Summary
Sergio Lopez is a senior character animator based in Barcelona with over a decade of experience bringing characters to life for feature films, TV shows and high-profile VFX projects. He has played lead and senior animation roles on titles like Despicable Me 4, Minions & Monsters, Luck, and Tiger's Apprentice, and currently animates for DIGIC Pictures on Magic: The Gathering. A practiced mentor and tutor, Sergio also teaches animation and provides critique at ANIMUM and has experience shaping crews as a lead animator across European and international studios. Trained in both 2D and 3D character animation and life drawing, he combines classical art foundations with modern VFX pipelines—an unusual blend that helps him deliver expressive, technically robust performances. Despite a Github bio that jokes about being a software engineer, his career demonstrates a rare crossover fluency between creative craft, teaching, and production leadership.
11 years of coding experience
Life Drawing classes, Life Drawing, Life Drawing classes, Life Drawing at trinity arts workshop
Character animator, 3D animation, Character animator, 3D animation at Ianimate
Comic School "Joso"
Visual Effects with Lightwave 3D, 3D, Visual Effects with Lightwave 3D, 3D at FX Animation Barcelona 3D School
Spanish, Catalan, English