Summary
Hello, my name is Juan, I’m 41 and I’m into webdesign, motion and graphics for online enviroment for mare than 12 years now. I did (and still do!) almost everything in the online advertising field, such as websites layouts, online banners, institutional videos, illustrations, social media design, mobile apps, online games, e-learning platforms ... well, that’s a lot, right? =)
I love games, specially the now “Retros”, wich basically are the ones that I grew playing... the 90’s stuff...the good stuff. Those 90’s games (specially the RPGs) inspire me everyday and I’m very happy with some studies that proves that today’s UX design is, in some kind, based on those classic RPGs and games interfaces.
But my thing is really the art. The concepts, the character design, and the motion! Wich led me to another passion, the 3D.
I began in 1999, drawing and animating stuff with macromedia flash. I emulated several times some platform 2d games that I loved and it’s graphics. Oh man, flash was so good for it!
I used to make my own 2d pixel graphics, animate and do some AS2 programming wizzardry that I learned online! It was a thrill.
And because of that, I also happened to learn photoshop, illustrator and even managed to create my own fonts with the late macromedia fontographer (remember this?)
My first job in the creative field came in 2003, in a small e-learning agency, where I used my skills in creating design for interactive e-learning platforms. The guys were pioneers in online training and platforms, so I have to creating the graphic environment for it. It was all Flash at that time.... vector graphics, interactions, many many buttons, sounds..everything multimedia in the package!! I experienced my first brainstorms in character and scenario creations...and most important... the usability and user interface. We made some great cases for big clients like ROCHE, TELEFONICA, ISO 9000, PERDIGÃO and GSK.
After that, I began to work in advertising agencies, with almost EVERYTHING for online content. I did layouts for websites, lots and lots AND LOTS of online advertise banners (first using FLASH and later Google Web Designer as my lead software!), social media art, art and animations for mobile devices and games, video cases (using ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS - yeah, I learned this one too!), I mean... EVERYTHING! Worked for some good clients such as UNIVERSAL CHANNEL, JORNAL EXTRA, O GLOBO, GLOBO.COM, NISSAN, RENAULT, CHEVROLET, ELETROBRAS, Oi, VIVO, CLARO, FSB, Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro, Ministério da Saúde, Ministério das Cidades, CANAL BRASIL, IESB, PUC, NUTELLA,...wheeew!!
Not so bad for a person who doesn’t have college degree, right? (but hey kids, don’t do that! always ALWAYS study!! =) )
In 2013 I decided to get some graduations and attended classes of FRONT END, HTML5 and CSS at CAELUM (In Rio de Janeiro) and began to study BLENDER 3D and ZBRUSH via online classes like UDEMY and others.
3D is being a blast. It reunites almost everything I like in the business and is a personal dream to model my own characters!
Skills
Software proficiency
