Rafael Balthazar Falconi

Graphic Designer, Illustrator and 3d Animator

Curriculum Vitae

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Rafael Balthazar Falconi
Graphic Designer, Illustrator and 3d Animator
Curriculum Vitae

Show Reel URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxHMCZGyhKc

Goal: To develop my artwork and be part of an acknowledged studio, taking

maximum advantage of my design perception and visual art skills.
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Personal Information
Name Rafael Balthazar Falconi
Gender Male
Date of Birth 29/12/1985, Petrópolis / RJ - Brazil
Nationality Brazillian
Marital Status Single

Home Address Street Praia de Botafogo 324 / 603

CEP 22250-040 - Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro / RJ - Brazil

e-mail: rafaelfalconi@yahoo.com.br
Web site: http://www.rafaelfalconi.com
Phone: +55 (0xx21) 9876-1764

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Academic Degrees

2004 - 2009 Bachelor Degree in Graphic Design. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,
UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Undergraduation Final Project Title: Design and illustrations for Edgar Allan
Poe´s Tales of Mystery and Imagination.
Description: Entire Design of the book, including cover and interior 52
illustrations and vignetes, in Black and White and Color - technique: Ink,
Watecolour, Acrylics and Digital.

Book Illustration and Vignetes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26138829@N03/sets/72157604798561322/

Video about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXVklKfQn6g

Resumèe PDF: http://rafafalconi.blogspot.com/2009/10/design-e-ilustracoes-

para-o-livro.html

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Activities in professional and scientific fields:

1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ

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Institutional bond

2007 - 2009 Affiliation: Assistant/collaborator, Functional Area: Researcher, Working

hours per week: 20h, Exclusive Dedication
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Activities

06/2008- 01/2009 Research and Development, Biochemistry Institute, Leopoldo De Meis´ CG

Laboratory

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 Specification: Creation of for the DVD Scientific Method, including
references research, photography treatment, 3d modeling and animation,
special effects and editing.

03/2007 - 03/2008 Research and Development, School of Physical Education and Sports,
Helenita Sá Earp Dance Company
Research Areas: Illustration and Graphic Design applied to the
Contemporary Dance

03/2007 - 03/2008 Research Projects, School of Physical Education and Sports, Helenita Sá
Earp Dance Company
Participation in project: Corpus Telúricos

10/2007 - 10/2007 University Extension, School of Physical Education and Sports, Helenita Sá
Earp Dance Company
Specification: Creation of spare graphics for disclosure of Project Corpus
Telúricos, for the National Week of Science and Technology, in UFRJ.

04/2007 - 05/2007 University Extension, School of Physical Education and Sports, Helenita Sá
Earp Dance Company
Specification: Creation of the material for disclosure (folder and poster) of
video-dance "Water of Sources"

07/2004 - 12/2004 Degree in Industrial Design

Monitoring the Discipline BAF 106, under the responsibility of the teacher
Gerson Conforti - Architecture CREA 30131 - D RJ - Escola de Belas Artes
UFRJ - Professor enrollment. 150946

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Proficiencies

Industry related Software

-Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Premiere - 5 years

-Painter - 3 years
-Lightwave 3D - 2 years
-Blender - 2 years
-Poser - 2 years
-Vegas - 2 years
-Vue - 1 year
-Zbrush - 1 year
-Real Flow - 1 year
-GIMP - 1 year
-3ds Max - less than 1 year
-Maya - less than 1 year

Spoken Languages
Portuguese - very fluent
English - very fluent
Spanish - understand very well, average speaking
Italian - beginner

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Personality
I spent my childhood drawing, playing basketball (I dreamed playing on the NBA and today I use this inner
strength to evolve in my work), golf (on a country where soccer owns), videogame, and.. studying (of

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course!). I enjoy watching and interacting with people from different cultures and conditions, because it helps
my personal growth, being respecting and humble. I need to understand human behavior in all its facets to
work at the artistic field, producing for a heterogeneous audience, like Games, Animation and Illustration
Arts.
After working with Graphic Design for a Contemporary Dance Company, with CG for a Biochemistry lab and
studying in a School of Fine Arts, where professionals from different fields interact, I learnt that every
experience has its value and we should consider other cultures and thoughts with open minds.
In 4 years of Graphic Design in UFRJ, I focused my studies in human anatomy and perspective, what gives
me solid base to work creating characters and scenarios for Animation and Games.
I am used to visit museums, keep an interesting leave inside a book and on my free time, I can stay hours
drawing a peculiar tree and thinking what procedural textures the ocean has...
I am afraid of loneliness in a world where technology reduces geographic barriers but enlarges the physical
distance between people, who prefer to meet each other with electronic messages and emailing rather than
talking face to face and smiling...

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