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Michael Navarro Milanes

Michael Navarro Milanes

San José,Costa Rica

Summary

Senior 3D Character Artist with 7+ years of experience in production-ready character development for feature film and high-quality commercial projects.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior 3D Character Artist

Studio Ático LTDA
San José, Costa Rica (Remote)
12.2025 - Current
  • Owned end-to-end creation of high-resolution 3D characters for commercial production, from sculpt to final cinematic render, including look development and final comp.

Senior 3D Character Artist

Shout Studio
San José, Costa Rica
07.2022 - 12.2022
  • Executed end-to-end creation of stylized characters for episodic production, from high-resolution sculpt to final look development and render validation using Maya.

Mid 3D Modeler

AFX Creative
Santa Monica, California (Remote)
07.2022 - 10.2022
  • Developed and productionized high-end hard surface assets, optimizing asset structure, rebuilding STL models, and ensuring clean render-ready geometry.

Senior 3D Modeler

Marte Studio
San José, Costa Rica (Remote)
10.2021 - 07.2022
  • Modeled a highly detailed, full-scale ISS maquette for live-action film, ensuring physical accuracy based on production references.

Junior 3D Artist

Relish Digital Inc
Vancouver, Canada (Remote)
01.2018 - 05.2022
  • Developed production-ready assets for animated series and games at Relish, contributing to projects including Barbie, Kindi Kids, Cave Club, Polly Pocket, Mia & Codie, and Weirdwood 2.

Education

Human Anatomy For Production

CGMA
10-2021

Bachelor of Arts - Digital Arts

Universidad Veritas LCI
San José, Costa Rica
02-2021

Skills

    Zbrush

  • Sculpting
  • Modeling
  • Detailing (high poly)
  • Polypaint
  • HD Geometry
  • Baking (Displacement, Albedo, Curvature, Normal, etc)
  • Maya

  • 3D modeling
  • Retoplogy
  • UV Mapping
  • Lookdev
  • Lighting
  • Redering (AOVs, Light Groups, Denoising, ACES)
  • Node Debugging
  • Marvelous Designer

  • Fabric, Leather, etc
  • Substance Painter

  • PBR Texturing
  • ACES
  • Mari

  • PBR Texturing
  • UDIMS
  • Baking
  • Arnold - Redshift

  • Overall rendering
  • Nuke

  • Compositing and color grading
  • Premiere

    Photoshop

    PureRef

    After Effects

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Senior 3D Character Artist

Studio Ático LTDA
12.2025 - Current

Senior 3D Character Artist

Shout Studio
07.2022 - 12.2022

Mid 3D Modeler

AFX Creative
07.2022 - 10.2022

Senior 3D Modeler

Marte Studio
10.2021 - 07.2022

Junior 3D Artist

Relish Digital Inc
01.2018 - 05.2022

Human Anatomy For Production

CGMA

Bachelor of Arts - Digital Arts

Universidad Veritas LCI
Michael Navarro Milanes