ROJA HUCHEZ
289 Garden Ave.
Toronto, Canada
Phone: 416.693.9892
Email: roja.huchez at gmail dot com

SKILLS / SOFTWARE
As a cg artist I use Autodesk Maya/Mental Ray, ZBrush, Mudbox, Cyslice, UV Layout, Shave and a Haircut, Photoshop, as well as develop and create workflow tools coded in Python and MEL. I am very proficient in creature modeling, and blend shape facial modeling and facial rigging techniques, and I enjoy sharing with and learning from my team.

EMPLOYMENT

2011 – Pres
Toonbox Entertainment – Lead Character Facial Artist

2010-2011.
Head of Character Models and Facial Rigging at March Entertainment
-Modeled and supervised model development on all character model assets
-Prototyped the transfer script of bind skeletons on all characters using particles
-Facial rig and blendshape technique/script development and transfer implementation across all characters
-Hair model/curve generation and dynamic simulation setup on all characters

2009-2010.
Creature Modeler/Facial Rigger at Starz
Development Project ‘Planes Pitch’ for Disney/Pixar

2007-2009.
Facial Team / CG Modeler, Weta Digital, Wellington NZ
James Cameron’s Avatar (2009) – Major Characters (NDA)
Prince Caspian (2008)

2006-2007.
CG Modeler, Weta Digital, Wellington NZ
The Water Horse (2007) – Resculpted Main Creature
Fantastic Four – Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

2006-2006
Character Modeler, iD Software, Mesquite TX
Enemy Territory – Quake Wars (freelance)

2004-2006
MEL Tools, Senior Character Modeler/Rigger, Nelvana Ltd.,Toronto
Backyardigans (CG) (Nickelodeon – Nelvana Ltd.)
Sidekick (Adobe Flash) – (Nelvana Ltd.)

2003-2004
Modeler, Character Rigger, Nelvana Ltd., Toronto
Care bears – The Movie (CG) (Nelvana Ltd.)
Backyardigans (CG) (Nickelodeon – Nelvana Ltd.)
Sidekick (Adobe Flash) – (Nelvana Ltd.)

2001-2003
Senior Flash Animator, Nelvana Ltd., Toronto
Gruesomestein’s Monsters (Nelvana Ltd.)
Jacob Two – Two (Nelvana Ltd.)
Senior Flash Animator, Nelvana Ltd., Toronto
Max and Ruby, (Nelvana Ltd.)
Flash Animator, Nelvana Ltd., Toronto
Quads II (Nelvana Ltd.)

2000-2001
Traditional Animator, Sullivan Animation, Toronto
Anne, The Animated Movie (Sullivan Entertainment)
Posing, Layout Artist & Design, Red Rover Animation, Toronto
The Three Pigs (Red Rover)
R-Kelly Music Video (R-Kelly)
Posing, Layout Artist & Design, Red Rover Animation, Toronto
The Ripping Friends (Spumco / Fox)
The Three Pigs (Red Rover)
R-Kelly Music Video (R-Kelly)

1999-2000
Design, Sullivan Animation, Toronto
Anne, the Animated Series (Sullivan Entertainment)

1999-1999
Board Revisions, Nelvana, Toronto
Franklin (Nelvana Ltd.)
Posing, Layout Artist & Design, Studio B Productions, Vancouver
Mission Hill (Film Roman)

1998-1998
Posing, Layout Artist & Design, Studio B Productions, Vancouver
Ned’s Newt (Nelvana)

EDUCATION – Ongoing

2003-2004
Advanced Modeling in Maya (Nelvana)
Advanced Animation in Maya (Nelvana)
Intro to Maya (Nelvana)

2002-2003
Animation/Modeling in 3D Studio Max (Elliot Animation)
Intro to 3D Studio Max (Elliot Animation)

1996-1999
Sheridan College Classical Animation Graduate