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Oscar Chávez

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop

Character Designer & Character Concept Artist.

Biography

I’m a Character Designer, Concept Artist, and a Figure Drawing Instructor. I studied Fine Arts at Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo (UEES). I have also completed many courses and workshops such as Karl Gnass's Figure Drawing School, Juan Pablo Lopez's Character Design Course, Francesco Denicolo Color & Light Course, TB Choi’s Illustration Course, Schoolism (Wouter Tulp Workout), New Masters Academy, David Colman's Animal Courses, Aaron Blaise’s Courses, Proko.com, and Watts Atelier. I’ve worked for various studios (Flying S Films, ZEILT Productions, Studio 100 International, Studio56, Mighty Animation, BigChild Entertainment, Navegante Entertainment, Zebu Animation Studios, Revolving Games, RUCKUS Studios, RIFFRAFF TV, NEELS Creative Studio) doing character/prop design, illustrations, and concept art in the animation, gaming and advertising industry. I speak English and Spanish.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Software

  • Advanced

Work Experience

2025 – 2025

Character Designer

FLYING S FILMS (California, USA)

I created the whole line-up of characters for a TV Series project.

2024 – 2025

Character Designer

ZEILT Productions (Luxembourg)

I created and redesigned various characters for an unannounced feature film.

2024 – 2024

Character Designer

Studio 56 (Bangalore, India)

I designed the whole line-up for an unannounced feature film.

2024 – 2024

Character Designer

Jim Mortensen (The Unfortunates) (California, USA)

I worked on various concept ideas for the TV Series project The Unfortunates by Jim Mortensen.

2024 – 2024

Concept Artist

RIFFRAFF TV (London, UK)

I worked on various concept ideas for a TV commercial.

2022 – 2024

Character Designer

Big Child Entertainment (Weimar, Germany)
Designed characters for a Feature film & TV series. (Unannounced)

2024 – 2024

Character Designer

NEELS Creative Studios (Paris, France)
Designed characters for a Ubisoft & McDonald's commercial (Unannounced)

2023 – 2023

Character Designer

Studio 100 (Munich, Germany)

I worked on a pitch presentation, designing new characters for a TV Series and potential Toy fabrication.

2023 – 2023

Character Designer

RUCKUS Studio (Brisbane, Australia)
Designed a character and prop for a commercial brand.

2022 – 2022

Character Layout

Mighty Animation (Guadalajara, Mexico)

I worked as a character layout for the TV Series Rey Misterio vs. La Oscuridad.

2022 – 2022

Concept Artist

Navegante Entertainment (Puebla, Mexico)
- I'm designing the characters & props for a videogame (unannounced project 2024)

2021 – 2021

Lead - Character Designer

Talisman Animation Studios (Karachi, Pakistan)
• Designed the whole characters line-up for an unannounced Feature Film (2022)

2021 – 2021

Concept Artist

Zebu Animation Studios (Bangalore, India)

Designed & colored character & prop concepts for the LEGO TV Series DREAMZzz (2022) 

Education

2024 – 2024

Character Design

Juan Pablo Lopez (La Galeria Roja)

Character Design

2023 – 2023

Francesco Denicoló

Digital Painting

A color & light course

2022 – 2022

David Colman's Courses

Unknown

- Animals Character Design Course - Drawing with Life, Energy & Story

2020 – 2022

Aaron Blaise’s Online Courses

Unknown

- Fundamentals of Animation Course - Character Design Course - Drawing Clear Expressions - Acting for Animation - Perspective Drawing

2021 – 2021

TB Choi's Concept Art & Illustration Class (La Galería Roja)

Unknown

Three Full Days Online classes about Illustration and Concept Design for Animation & Videogames.

2021 – 2021

Karl Gnass's Figure Drawing School Online

Unknown

• Active Anatomy (Summer Term 2021 – 10 weeks) • Fundamentals of Figure Drawing (Winter Term 2021 – 10 weeks)

2020 – 2020

Schoolism

Unknown

Wouter Tulp - Expressive Characters

2013 – 2015

N/A

Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo

Fine Arts