Mauricio Morali

Instagram @mauricio_morali

Mexico City, Mexico

Summary

I am a mexican 2d artist with experience in character design, character development and background art for animated movies, animated series, advertising, videogames and printed media. I've have participated in projects for clients and studios in and out of Mexico like Ánima Estudios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Netflix, among others.

Skills

Software proficiency

Photoshop

Illustrator

After Effects

InDesign

Premiere

Productions

- Movie
  La Leyenda del Charro Negro
- Year
  2018
- Role
  Background artist & Concept artist.
- Company
  Ánima Estudios
- TV Production
  Legend Quest
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Background artist, Concept artist & poster artist.
- Company
  Ánima Estudios & Netflix
- TV Production
  El Séptimo Caballero (the 7th knight)
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Background Artist
- Company
  Ánima Estudios
- Movie
  La Leyenda del Chupacabras
- Year
  2016
- Role
  Character development
- Company
  Ánima Estudios
- Movie
  Ana y Bruno
- Year
  2017
- Role
  Lighting Concept Artit.
- Company
  Ánima Estudios

Experience

Art Director - Undisclosed Animated series (Netflix) at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
April 2018 - Present
Art director for episodes 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 of an animated series for Netflix.
Lead Character Designer and Developer - "Al Filo de la Frontera" at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City
June 2017 - October 2017
My job was to design characters for a 2d animated movie with "comic noir" aesthetic. Once the designs were ready, I also made development material for the main and secondary characters: turnarounds, expression sheets, alternate outfits and moutcharts.
Background artist - La Leyenda del Charro Negro movie. at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
January 2017 - May 2017
My job was to draw and color background art for the movie and to create location concept art for my assigned scenes. I also supported the props team when needed. You can watch the trailer for this movie here: https://youtu.be/Vj7EE3WG_Xc.
Background and concept artist - Netflix's Legend Quest at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
January 2016 - December 2016
My job was to draw and color background art for the first season of Netflix's Legend Quest animated series. I also made official artwork for 5 out of 13 advertising posters for the show. You can watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/LSstpoh5z4Y
Background artist - El Séptimo Caballero at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
September 2016 - October 2016
I drew and colored background art for this animated series pilot. This project was one of the two winners of a contest held by Cartoon Network and Ánima Estudios. The winners had their pilots made at Ánima Estudios. You can watch this one here: http://www.cartoonnetwork.com.mx/video/el-septimo-caballero
Background artist - El Cuervo y el Venado at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
March 2016 - May 2016
I was one of the background artists for "El Cuervo y el Venado" 2d animated shortfilm. This project has not been published yet.
Character developer - La Leyenda del Chupacabras movie. at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
December 2015 - March 2016
I made character turnarounds and expression sheets for secondary and extra characters for this 2d animated movie. You can watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBKFgDqoKU
Background artist - Nickelodeon's Cupcakery of Doom pilot. at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
November 2015 - December 2015
I drew and colored background art for Nickelodeon's pilot episode of "Cupcakery of Doom".
Lighting Concept Artist - Ana y Bruno Movie. at Ánima Estudios
Mexico City, Mexico
August 2015 - December 2015
I was part of the lighting concept art team for the "Ana y Bruno" 3D animated movie. Basically I checked the sequence clips in search for lighting errors or potential improvements, then made paintovers on stills, and made notes for the team in India, giving followup to each assignment. You can watch the movie trailer here: https://youtu.be/4z4WAQfBoxw