VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO | ALFONSO MOROTE | 01/09/2020

MOROTE ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND ARCHITECT

MOROTE ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND ARCHITECT

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO | ALFONSO MOROTE | COPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | 01/09/2020 For more information feel free to email me at: alfonsofernandezmorote@gmail.com Or you can just call me at: +34 686 05 72 14

CONTENTS SHORT CV

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LIFE (IS) DRAWING

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URBAN SKETCHING

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VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

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STORYBOARD ART

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PERSONAL RESEARCH

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ABOUT | EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

PEOPLE |OBJECTS |MODEL IN MOTION

INDOORS | OUTDOORS | PASSENGERS

CHARACTER DESIGN | BACKGROUND DESIGN | CONCEPT ART

ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN | ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC | 3D

06 | SHORT CV | ABOUT

ABOUT My name is Alfonso Morote. I’m an animator, illustrator and architect from Murcia, Spain.

I attended the Technical University of Valencia where I received a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urban Design specialisation.

After some years working as an architect and graphic designer, I realized that I would like to continue learning about communication and arts.

So I decided to achieve a a Certificate of Advanced Vocational Studies of Fine Arts and Design at the School of Arts of Murcia.

Finally, I also was student of the School of Arts and Design of Matosinhos in Portugal thanks to the Erasmus+ Programme.

Now I’m looking forward to start new challenges and to grow as an animator artist!

For more information feel free to email me at: alfonsofernandezmorote@gmail.com Or you can just call me at: +34 686 05 72 14 @moroteart > Self-portrait. Ballpen, 15 min.

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EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

ADVANCE SOFTWARE SKILLS

LANGUAGES

Animator and Visual Development (erasmus traineeship) at Habitar studio in Porto, Portugal (2020).

2D Animation. Toomboon, Opentoonz, Adobe Animate, Adobe After Effects and Piskel.

Spanish. Mother language.

Architect at LANDAR studio in Valencia, Spain (2016-2018).

Architect in the Protection Plan of the historic neighbourhood of El Cabanyal (2017-2018).

Drawing teacher in an annual workshop held at the School of Fine Arts of Valencia, at the Landscape Institute of Les Salines (Barcelona) and at the Art Festival of Murcia Creative City, Spain (2016-2018).

3D Animation and Digital Sculpting. Maya, Blender, 3D Studio Max, Google SketchUp, Zbrush and Substaince Painter.

Digital Painting and Graphic Design. Autodesk SketchBook, Krita, PaintTool SAI, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign.

Storytelling. Storyboarder, Scenarist and Twine.

Video Edition. Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premier Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

Research and Professor Assistant at the Technical University of Valencia, Spain (2013-2015).

Presentation. PowerPoint, Prezi, Microsoft Office, Active Presenter and VideoScribe.

Trainee Architect at Valencia Institute of Building (2014-2015).

Architecture and Geographic Information Systems.

AutoCAD, QGIS, ArcMap and ArcScene.

Trainee Architect in the Strategic Plan for the Calderona Mountain Range (2013).

Illustrator and Graphic Designer at L’Ambaixada Studio and Amore Photography Studio (20102014).

English. B2 level (CEFR), certificated by the University of Oxford.

Portuguese. A2 level (CEFR), certificated by the University of Porto.

HONORS/AWARDS Special Jury Award. Art and Design Competition of the City of Valencia (2015) 1st Prize. European Competition E-CLIC: Challenge Learning Innovation Cooperation (2014) Special Public Award. Gandia Shore Landscape Competition (2013)

LIFE (IS) DRAWING Life drawings give me the opportunity to train my capabilities to analyze organic anatomies, artificial structures and textures.

By observing daily life situations and objects, drawing human models in my art classes or looking at videos and photographs, I’m always trying to improve my skills to express movement through drawing in all its forms: gestual sketches, anatomy drawings, colour and light studies...

> Cycling study. Pencil, 90 min.

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> Anatomy studies. Pencil, 20 min/drawing.

10 | OBJECTS | LIFE (IS) DRAWING

> Object studies. Pencil, 20-40 min/drawing.

LIFE (IS) DRAWING | MODEL IN MOTION | 11

> Movement studies. Pencil, 20 min/drawing.

URBAN SKETCHING I’m happy to be part of a big community of urban sketchers.

We love architecture, travelling and drawing everywhere.

Whether if I draw indoor or outdoor spaces, natural or urban landscapes, I think that every place can teach me something new!

Finally, I have created two blogs for sharing my experience in urban sketching: sueltalamano.wordpress.com sharingsketches.wordpress.com

> Porto, Portugal. Ink and watercolor crayons, 30 min.

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> Home, Valencia. Ink and watercolor, 40 min.

> The Victory Pub, London. Ink, 20 min.

> British Museum, London. Ink and pencils, 30 min.

> Blue Mosque, Istanbul. Ink and watercolor, 30 min.

> La Nau Museum, Valencia. Pencils, 15 min.

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> Vals, Switzerland. Ink and marker, 30 min.

> Como, Switzerland. Ink and marker, 10 min.

> Milan, Italy. Ink and marker, 30 min.

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> Valencia, Spain. Pencil, 45 min.

> Porto, Portugal. Ink. 30 min.

> London, UK. Ink. 30 min.

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> Vienna, Austria. Pen, 10 min.

> Valencia, Spain. Pencil, 30 min.

> Coney Island, USA. Pencil, 15 min.

> Murcia, Spain. Pen and marker, 30 min.

> London, UK. Ink, 30 min.

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> Sketching passengers. Ink, pencil and watercolors. 10 min/drawing.

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT While I have been studying at Murcia School of Arts and also at the School of Arts and Design of Matosinhos, I had the opportunity to train my skills on: • CHARACTER DESIGN • BACKGROUND DESIGN • CONCEPT ART Currently, I continue learning about these works by doing extra workshops or by studying reference bibliography. As I usually say, nothing is better for improving than... learning by doing!

> Character design: Berlin. Cartoon design based on a live action character from Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) series, Netflix.

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MR. ABEL COSTA Mr. Abel Costa is a journalist who works in a small city.

His neighbours start to be expelled from their houses so he decides to research about the matter.

40 years. Strong constitution.

Generally serious.

He is an observant, sensitive and intelligent person. His movements tend to subtly denote his mood. He has an elegant beard that he caresses when he thinks.

From the short film project: “A cidade pelas pessoas”

> Character design research: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Turn around: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Modelsheet and props design: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Expression sheet: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Color key: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Action poses: Abel. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Abel into context (layout and background). “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

26 | BACKGROUND DESIGN | VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

> Background designs. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Background design. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

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> Background and process. “Da Vinci workshop”.

30 | CONCEPT ART | VISUAL DEVELOPMENT

> Visual development and process. “Da Vinci workshop”.

> Visual development and process. “The Labyrinth”.

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> Photo by Adriano Miranda.

> Concept art research. “A cidade pelas pessoas”.

STORYBOARD ART In my view, having a good storyboard is essential to develop whatever audiovisual project. Furthermore, for me it is a big pleasure to work on that because I can challenge myself to translate the screenplay into shots, also thinking in timing, light and sound.

Training my adaptability to different graphic styles depending on the project seems to me very interesting also.

In a nutshell, I love drawing storyboards because it is a kind of mile stone inside the production pipeline!

> Storyboard pages. “A Cidade pelas pessoas�.

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However, sometimes avoiding the disaster depends on all those who usually do not count....

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From the short film project: “Boxes” Copyright © All rights reserved.

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> Storyboard pages. “The Mop Killer” (live action short film).

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> Storyboard of an advertising spot for Fujifilm Instax Cameras.

PERSONAL RESEARCH Finally, it is important to me keep on learning and developing my personal reseach about: • ARCHITECTURE AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN • ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC • 3D These other disciplines has given me the opportunity of exploring new approaches, softwares, techniques and graphic styles for improving my daily work.

> Architecture drawing of ruins.

Rehabilitation project of an abandoned village in Valencia, Spain. > See the full project here: https://issuu.com/alfonsofmorote/docs/pfc_reconectando_olla_ alfonso_fdez__faf590333328d2

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> Architecture scale model of the rehabilitated state of the village.

Rehabilitation project of an abandoned village in Valencia, Spain.

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> Architecture drawing of ruins. Rehabilitation project of an abandoned village in Valencia, Spain.

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> Architecture drawing of the rehabilitated state of the village. Rehabilitation project of an abandoned village in Valencia, Spain.

42 | ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC | PERSONAL RESEARCH

> Illustrated guide of the neeighbourhood of El Cabanyal in Valencia.

Photographs by: Cecilia Rodriguez.

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44 | ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC | PERSONAL RESEARCH

> Character design explorations with different graphic styles (digital artworks). Based on live action characters from Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) series, Netflix.

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> Traditional artwork. Watercolor, 3h.

> Traditional artwork. Ink and watercolor, 2h.

> Traditional artwork. Ink, 1h.

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> Traditional artwork. artwork. Pencil, 2h.

> Traditional artwork. Ink, 3h.

> Traditional artwork. Shingeki no Kyojin (fan art). Acrylic painting, 4h.

50 | ILLUSTRATION AND COMIC | PERSONAL RESEARCH

> Comic: “UP?” -alternative version of the famous Pixar’s story.

Tarditional cleanup (pencil) and digital colour.

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52 | 3D | PERSONAL RESEARCH

> Study and digital sculpting with Zbrush.

PERSONAL RESEARCH | 3D | 53 STORYBOARD/ANIMATIC

BLOCKOUT

LAYOUT

REFINE

> Animation process with Maya. “Deadline” animation short film. Team work with Daniela Silva. > Watch the short film here: https://youtu.be/5T-KSkvCOiI > Watch the workflow here: https://youtu.be/y8x0bnYq1XY

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO | ALFONSO MOROTE | COPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | 01/09/2020 For more information feel free to email me at: alfonsofernandezmorote@gmail.com Or you can just call me at: +34 686 05 72 14 @moroteart

VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO ALFONSO MOROTE | 01/09/2019 COPYRIGHT © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED