Valeria Gestro

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3D Animator

First Class Batchelor of Arts in Animation and Visual effects and Animation Mentor Graduate

  • Birthday: 10 January 1996
  • Degree: Batchelor
  • Email: gestro.valeria@gmail.com
  • City: Genoa, ITA

Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English (proficient knowledge) and French (basic knowledge)

Interests: Cooking desserts, reading, playing videogames and board games, listening to music, singing, D&D, miniature painting, generally being creative with arts and crafts while sipping a good cup of tea or coffee.

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Work experience

Untold Games

2023 - Now

Part-time animator on City 20 the first game fully developed by Untold Games. For this project, I had to learn to use Blender for the first time and animate characters for in-game interactions (humans and animals). It has been a beautiful and formative experience, besides learning how to effectively communicate with the team I also gained invaluable hands-on experience on how game animations should be produced to be efficient. I even had the chance to use the knowledge of Unreal Engine 5 that I gained during the workshop I did at Animation Mentor on Game Fundamentals to implement and test some of my animations as I worked on them.

Make Animation/Giacomo Mora Srl

2022

Freelance character animator for videogame cinematics on Brothers a Tale of Two Sons the remake. I had a brief collaboration working remotely for this studio while also continuing my studies at Animation Mentor.

RED: three months with the rebels

2021

Singlehandedly animated the video introduction to the itinerant temporary exhibition about the struggles and survival of an American soldier helped by the Italian resistance during World War II.

Chuggington tv show

2019 - 2020

Freelance set designer on the TV Series also working on some animated shots using After Effects.

Futura in Genoa

2019

VR Technician at the festival, while in Genoa, Terni and L'Aquila. My responsibilities included taking care of the Equipment, showing the potential of the Tilt Brush application by using it myself and letting visitors try it.

Estro

2019

Animator and entrepreneur at the start-up focusing on creating apps and experiences for neurodivergent kids.

Education

Animation Mentor Game Fundamentals Workshop

2024

Remote course based in the USA

  • I attended the game fundamentals workshop at Animation Mentor gaining a good enough understanding of Unreal Engine and how animation blueprints and the overall interface works, all of this I learned practically by implementing my own animations in-game under the guidance of Elliott Roberts.

Animation Mentor Creature Locomotion Workshop

2023

Remote course based in the USA

  • I attended the creature animation workshop at Animation Mentor gaining a good understanding of creature locomotion and behavior under the increadible guidandce of Nicole Herr.

Animation Mentor graduate

2021 - 2023

Remote course based in the USA

  • Passed every class of the course which is composed of six modules taught across 18 months by multiple mentors who are professionals in the industry.

Falmouth University

2017 - 2018

University based in Penryn, Cornwall (UK)

  • First class graduate in the Animation and VFX course.

British School

2015

Genoa, Italy

  • Passed the International English Language Testing System exam (IELTS).

ITIS Italo Calvino

2010 - 2015

Genoa, Italy

  • Acquired a Diploma di Maturità in Applied Sciences.

Volunteering, Training and Awards

Dailies host

2024 - Now

Remote

  • I host of dailies feedback sessions for students of all classes at Animation Mentor.

Animation Mentor Alumni Turor

2023 - Now

Remote

  • I volunteer to help students in one-to-one sessions providing feedback and support on their assignments weekly.

Women in Animation for Animation Mentor student club coordinator

2022 - 2023

Remote

  • Part of the leadership of the WIAxAnimation Mentor student club in the role of club coordinator. My duties were to organize and write meeting reports keeping track of the club's trends and events.

Cecil Award

2017 & 2018

Falmouth University

Won the “Cecil Award” for excellence in 3D animation while attending University in my last two years in the course.

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