David Macias

Graphic Designer

Chicago, IL, USA
I love all things art related. I especially enjoy working in 2D and creating beautiful stories through illustration.

Work Experience

Calabash Animation Inc

Character Design, color keys, and modeling.
Designed the colors for a Nickelodeon Milk commercial.
Modeled environments for PayPal commercials.
Modeled the characters for Pikmi Pops with Jojo Siwa commercial.
Modeled Characters for Fingerlings and Hatchlings Commercials.
Designed the hero Hummingbird characters for Airstream Nest.
Designed the environment and lighting for Flush Force and modeled it.
I design in Photoshop and Procreate
I model with Zbrush, Modo, or Maya.
Chicago, Illinois, United States

W.W. Grainger

CGI Creative Content Artist

I am a part of the CGI team responsible for creating all of the 3D images for Gamut.
I work with Modo, Zbrush, and Marvelous designer to model, texture, shade, and render images.
I am also the go-to illustrator for special projects.
August 2017 - Present Chicago, Illinois, United States

Gamut

CGI Creative Content Artist

I am a part of the CGI team responsible for creating all of the 3D images for Gamut.
I work with Modo, Zbrush, and Marvelous designer to model, texture, shade, and render images.
I am also the go-to illustrator for special projects.
April 2016 - Present Chicago, Illinois, United States

Cheshire Partners Llc.

Graphic Designer

I am currently designing and making creative choices including: web design, layout, color, logo, banner, brochures, buttons, graphics, and mobile design. I also do photography, video, photo manipulation, and video editing.
July 2014 - Present Chicago, Illinois, United States

UNC Asheville

Video and Web design Intern

I captured and edited video for the departmental video, I designed and coded the new design for the student work section of the website.
August 2013 - February 2014 Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Education

University Of North Carolina - Asheville (UNC)

Bachelor of Arts

I majored in new media and 3D animation. I graduated with the departmental distinction of "Best in Creativity"
August 2011 - May 2014 Asheville, North Carolina, United States

Languages

Spanish (Conversational),

Awards

UNC Asheville

Best in Creativity

2014

UNC Asheville 2014 Student Show

Best in Show - 3D stills

2014

UNC Asheville Student Show

Best in Show - 3D animation

2012

UNC Asheville

Best in Show - Group projects

2014

Skills

Maya, 2D , 3d, 3d Animation, Adobe Creative Suit, After Effects, Character Animation, Character Design, Character Sculpting, Color, Concept Art, Digital Paiting, Dreamweaver, Flash, HTML, Lighting, Mental Ray, Modo, Motion Graphics , Photo Editing, Planning, Story Boarding, Toon Boom , Trapcode, Unity, ZBrush,