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Catarina Aguiar

Concept Artist | 3D Generalist for indie game

Portugal

Trainee

Painting
Fine Art
Adobe Photoshop
Badges
Participant

Biography

Born in 2001, Portugal.

After growing up in Dance and Music, took a bachelor in Fine Arts in Lisbon while doing some waitressing jobs to attend THU 2022.

After finishing the degree and breaking some bones in 2023, found a shopkeep job in 2024 in order to study Character Design with Anna Lakisova at New 3DGE in France for a week, and attend THU once again later that year. 

Worked as a waitress while studying 3D Animation & VFX at Lisbon's School of Design, and building Portfolio In 2024/25

After a summer job in an Icelandic Hotel, started working with a small team in a Roguelite indie game since summer 2025.

Skills

Roles

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate

Technical Skills

  • Advanced

Software

  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Languages

  • Fluent/Native
  • Fluent/Native
  • Basic
  • Basic
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Advanced
  • Basic

Education

2024 – Present day

Professional Training

Lisbon School of Design

3D Animation and VFX

Maya Autodesk

2024 – 2024

Summer Course

New 3DGE

Dessin Numérique - Character Design 2D

30 hours of Character Design with Anna Lakisova

2019 – 2023

Bachelor

Faculty of Fine Arts Lisbon University

Painting

Four years of experimenting and learning various mediums, from painting to SolidWorks.