Leonardo Gandini

Graphic Designer and Web Developer | 3D Operator

Edinburgh, United Kingdom
3D operator, graphic & web designer, currently in Bloomington IN USA but the soul is in Japan 日本.
Thumbs up: Android, Juggling, and Starbucks.

I am the author of Skyrim Map | Tamriel Maps in the Google Play Store and Dragon Maps on AppStore,

The web version was recently featured as Google Maps Mania "map of the week" and mentioned on the official Google Fusion Tables Twitter account and Example Gallery

Work Experience

Self-Employed

Google Trusted Photographer

August 2014 - Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Self-Employed

Freelance Hybrid Web Designer and Web Developer (CSS3, SASS, Compass, JQuery Mobile, Web App)

Activities: Design of multi-platform apps with advanced CSS animations made with Adobe Edge Animate and Phonegap for Android, iOS, Windows 8, and Windows Phone 8.
Design of several self-hosted Wordpress websites, SEO-optimized and integrated with social networks. Development from concept to execution of several projects by using Amazon AWS tools (EC2, S3, and Glacier)
February 2012 - Present Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Movie & Arts

3D Generalist

Activities: Development of 3D contents for TV and online advertisements (clients include Fiat, Barilla, New Holland, Hyundai, and Allianz). Expertise: Autodesk Softimage and matchmoving camera tracking with Boujou. I was also in charge of managing the internal render farm with Royal Render on a Linux machine.
June 2010 - February 2012 Milano, Italy

Academy Of Fine Arts Of Brera

Teaching Instructor

Subjects: Autodesk Mudbox for sculpture. Photoshop for advanced photo retouch and sculptures integration in real environments.
March 2010 - May 2010 Milano, Italy

Freelance

3D Operator, Graphic Designer

3D Animation for tv and media | Animations with After Effects
November 2006 - June 2010 Milano, Italy

Postoffice Reloaded

3D Operator, Junior Technical Director

Activities: Design of Flash websites. Design of catalogues and promotional material for visual art exhibitions and cultural associations.
January 2007 - October 2007 Milano, Italy

Freelance

Web Designer

Wordpress and Joomla websites
July 2006 - December 2006 Milano, Italy

European Institute Of Design

Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant at Istituto Europeo di Design, Milano
Subject: Thesis Project Laboratory (3D shorts, Videogame design).
February 2006 - June 2006 Milano, Italy

Education

Instituto Europeo Di Design (IED) - Milan

Bachelor of Art in Virtual Design

Thesis Project: Team project for the creation of additional levels of the 3D videogame “Half Life 2”. I was in charge of the game level design, the characters-objects interaction design, and the full setup (with Softimage | XSI) of two main characters in the 3D introduction video
September 2002 - June 2005 Milano, Italy

Liceo Artistico I Di Brera

Secondary School Diploma

Subjects: Fine Arts (freehand drawing, sculpture, watercolor painting), Anatomy, History of Art.
September 1997 - June 2002 Milano, Italy

Languages

Italian (Native),
English (Conversational),
Japanese (Conversational),
French (Beginner),

Skills

CSS, Jquery, 3d, Adobe, After Effect, Compass, Edge Animate, Google Business View, Lightroom, Panoramic Photo, Phonegap, Photo Retouch, Photography, Photoshop, SASS, Softimage, WordPress,