Ugarte

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LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/gastonugarte

PROFILE

Senior Set Modeling Supervisor / Visual Development Artist with 20+ years of experience in feature animation and high-end VFX. Background in architecture and fine art, specializing in cinematic environments, world-building, and production-ready set design.

Extensive leadership experience at Pixar Animation Studios across multiple Academy Award–winning films, bridging artistic vision with technical execution.

EXPERIENCE

Pixar Animation Studios — Set Modeling Supervisor / Set Art Direction / Visual Development Artist

2006 – Present

Lead and contribute to world-building across major animated features, collaborating closely with Production Design, Art Department, Layout, and Lighting. Focus on storytelling through environments, design consistency, and production scalability.

Selected Films:

WALL·E — Senior Set Modeler
Up — Senior Set Modeler
Brave — Senior Modeler / Visual Development Artist
The Good Dinosaur — Set Modeling Supervisor
Toy Story That Time Forgot — Senior Set Modeler
Coco — Set Modeling Supervisor
Onward — Visual Development / Set Modeling Supervisor
Luca — Senior Set Modeler
Lightyear — Set Modeling Supervisor
Inside Out 2 — Senior Set Modeler
Hoppers — Additional Sets Art Direction
Gatto — Senior Set Modeler / Visual Development

Sony Pictures Imageworks

2005 – 2006

Surf’s Up — Senior Set Modeler
I Am Legend — Senior VFX Artist

CHARLEX NYC

2003 – 2005

Lead Modeler — One Rat Short (Academy Award–winning short)
3D commercial work for Budweiser, M&M’s, Coca-Cola, Verizon, AT&T, etc.
High-end asset and environment development for broadcast campaigns

Wacky World Studios — Tampa, FL

2003 – 2004

Modeling & shading — The Roach Approach (animated feature, direct-to-video)

T.P.I. Trial Practices Inc. — Tampa, FL

2002 – 2003

3D legal visualizations and courtroom reconstruction animations

EDUCATION

BFA, Computer Animation
Ringling College of Art & Design — 1997–2002
Minor: Photography & Illustration

Architecture Studies
Universidad Nacional de Tucumán — 1996–1997

International Baccalaureate (IB)
English & Art — 1994–1996

SKILLS

Set Modeling · Environment Design · Visual Development · Digital Sculpting · Look Development · Shading · Lighting · Set Dressing · Compositing · Cinematic Composition

SOFTWARE

Autodesk Maya · ZBrush · 3DCoat · Blender · Substance Painter · World Creator · Photoshop · Procreate · Adobe Premiere · Lightroom

LANGUAGES

Spanish & English

FILMOGRAPHY

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2077360/?ref_=tt_cl_t_10