Luis María Benítez

Work History

• Freelance illustrator

  Freelance Illustrator

  November 2010 - Present

  Berlin, Germany

  Illustrator, character designer, concept art, background artist and art direction for various projects.
  
  I have worked for the following studios and publishers:
  Riley Animation Studios, Hook Up Animation / Disney, Neko Productions, Platige Image, MovieBrats Films & Animation, Da Vinci Media GmbH, Parana Films, Big Block, WINDOWSEAT Pictures, Bloom Studios, Pretty Simple / Wopidom, The ThinkLab Media, 7 Frame Film + Post, SANTO Bs. As., In Post We Trust, Estación Mandioca, RBA Libros, Salim Ediciones, CLE-International, La Prensa de Honduras, Tipológica/BDG.
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  Sr. Background Artist

  Tomavision

  December 2022 - November 2023

  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

  I work as a background artist for "Lyla in the Loop", an animated series to be aired by PBS.
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  Matte Painter

  Stage23

  August 2022 - July 2023

  Different matte paintings for "Monkey Man", a film directed and cast by Dev Patel, "La Brea" (series on NBC), "Class of '07" (Amazon Prime).
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  Sr. Matte Painter

  B-Water Animation Studios

  September 2022 - December 2022

  Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

  I had to create digital matte paintings on a dome in Blender for a 3D animated project.
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  Background Artist

  Riley Animation Studios

  June 2021 - November 2021

  Backgrounds for "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Powerful Of Oz Coin Series" Skills: Adobe Photoshop · Illustration
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  Art direction and background artist

  Riley Animation Studios

  October 2020 - February 2021

  I worked as an art director and background artist for a project called "Overcoming challenges", and as a background artist for "The Wonderful Wizzard of Oz: The Poweful Of Oz Coin Series".
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  Concept Artist

  HOOK UP ANIMATION

  December 2019 - December 2019

  Concept art for Disney's project "Mickey Common Sense"
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  Illustrator

  Neko Productions

  September 2018 - November 2018

  Roto and text animation work for "Snack World".
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  Illustrator

  Da Vinci Media GmbH

  October 2016 - October 2018

  Berlin Area, Germany

  Illustrations for the KidSpace and other projects.
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  Concept Artist

  Platige Image

  October 2017 - November 2017

  Concept art work for the animated Christmas commercial of Candando titled "O Natal ganha vida no Candando".
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  Concept Artist

  Platige Image

  December 2016 - February 2017

  Concept art for "Fatime and the Secret Treasure".

• Illustrator

  Editorial Estrada, S.A.

  May 2015 - December 2015

  Illustrations for the books Renata 1, 2, and 3.

• Illustrator

  RBA Libros

  December 2014 - December 2015

  Illustrations for 6 children's books.
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  Color Key Artist

  The ThinkLab

  September 2015 - September 2015

  Color key artist for the animated feature film "Deep"

• Storyboard Artist

  MovieBrats Films & Animation

  July 2015 - July 2015

  Berlin

  Storyboards for Würth commercial.
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  Background Artist / Storyboard Artist

  MovieBrats Studios

  May 2015 - May 2015

  Storyboards and some backgrounds for a Montblanc commercial.
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  Background Artist

  HOOK UP ANIMATION

  October 2013 - June 2014

  Buenos Aires

  Backgrounds for the pilot of "Cecil Pencil Clues Finder" and "Rejected", an animated series.

• Ilustrador

  Estación Mandioca

  March 2013 - October 2013

  Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Illustrations for several education books.

• Ilustrador

  Editorial Estrada

  May 2013 - July 2013

  Buenos AIres, Argentina

  Illustrations for several education books and cover illustration of a 3 book collection.

• Concept art/Paint/Color key

  In post we trust

  June 2011 - September 2011

  Buenos Aires

  I worked on the animated feature film "Little Heroes". Tasks involved digital paint of characters, concept art of characters' related accesories and costumes, color key, and collaboration in the creation of extras.