Feb 2, 2013

El gaucho Don Zoilo

Gaucho - © illustration by Luis María Benítez

Jan 12, 2013

Character for El Mundo de Mo

January 12, 2013

Character created for a project called El Mundo de Mo (Mo's World).

realistic character design / diseño de personaje realista © Luis María Benítez

Here you have the final version (above) which was supposed to have a realistic rendering while at the same time stylized although keeping some proportions to match up the animal's. In the earlier versions (see below) I wanted to use a more caricaturesque approach of the Scarlet Macaw.

Character design process (Scarlet Macaw) / Proceso de diseño de personaje (Guara Roja) © Luis María Benítez

Dec 1, 2012

Vikings

Vikings / Vikingos 1 illustration © Luis María Benítez

Vikings / Vikingos 2 illustration © Luis María Benítez

Vikings / Vikingos 3 illustration © Luis María Benítez

Nov 18, 2012

The Golden Boys

Here you have an old-fashioned style of illustration I just finished.

Jazz band illustration / Ilustración banda de jazz © Luis María Benítez

And here there are some of the faces I explored for that illustration.

Jazz band sketches / bocetos para ilustración de banda de jazz © Luis María Benítez

Nov 5, 2012

Garbage truck

Garbage truck illustration / Ilustración camión de basura © Luis María Benítez

Nov 1, 2012

Old man


Old man illustration / Ilustración de un viejo © Luis María Benítez

Sep 15, 2012

Some realistic storyboards

These are some realistic storyboards of a recent project. / Storyboards realistas para un proyecto reciente.

realistic storyboards © Luis María Benítez

realistic storyboards 2 © Luis María Benítez

realistic storyboards 3 © Luis María Benítez

realistic storyboards 4 © Luis María Benítez

Aug 5, 2012

Jump animation

May 17, 2012

The mailman

The mail man illustration / Ilustración del cartero © Luis María Benítez

May 9, 2012

Caricatures



Caricatures: Tom Hanks, Barack Obama and Steven Spielberg / caricaturas digitales © Luis María Benítez

Apr 27, 2012

My work on the upcoming movie Little Heroes

Here are some images of the work I did for the upcoming 3D animated movie (Pequeños Héroes) Little Heroes by Juan Pablo Buscarini. I worked at the art department, painting the characters, designing some of their additional accesories which later were used as reference by the 3D sculptors and also did some color key work.
 
Images: Copyright Pampa Films SA. / Orinoco Films SL.


Character designs by Leandro Szulman.

character color variation for Little Heroes / Variación de colores en personajes © Luis María Benítez

cloth details for Little Heroes / Detalles de vestimenta para personaje © Luis María Benítez

personajes / characters © Luis María Benítez

2 personajes / 2 characters © Luis María Benítez

detalles de ropa para personajes / character cloth details © Luis María Benítez

The following were created with Edino Israel.

soldier characters / personajes de soldados © Luis María Benítez

Links:
Pampa Films
In Post We Trust

Apr 5, 2012

Animatic for Corona - "La Vida Tiene Algo Extra"

I did the animatic for this commercial. A playblast render made with Maya.



The street and main buildings of a location in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, were modeled in scale to sync the camera movements with the soundtrack. Here some screenshots from the Maya playblast:

Mar 26, 2012

Dinosaur walk cycle

Mar 25, 2012

Storyboard for Toyota commercial

Storyboard for Toyota Prius v. The project was originally named "Aiport", but the location was changed and therefore renamed.


Mar 3, 2012

Feb 19, 2012

Street background

Street illustration / Ilustración de calle © Luis María Benítez

Dec 9, 2011

Some storyboards for commercials

December 9, 2011

These are some of the storyboards I did for Parana Films. / Algunos de los storyboards que hice para Parana Films.






Oct 30, 2011

A good guy - sketch

October 30, 2011

a good guy / un buen tipo illlustration © Luis María Benítez

Oct 19, 2011

Some color practice / Un poco de práctica del color

October 19, 2011

The first one took me around an hour and a half. The others took me from around 15 to 30 minutes.

ESP: El primero me llevó cerca de una hora y media. El resto de 15 a 30 minutos.

Sep 1, 2011

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About me
I'm an Argentine illustrator living in Germany. My work for children's illustrations tries to evoke warmth, humor, curiosity, and education. I consider that the versatility and variety of projects are important in my career.

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Visit my LinkedIn profile or you can download a PDF with my updated CV here.

Contact
You can either send me an email to luismariabenitezart@gmail.com or fill in the form here.



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