WORK HISTORY
May 2024 - Current
Character Surfacing Supervisor
Skydance Animation
Supervising character surfacing on Eddie and the Beanstalk, Skydance Animation's upcoming feature for Netflix directed by Rich Moore.
Leading and mentoring the surfacing team, defining the character look strategy with art direction, and building Houdini HDAs and Solaris/USD tools that speed up the department's workflows.
2023 - Current
Character Surfacing Instructor
U-tad University
Teaching character surfacing in U-tad's Master's programme: texturing, look development and procedural workflows.
Mentoring students through their surfacing projects and portfolio pieces.
September 2022 - April 2024
Lead Character Surfacing Artist
Skydance Animation
Led character surfacing on Swapped (Netflix, 2026), directed by Nathan Greno.
Defined the procedural material workflows in Substance Designer and Substance Painter, mentored the team and developed HDAs and tools to accelerate texturing and look-dev.
August 2020 - August 2022
Senior Character Surfacing Artist
Skydance Animation
Character surfacing on the feature film Luck (Apple TV+, 2022) and the short film Blush (Apple Original Films).
Short stint on Spellbound (Netflix, 2024), bringing the surfacing workflows from Luck to the team before moving to lead on Swapped.
2020 - 2023
Lighting Instructor
U-tad University
Taught lighting in U-tad's Bachelor's degree in animation, guiding students from lighting fundamentals to finished shots.
May 2018 - July 2020
Character Surfacing Artist
Ilion Animation Studios
Character surfacing on the feature film Luck (Skydance Animation / Apple TV+).
Jan 2018- Apr 2018
Lighting & Compositing Artist
Illusorium Studios
Lighting and compositing on the feature film En las estrellas (2018) and the Kubrick documentary 2001: Destellos en la oscuridad.
Sep 2017 - Nov 2017
Lighting/Compositing Artist
Axis Animation
Lighting and compositing on the cinematics Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris and League of Legends: PROJECT Hunters.
Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
Lighting/Compositing Jr Artist
Ilion Animation Studios
Lighting and compositing on the feature film Wonder Park (Paramount Animation, 2019).
Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
Surfacing Artist
Being Good short film
Surfacing of the main bus stop set and props for Jenny Harder's short film Being Good.
Nov 2014 - Nov 2016
Surfacing Jr Artist
Ilion Animation Studios
Environment surfacing on the feature film Wonder Park (Paramount Animation, 2019).
EDUCATION
2013 - 2014
Vfx Master for Cinema and Tv
U-tad University
Spain
2008 - 2013
Fine Arts Degree
Nebrija University
Spain
marketable skills
TEXTURING
SHADING
LIGHTING
COMPOSITING
transferable skills
COMMUNICATIONS
TEAMWORK
LEADERSHIP
TESTIMONIALS
Javier Borrego
Shading & Texturing Supervisor at Skydance Animation
Jorge has proven to be a responsible and initiative worker, with a high degree of motivation and great work capacity, individually and as a team. He is a person with constant desire to learn and with concern to know new methods of work, always aiming to fulfill, in an effective and creative way, the goals that are marked.
In have no doubt that Jorge will take advantage of any opportunity presented to him. Like I said, I think he has the necessary skills to adapt and work in any circumstances.
Mikas Sadauskas
CG Supervisor at Axis Animation
Jorge has a good eye for light and colours, fast learner and a nice person to work with. I can recommend him without any hesitation as a solid lighting and compositing artist.
David Domingo
Lead Texture & Shading at Skydance Animation
Jorge is a worker with a great talent and artistic eye.
Always shows a respectful, patient and open attitude to criticism. During the production of the film he has performed very diverse tasks of texture and all were done with the necessary professionalism and quality.
Jorge's youth, and his desire to continue learning and improving are factors that make him a worker that has no ceiling and can reach the level that he proposed.
Easy to deal with, reliable and always positive, a professional with the necessary skills to tackle any task quickly and effectively, as a team or individually.
Celine Velasco
Supervisor Texture & Shading at Skydance Animation
If you´re looking for an efficient guy, fast learner and great artist, then you´re on the right profile!
I had the privilege to work with Jorge as his lead for 3 years in Ilion. Jorge is an artist that you can always rely on. He´s responsible and technically sound employee and he is always ready to put all his energy and time to get the job done.
Artistically, Jorge possesses a great sharpen eye that makes him a complete package!