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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!

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"Desire to touch the heaven and you will arrive at the summit of the mountain"

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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.

Motion Graphic

Video Cutting

client testiomonials

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

JOB EXPERIENCE
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

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