultant

  jaimebescansa.com

  March 2017 - Present

  Madrid Area, Spain

  CFX, Rigging and pipeline are my specialities
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  Character FX Lead

  Ilion Animation Studios

  November 2014 - March 2017

  Las Rozas De Madrid Area, Spain
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  Project Manager and Technical Supervisor

  Zinkia Entertainment

  April 2014 - November 2014

  Madrid Area, Spain
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  Head of CG Audiovisual Ent.

  Zinkia Entertainment

  April 2011 - April 2014

  Accountable for the long-term facility planning and implementation of the pipeline used for the productions of the company. Leading a team of 5-8 Supervisors, 2-7 Lead Artists, 1-4 Software Engineers and a total team of between 17 and 40 people, depending of production needs.
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  Supervising Technical Director

  Zinkia Entertainment

  November 2005 - April 2011

  Madrid Area, Spain

  “Let’s Go Pocoyo” (2010 - 2011) TV Series Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “The Horrible Scary Slide” (2009) Stereoscopic Ep Softimage XSI, Arnold Render, Houdini
  “Pocoyize” (2009 – now) CG for web (www.pocoyize.com)
  Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “The Big Party” (2008 - 2009) Mola Noguru first Ep Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “Pocoyo’s Fiesta” (2008) Music videos for DVD Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “Pocoyo and the Space Circus” (2008) Short Film Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “The hairy tooth fairy II” (2008) Feature Film Softimage XSI, Behaviour
  “The Fishtail Saga” (2007) TV Series Pilot Softimage XSI, Mental Ray
  “Pocoyo and the Space Circus” (2007) Short Film Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  “Pocoyo II” (2005 - 2007) TV Series Softimage XSI, Arnold Render
  • Managed and supervised the 3D Preproduction team (3-7 Technical Directors).
  • Designed and implemented a pipeline for the 3D team, and gave technical support and documentation of this workflow.
  • Created and implemented all the necessary tools for the 3d team to adequately reach the final art approved by the Art Director.
  • Did the budgeting and planning of the department’s tasks.
  • Designed and implemented a system to reuse animations and all the necessary tools to optimize the performance of the Animation team.
  • Gave technical support for the animation team.
  • Created and designed a core scripting system to be used by all Td’s in the team.
  • Created the necessary tools with this core system for the communication between the asset manager and the 3d package.
  • Developed for the feature film all the necessary tools for the team to work in the retargeting of the animations from the crowd software.
  • Supervised Fixing and Render teams.
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  Freelance Character td

  Grupo Santillana

  October 2007 - January 2008

  “Freelance position”
  “Los viajes de Suso” 125 CG illustrations for educational books Softimage, Blender
  • Modelled the main character Suso.
  “Freelance position”
  “Mica y sus amigos” 125 CG illustrations for educational books Softimage
  • Modelled, rigged and shaded two of the four main characters of the project, and the props of the entire project.
  • Provided technical support for the members of the team and developed the necessary tools to solve problems.
  Posed over a 20% of the shots of the project.

• Character td

  Bren Entertainment

  March 2000 - November 2005

  "The Hairy Tooth Fairy" Feature Film behaviour, Softimage
  • Rigged generic mice for the feature film.
  • Mentored and helped the new members of the team to find pipeline friendly solutions for their rigs and develop their own tools.
  • Adapted and tested the generic rig to work as a crowd rig. Tested the exchange of animations between software.
  "Lead Character TD"
  "Donkey Xote" Feature Film Softimage
  • Rigged the facials of three of the main characters of the feature film.
  • Rigged three of the main quadruped characters of the feature film.
  • Rigged the body of three biped main characters of the feature film.
  • Prepared special rigs for VFX.
  • Helped developing a muscle system for the facial rigs of the feature film.
  • Developed extra tools to implement the facial system approved by the supervisor.
  • Developed classic biped autorigs.
  • Developed with the supervisor and a designed team, a special modular autorig.
  • Mentored and helped the new members of the team to find pipeline friendly solutions for their rigs and develop their own tools.
  “Vehicle Rigging”
  “Gisaku” Feature Film Softimage
  • Rigged vehicles for the movie.
  • Mentored, supervised and helped the new members of the team to find pipeline friendly solutions for their rigs and develop their own tools.
  “Character TD, VFX Generalist”
  “El Cid. The Legend” Feature Film Softimage
  • Rigged a quadruped character for the feature film.
  • Animated crowds for the feature film.
  • Rigged and animated VFX.
  “Character TD, Mocap and Modelling”
  “Goomer” TV Series (25 episodes / 25 minutes) Softimage 3d, Filmbox
  • Modelled props for building sets.
  • Rigged characters and props.
  • Worked in the Mocap team using a magnetic Ascension Motion Star system. Calibrating the Mocap system, creating the necessary rigs for the Mocap software, capturing animations from the actor, cleaning it and applying it back to the shot.
  • Animated over 50 shots for the series.
  • Solved problems in the fixing team.
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  Character td

  Dygra Films

  March 1999 - February 2000

  “Character TD, modeller, layout animator”
  “The Living Forest” Feature Film Maya, Mental Ray
  • Rigged Characters and props.
  • Modelled facial expressions for blend shapes of main characters.
  • Prepared the CG and VFX animation for the Opening of the feature film.
  • Worked on the layout process animating cameras and preparing the scene for the smooth running of the designed pipeline.