Gustavo Castellanos

Executive Creative Director & Concept Artist

Quito, Ecuador
My name is Gustavo Castellanos, I am 29 years old and for several years I have been the creative mind and art of Filoh Motion Studio. I was born in Quito, Ecuador. A country that I love by constantly being inspired by its multiculturalism. My beginnings were as Graphic Designer and I started a process of evolution through different positions such as: Sr. Designer, Lead Designer, Art Director and finally Motion Director, although he did not technically animate. This evolutionary process I carried out in different studies and specialization agencies within the country.

Over the years since 2012, the year in which I founded Filoh, this process has been growing and filling me with new passions and experience in the field of Pre-production for animation and the General Directorate of an animated project. Where I can apply my different passions such as Character Design and Concept art as well as satisfy my natural need to tell stories. I have been able to do this with the help of big brands such as: Nike, The Coca-Cola Company, Fanta, Adidas, Miller, Seven Up, Duo and of great agencies and producers that have trusted in my work such as: Mac Cann Ericson, Geometry Global, Rednet, Paradais, Marurí, Publicis, Faculty, 101 Degrees, 180, Vertigo, Find a Sence Etc.

These passions have resulted in one of the first projects selected by Cartoon Network of the country for the development of a pilot for a possible Serie within its Channel.

Work Experience

Filoh Motion Studio

Creative & Art Director , Character Designer, Visual Developer & Co-Founder

April 2012 - December 2017 Quito, Ecuador

Education

Instituto Metropolitano De Diseño

Graphic Designer

2007 - 2010 Quito, Ecuador

Languages

Español (Native),
English (Advanced),

Skills

Adobe Affter Effects, Adobeilustrator , Adobephotoshop, Animation, Character Design, Concept Art, Direction, Maxon C4D, Toonbom, Visual Development,

On-Line Self-taught Workshops Schoolism

Fundamentals of Character Design
with Stephen Silver

Advanced Character Design
with Stephen Silver

Expressive Characters
with Wouter Tulp

Characters for Animated Film
with Daniel Arriaga

On-Line Self-taught Workshops Domestika

Dir. de arte & composición de bodegón
Un curso de Everything .Is

Dirección de Arte con Cinema 4D
Un curso de TAVO

Dir.de arte para motion graphics
Un curso de Helio Vega

Lettering 3D con Cinema 4D
Un curso de zigor samaniego

Attendance Workshops

Human Figure Workshop with Alberto Ruiz.
XUPUI Y TRINQUETE EDICIONES
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2014

Character Design Workshop with Alberto Ruiz
XUPUI Y TRINQUETE EDICIONES
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2014

Lettering Workshop with Andreta & Regina
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2014

Creatin Believable Worlds with Armand Serrano.
OLEKA STUDIO / Disney Artist
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2016

Character Design with Stephen Silver Ecuador
XUPUI / Silver Acadewmy
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2015

ettering Workshop Con Yanni Y Guille
TRES Y DOS
QUITO - ECUADOR / 2015

Art Directio Workshop with Six & Five .
LAD FEST 2DA EDICIÓN
LIMA - PERÚ / 2016

Space Design Workshop with Playful
Congreso 4GN
BOGOTÁ - COLOMBIA / 2016

Play by your own Rules with Jessica Walsh
Congreso 4GN
BOGOTÁ - COLOMBIA / 2016