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

Colección Valores

Aug 24, 2011

Colección Valores (2012)

TItle: Colección Valores.
Author: Beatriz Vásquez Gómez.
Publisher: La Prensa Honduras.



Link:
Nueva Colección Valores 2012

May 1, 2011

iAnimate

May 1, 2011

I joined iAnimate in May. My instructor for Workshop 1 is Jacob Gardner, who worked on Shrek Forever After and Megamind, among others. Here is their promo video with some of the student works:

ESP: En mayo entré a iAnimate. Mi instructor del Módulo 1 es Jacob Gardner, quien trabajó en Shrek Forever After y Megamind, entre otras. Este es el video de promoción con algunos trabajos de estudiantes:

Apr 20, 2011

Jerry Seinfeld

April 20, 2011

Jerry Seinfeld illustration / Ilustración © Luis María Benítez

Apr 12, 2011

Old little coffee shop / Cafecito antiguo

Old coffee shop illustration / ilustración de cafecito antiguo © Luis María BenítezHere's an illustration I came up with. I wanted to give it a realistic mood, while at the same time combining some funny look for character designs and the trees, among other things. As usual, click on the image to enlarge.

Below: closer view to some characters.

Apr 10, 2011

Watercolor sketches



Lately I've been interested in making quick watercolor sketches outdoors. This allows you to understand more about the colors and how light plays an important role. Needless to say how good is to practice at drawing quickly to capture the essence of things.

Mar 21, 2011

Storyboards I did recently


Here there are some samples from storyboards I did for advertisement recently. The first sheet is for a commercial proyect and the rest are for a commercial due to be shot soon and it belongs to Quest, a Colombian jean factory.

Mar 3, 2011

Working on BG / Trabajando un fondo

Here's the layout I'm currently working on, to create a background which is inspired in an old classic neighborhood. I still have to add many details, as well as a few characters.

I will upload the final images when I'm done with this.

Portfolio

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.

Resumè
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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