Ricardo Tobon is a CG artist, filmmaker and international lecturer. He works for the film and video game industries. Ricardo’s skills span from animation to motion capture, layout, cinematography, motion edit and rigging.
News!!!
12/30/12 Game Connection Europe 2012 is underway. The conference includes a lecture by Ricardo Tobon on high-end mocap for films and games.
12/04/12 Playstation All-stars Battle Royale hits stores today. Look for Ricardo at the end credits of the game.
12/04/12 Ricardo’s film Rock Trooper is participating as an official selection in the 2012 L.A. Comedy Film Festival. The screening will take place November 4th at 4pm at the Los Feliz 3 Cinemas. Hope to see you there.
08/22/12 Ricardo's new set of reels available on Vimeo.They include his Direction, Animation and Motion Capture Reels. Enjoy!
07/03/12 The Amazing Spider-Man, the new reboot to the beloved superhero franchise hits theaters. Ricardo worked with the motion capture team for this movie.
05/29/12 Playstation Vita's first person shooter Resistance Burning Skies is available today. Ricardo was the lead technical animator for this game.
05/25/12 The latest installment of the Men in Black franchise, MIB3 opens in theaters tonight. Ricardo worked as a motion capture specialist for this project.
05/22/12 Sorcery, the magic-themed Playstation Move title hits stores today. Ricardo collaborated on this project as a technical animator for SCEA.
12/17/11 Uncharted Golden Abyss is being released in Japan as one of the launch titles for Sony's new portable powerhouse, the PS Vita. Ricardo worked as the lead technical animator for this project.
11/01/11 The long awaited release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is taking place today. Ricardo worked as a technical animator and motion capture specialist for both the cinematic sequences as well as the in game-motions.
10/26/11 Infamous 2: Festival of Blood is available on the Playstation Network today. Ricardo's work can be seen in the intro and outro cinematics for this game.
06/19/11 Ricardo's short Rock Trooper is broadcasted on Spike TV right before “The Empire Strikes Back”.
02/22/11 Ricardo joins Sony Computer Entertainment of America as a Technical Animator to work in Uncharted 3 and Uncharted Golden Abyss among other projects.
01/03/11 “Holy Shot” has been selected as an official selection for the 2011 San Diego Latino Film Festival. The short will be screened on March 15th at 6:30pm.
12/01/10 Ricardo’s animated film entitled “Holy Shot” has been selected as an official selection for the 2010 Boston Latino International Film Festival. The short will be screened on Saturday December 4th at 7:30pm!