Ricardo Torres - Visual Effects Artist & Supervisor

Gravity Media / Meta (Los Angeles) | VFX Artist and Motion Graphics Animator | Feb 2021 - present
  • Animation and GFX Lead for Meta Video Productions at the Los Angeles studio
  • General CG - modeling, animating and rendering
  • 2D and 3D animation
  • Lead a team of animators spread around the country

Freelance (Los Angeles) | VFX Artist and VFX Supervisor | Mar 2013 - Jan 2021
  • Freelance VFX Artist. I work in my studio while virtually consulting with clients or I can work at client’s location.
  • General CG (modeling, animating and rendering
  • Supervision of VFX shooting on set.
  • Lead teams of 2D and 3D artists on bigger projects

NFL Network (Culver City, CA) | Motion Graphics Animator / 3D animator Dec 2019 - Jan 2020
  • Motion Designer of NFL material for 2020 Super Bowl broadcast
  • 3D tracking of multiple drone shots of Miami
  • 3D graphics animated, rendered, and created in C4D and X-Particles. Comped in After Effects.

Snapchat
(Venice, CA) | Motion Graphics Animator & VFX Artist / Set Supervisor | Mar 2018 - May 2018
  • VFX Artist, Motion Graphics animator and VFX set supervisor
  • Work was for Snapchat's marketing material and online content
  • Majority of the work was done in After Effects and Cinema 4D

Art Institute (Los Angeles) | Advanced VFX Teacher | Mar 2014 – present
  • Teach part time an Advance Visual Effects class to students who are in their last year of the VFX program.
  • Created all the syllabus and lessons for the class.
  • Some of the topics covered were advance compositing, roto, tracking, many tips and tricks for workflow, working with clients and deadlines.
  • Main software use is After Effects, C4D

Below The Radar (Los Angeles) | Lead Compositor and VFX Creative Director | Mar 2004 - Mar 2013
  • Worked directly with commercial and feature clients as lead VFX artists.
  • Supervised VFX shooting on set.
  • Lead teams of 2D and 3D freelance artists on bigger projects.
  • Set up the whole VFX pipeline (hardware / software) for the facility.
  • Was involved in final decision for purchase of any VFX software and hardware.

Black Box Digital (Los Angeles) | Lead Compositor and UI Motion Designer | Jan 2002 - Mar 2004
  • Designed futuristic UIs for such movies as Minority Report, Artificial Intelligence, Enemy of The State, The Italian Job, Simone, and others.
  • Worked directly with A class directors such as Steven Spielberg, Tony Scott, and Michael Bay.
  • Was in charge of all 2D compositing, tracking, and integration of our UI graphics with the live plates.

Sight Effects (Los Angeles) | Flame Compositing Artist | Apr 2000 – Jan 2002
  • Was one of the 3 senior Flame Compositors for commercial work.
  • Was part of the team that created “Running with the Squirrels” and “Cat Herders”. Two award winning Superbowl commercials for EDS.

Post Logic Studios (Los Angeles) | Senior Flame Compositing Artist | Sept 1998 – Apr 2002
  • Hired as Flame artist for Post Logic’s VFX commercial division at the new Santa Monica facility
  • Apart from commercial work, composited also feature films and music videos

Rhythm & Hues Studios (Los Angeles) | Flame Compositing Artist | Jun 1997 – Sep 1998
  • Composited talking animals CG sequences with live plates for various scenes in the feature film Babe: Pig in The City
  • When not on the feature film helped in the commercial division with comping.