Summary
Hi, I’m Pablo Diaz De Leon Hicks—a CG Generalist, Previs Artist, and Animator passionate about animation and storytelling. I love telling or helping bring meaningful stories and projects to life, hoping to leave a lasting positive impact through my work.
I’ve been lucky to work on exciting projects like Disney’s "TRON: Ares" and "Stranger Things 5," contributing as an Animator/Previs and Postvis Artist. I also completed a 3D Animation Apprenticeship at Technicolor Creative Studios and spent over a year as a 3D Animator at Mighty Animation.
I’m currently finishing my MFA in Animation at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, graduating in May 2025. Along the way, I’ve been honored to receive awards such as the Jenkins-Del Toro Award (2023), the John Huston Directing Scholarship, and the Annenberg and 20th Century Fellowships. Before USC, I earned my BFA in Animation from ITESM (2021).
I’ve also directed personal and student projects, including "Juntos en la Distancia" (2020 Cartoon Network TV Spot), "A Battle’s Toll" (2021), "The Blue Stag" (2023, with a VR version in 2024), and "Rooster & Terry" (2023).
Contact Info
Email: pdlh1998@gmail.com
Website: linktr.ee/pdlh1998
Reels
🎥 CG Generalist: vimeo.com/383711829
🎥 Previs: vimeo.com/504143106
Socials
📸 Instagram: @pdlh1998art
🎨 ArtStation: artstation.com/pdlh1998
Skills
Software proficiency
Reel
Productions
- TV ProductionFriendZSpace
- Year2022
- RoleJunior 3D Animator
- CompanyMighty Animation Studio
- TV ProductionJuntos en la Distancia
- Year2020
- RoleDIRECTOR + PRODUCER + CG GENERALIST
- CompanyCartoon Network LA
- MoviePaul & Lars
- Year2019
- RolePRODUCER + VFX & COMPOSITING DIRECTOR + EDITING
- CompanyITESM
Experience
- Junior 3D Animator at Mighty Animation StudioMexicoJune 2021 - August 2021
FriendZSpace: 3D Animated series with Flying Bark Productions
-Full-time Junior 3D Animator [Autodesk Maya + Studio Library + animBot + Shotgrid Toolkit] - Production Intern at Mighty Animation StudioMexicoFebruary 2021 - June 2021
FriendZSpace: 3D Animated series with Flying Bark Productions
-Production Management Intern [Shotgrid + Microsoft Office and G-Suite]
-Junior 3D Animator [Autodesk Maya + Shotgrid Toolkit] - Intern at Cartoon Network LAMexicoAugust 2020 - December 2020
Juntos en la Distancia (Together in the Distance): 3D Animated Spot for Cartoon Network LA
- Director and Producer
- 3D Generalist (Animation, VFX, Render, Modeling, Shading, Lighting and Rigging)
[Autodesk Maya + Blender + Premiere Pro + After Effects + Photoshop + Illustrator]On Cartoon Network (Latin American TV Channel) Jan 15 - Feb 15, 2021
https://t.co/J9myWyQssV
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=842320963221136 - Producer at Tecnológico de MonterreyGuadalajara, MexicoJanuary 2019 - May 2019
PAUL & LARS (Stop Motion Short-Film)
-Producer + VFX and Compositing Director + Editing
[Autodesk Maya + Premiere Pro + After Effects + Dragon Frame + Microsoft Office and G-Suite]On Cinépolis KLIC® July 14th, 2020
https://www.cinepolisklic.com/pelicula/paul-lars - Freelance CG Artist at Self EmployedMexicoFebruary 2019 - July 2020
Freelance and Personal Projects:
• Bark (PersonalL CG Short-Film) Semi Finalist - 60 Second INTL. Film Festival (2020) - Official Selection– Baix Animada (2020)
• Maya for modeling, rigging, shading and animating. Maya’s nCloth, nHair, XGen, BOSS, Soft Bodies and particle simulations for cloth, hair, prints, fur, fire, water, smoke, explosions and many more vfx. MASH for motion graphics.
• Blender for real time rendering, animation, vfx, shading, modeling, motion graphics.
• ZBrush for modeling and texturing.
• After Effects and Premiere Pro for video and sound editing and compositing.
• Unreal Engine 4 for real time rendering, shading and basic game development.
• After Effects and Premiere Pro for Video and Sound Editing and compositing.
• Unreal Engine 4 for real time rendering and basic game development.