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Sofia Maru

Trainee

3D Art
3D Character Art
Adobe Photoshop

I'm a hard-working artist fully committed to my work, I do everything with passion. As an artist I primarily focus on Illustration, Concept Art, 2D and 3D Animation, StoryBoarding as well as Comics.

Biography

In June of this year I have finished my Graduation in Communication Design at Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto.

During my student years, I have focused my energy on bettering my abilities in comics, design, visual development, concept art, storyboarding, illustration, animation (2D and 3D) and 3D Art in all its facets: Modelling, sculpting, texture painting, shaders, baking, rigging and animation. In fact, I was able to put these skills into practice when I was given the opportunity to do an internship on Planetário do Porto, working on the pre-production and production of a 3D animated educational short that will be projected onto the dome of the planetarium.

I am confident in my skills in these areas, despite this, I believe that the learning process is never completed and so I make extra effort to meticulously study new ways, methods and styles that will result on a faster workflow without neglecting the quality of the final product.

Skills

Roles

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic

Technical Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Software

  • Advanced
  • Intermediate
  • Basic
  • Basic

Other Skills

  • Intermediate

Education

2019 – 2023

Licentiate degree

Faculdade de Belas-Artes do Porto

Communication Design

My degree focuses on various ways of working on design: from Animation to Illustration, Graphic Design, Photography, Video, Typography, Webdesign among others.

2016 – 2019

Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis

Webdesign

An arts specialised high school where I was able to study Communication Design with a specialisation in web design.