Luis Gadea

Luis Gadea

Senior Character Designer / 15 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Work History
  • Freelance Character Designer

    The Neuland

    July 2023 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, United States

    -Currently helping with the Character Marketing campaign for an upcoming animated Feature Film

  • Character Designer

    Warner Bros. Animation

    September 2021 - July 2023

    Character Design for Bugs Bunny Builders.
    -In charge of re-designing the Looney Tunes for a younger audience.
    -Helped creating Marketing Character work: Warner Bros' billboard and social media images to promote the show.

  • Character Designer

    Alcon Entertainment

    August 2020 - December 2020
    Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

    Character Designer on the upcoming Garfield Animated Feature. In charge to create the character packets: turnarounds, expressions and poses.

  • Freelance Character Designer

    DreamWorks Animation

    May 2019 - December 2020
    Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

    Character Design work for Dreamworks TV Animation with the development team on 2 unannounced series.
    -In charge to work with the Producer to create the main character cast for the upcoming shows.

  • Freelance Character Designer

    Spin Master

    June 2020 - June 2020

    Character Design work for a show in development.

  • Freelance Character Designer

    Warner Bros. Animation

    February 2020 - June 2020
    Remote

    Re-design the Looney Tunes for the new show Bugs Bunny Builders.

  • Freelance Character Designer

    Netflix

    August 2019 - October 2019
    Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

    Character Design work on an unannounced Animated Movie.
    -In charge to work with the Director to develop the main characters of the script.

  • Freelance Character Designer on The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    Illumination Entertainment

    July 2019 - August 2019
    Remote

    -Helped with some Character turnarounds and costumes very early on in Pre-Production.

  • Lead Character Designer

    Stellar Creative Lab

    December 2017 - April 2019
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · On-site

    In charge of Stellar’s Character Design Department on: Animated Feature Films and Animated TV shows.
    Worked closely with the CG modeling team to bring the characters concepts into the 3D world.

  • Freelance Character Designer on The Angry Bids Movie 2

    Rovio Entertainment Corporation

    February 2018 - June 2018
    Los Angeles, California, United States · Remote

    -Responsible for the Character exploration work done for the Marketing Campaign and the Consumer Product Department.

  • Freelance Character Designer Consultant

    Character Design

    November 2017 - February 2018
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote

    Working in various shows developing characters designs.

  • Animal Logic

    February 2017 - November 2017
  • Character Design Teacher

    SchoolCreative

    September 2016 - October 2017
    On-site

    Character Design Teacher for the 2D and 3D Animation Program at School Creative School.

  • Freelance Character Designer

    Atomic Cartoons

    October 2016 - February 2017
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote

    Character Design work for 2D and 3D shows.

  • Character Designer on The Angry Birds Movie

    Rovio Entertainment Corporation

    January 2014 - October 2016
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    -Responsible for the Character packets sent to Sony for the 3D Modeling.
    -Responsible for the Supervising of the Angry Birds Macy's Balloon.
    -Responsible for the Character work done for the Marketing Campaign and the Consumer Product Department.

  • Animation Supervisor on 2D Mighty Eagle Sequence for The Angry Birds M

    Rovio Entertainment Corporation

    June 2015 - July 2015
    Helsinki Area, Finland

    -Responsible of supervising the animation team in Finland for a 2D sequence.

  • Animation Supervisor on Rocket Monkeys Season 2

    Atomic Cartoons

    November 2013 - January 2014

    In charge of supervising the Animation team.

  • Animator for Angry Birds Toons

    Atomic Cartoons

    September 2013 - November 2013
  • Clean up - Inbetweens Artist on ''The Prophet'' feature film.

    Plan B Production House - New Machine Studios

    July 2013 - August 2013
    Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · On-site

    Responsible for Clean-up and Inbetweens on The Prophet feature film.

  • Storyboard Clean-up/Revisionist on Avengers Assemble ( Season 1 )

    Atomic Cartoons

    November 2012 - July 2013
  • Teacher Assistant 2D Flash Animation

    Vancouver Film School

    March 2013 - April 2013

    Helping student in their Flash class

  • Animator on Rocket Monkeys ( Season 1 )

    Atomic Cartoons

    April 2012 - November 2012
  • Classical Animation

    Vancouver Film School

    January 2011 - December 2011

    One year in the Classical Animation Program improving my animation skills.

  • Character Design Assistant

    Universidad Veritas

    January 2009 - October 2010
    Costa Rica

    Assitant of the Character Design class in the Digital Animation Career. In charge of helping the students in the development of characters.

  • Character Designer, 2D Animator and 3D Animator

    MarteStudio

    January 2008 - October 2010
    Costa Rica

    2D department: Responsible of keyframes, in-betweens and coloring animations. Character Designer and Visual Development.
    3D department: Helping the 3D team with animation.

Education
  • Diploma in Classical Animation

    Vancouver Film School

    2011 - 2012
  • 3D Digital Animation

    Universidad LCI Veritas

    2007 - 2010