Hello! I'm Leo
My strength is helping you visualize your own equation. Intuitively most of you already know what you want. And recognize it when you see it. Through a simple exercise in exploration, I get you there quicker than the rest.
Let me call you and hear what you are trying to accomplish.
Email me your request at direction@leograbau.com
I bring a fresh flavor to your campaign and collateral material. Perhaps it is my Colombian heritage. Perhaps it is my youthful outlook on life. Perhaps it’s the latest training in advanced digital & multimedia production. Or maybe it’s simply a case of I love my craft.
Whatever it is I think it’s something you might want to take advantage of.
From seeing it to making it yours, that’s where I belong!
"Desire to touch the heaven and you will arrive at the summit of the mountain"
VIDEO
University Student end-of-career project where I participated as FX Artists responsible for hero slowmotion sand splashes using Houdini 13 with other 12 class mates.
CG Short Films
& other artwork
SKILLS
Windows
Linux
Python
HScript
VEX
Houdini | HDA | Mantra | Karma | USD
Maya
3dsMax
XSI
Unreal Engine
Nuke
Arnold / Redshift
Davinci
Photoshop
Premiere Pro
English
Fluid
French
Fluid
Spanish
Mothertongue
Italian
Elementary
Lightroom
Bridge
Illustrator
After Effects
Teamwork
Leadership
Mentoring
Music
Archery
EXPERIENCE
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Apr 2024 - Nov 2024
(8 months)
remote
Unreal Engine · Niagara · Blueprint · Houdini · Autodesk Maya
VFX Artist
Compulsion Games
Contractual Freelancer at Agora Studios—working on South of Midnight for XBOX Game Studios
Craft hallucinating stuff and bring it to life in Unreal Engine and a lot of Niagara and Blueprint adventures for a cool game that I will be able to tell about later on!
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Oct 2023 - Nov 2023
(2 months)
remote
Skills: Mantra · Houdini · Nuke · Linux
Sr FX TD
Digital Domain
Answer in a fast-efficient way to the Head of FX and CG Sup, creating a high level of dynamics, particle effects, and/or debris animation to reach the deadlines :) always keeping calm, having a good sense of humor, and motivating the team to craft something amazing!
United States
Sep de 2023 - Present
(1 mes)
remote
Skills: Career Counseling · Tutoring · Mentoring
VFX Mentor | E-Mentor
CareerVillage.org
I work as volunteer (pro bono) guiding and providing advice to students and future prospects in film and game industry.
London, England, United Kingdom
Jul 2020 - Present
(3 years 3 months)
remote
Skills: Career Counseling · Tutoring · Mentoring
VFX Mentor | E-Mentor
Prospela
I work as volunteer (pro bono) guiding and providing advice to students and future prospects in film and game industry.
Greater Munich Metropolitan Area
Feb 2023 - May 2023
(4 months)
remote
Skills: Mantra · Visual Effects · Fluid Dynamics · Rendering · Autodesk Maya · Houdini · Nuke
Sr FX TD
TRIXTER
Answer in a fast-efficient way to the Head of FX and CG Sup, creating a high level of dynamics, particle effects, and/or debris animation to reach the deadlines :) always keeping calm, having a good sense of humor, and motivating the team to craft something amazing!
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 2022 - Feb 2023
(6 months)
remote
Skills: Team Leadership · Autodesk Arnold · Unreal Engine · Houdini · Nuke
Lead FX
Sinking Ship Entertainment
Mainly, motivate, guide, train, and learn from my FX artists in charge, responsible for building rigs, scheduling tasks and assignments, delivering elements under the requirement from the CG Supervisor and the production. Work in collaboration with the team of Pipeline to improve workflows.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
May 2021 - Sep 2022
(1 year 5 months)
hybrid
Skills: Visual Effects · Rendering · Team Leadership · Autodesk Arnold · Unreal Engine · Houdini · Nuke
Lead FX
MELS
Mainly, motivate, guide, train, and learn from my FX artists in charge, responsible for building rigs, scheduling tasks and assignments, delivering elements under the requirement from the CG Supervisor and the production. Work in collaboration with the team of Pipeline to improve workflows.
Québec, Quebec, Canada
Mar 2021 - May 2021
(3 months)
remote
Skills: Maxon Redshift · Particle Systems · Houdini · Nuke
3D FX Artist
Squeeze Studio Animation
A quite interesting new challenge that gladly accepted to expand horizons in the creation of 3D simulations to enhance 2D effects working closely with the effects animation team.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dec 2020 - Jan 2021
(2 months)
remote
Skills: Mantra · Visual Effects · Rendering · Houdini · Nuke
FX TD
Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies
Some RND with Vellum to address and compliment the destruction of several large scale assets in different shots
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia
Apr 2020 - May 2020
(2 months)
remote
Skills: After Effects · Google Sheets · Google Data Studio · Adobe Photoshop · Adobe Illustrator · Adobe Premiere Pro
Web Designer, motion graphic designer
Salsa Classes Colombia
Research throughout different alternatives using several Google Apps (sheets overall) from G Suite and CloudPlatform Tools to accomplish a tool able to display filtered data based on user email access controlled to provide instructor's payments, students, classes, and several other items in one single site with responsive design, for the web and also mobile-friendly.
Montreal, Canada Area
Feb 2020 - May 2020
(4 months)
hybrid
Skills: Freak Render Engine · Visual Effects · Fluid Dynamics · Particle Systems · Houdini · Nuke
FX TD
Framestore
Answer in a fast-efficient way to Lead FX, CG Sup, in creating a high-level of dynamics, particle effects and debris animation to reach deadline in middle of a rush for delivery of the project.
Bogota, D.C., Capital District, Colombia
Nov 2019 - Jan 2020
(3 months)
on-site
Skills: Mantra · Visual Effects · Fluid Dynamics · Rendering · Houdini · Nuke
FX TD
FOLKS
Answer in a fast-efficient way to Lead FX, CG Sup, in creating a high-level of dynamics, particle effects and debris animation to reach deadline in middle of a rush for delivery of the project.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Aug 2018 - Dec 2018
(5 months)
on-site
Skills: Mantra · Visual Effects · Fluid Dynamics · Particle Systems · Houdini · Nuke
FX TD
Digital District™
Craft and destroy stuff virtually with the help of Houdini for awesome movie projects. Builds assets, setups and support colleagues from adjacent departments
Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
Jan 2018 - Aug 2018
(8 months)
remote
Skills: Tutoring · Mentoring
Tutor VFX - Houdini
ANIMUM Creativity Advanced School
Qualify and review student's work of the Master Program in VFX Houdini and Nuke
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 2017 - Apr 2018
(8 months)
on-site
Skills: Horizon Engine · Real-time Rendering · Visual Effects · Game Development · Autodesk Maya · Houdini
FX TD/VFX Artist
Eidos-Montréal
Destroy geometry, incinerate or smoke stuff BUT additionally integrate and prepare them for the Game Engine In-House.
Bogotá D.C. Area, Colombia
Feb 2017 - Mar 2017
(2 months)
on-site
Skills: Visual Effects · Fluid Dynamics · Particle Systems · Houdini · Nuke
FX TD - Freelance contractor
Mompozt
To create some fx passes for TV publicity like dust & waterspray
EDUCATION
jan 2021 - apr 2021
ADVANCED HOUDINI FX - RISE
REBELWAY
Professional Training
sep 2017 - dec 2017
MasterClass Pyro, RBD, Flip by Vincent Fortin
UNIVERSITY DE QUEBEC A CHICOUTIMI - NAD
Professional Training
jan 2012 - dec 2014
Bachelor's Degree
UNIVERSITY DE QUEBEC A CHICOUTIMI - NAD
BA in 3D Animation and Digital Design.
VFX concentration. Specialized in FX and Composting
sep 2010 - oct 2011
Language Certificated
FRANCISATION - EMPLOI QUEBEC
French as second language full time program