Are you in need of an extra hand for your project? Are you looking to transfer your studio’s skills to Blender?
We are a team of industry experienced Blender artists here to help your projects come to life!
Beorn Leonard
3D Character Animator
Character animator with more than 20 years of experience in the industry.
Sarah Laufer
3D Generalist
3D generalist with deep knowledge of all the tools in both Maya and Blender.
Daniel Salazar
Technical Artist
A problem solver on all technical areas including rigging, shading, lighting and scripting.
But we’re not alone! Along the years Pataz has grown into a collective of talented artists. Together the possibilities are endless!
Astrid Pinel
2D Animator
From traditional hand drawn animation to Blender’s Grease Pencil, her skills with a pencil will save the day.
Orlando Esquivel
Modeling & Texture Artist
Modeler and sculptor obsessed with clean topology, experienced on both low and high poly modeling.
Ashlee Alaniz
Geometry Nodes Wizard
Procedural wizard specialized in all things nodal and pythonic.
Ghosts of Ruin
Pataz lent a hand supervising rigging and animation for this gritty, dystopian, action animated series.
Transformers AR
We loved collaborating with Pretty Big Monster on the official Transformers Rise of the Beasts AR Experience!
Mars Express
Pataz helped rig and animate the super cool robots in this Cannes Selected Sci-Fi feature film.
Picchu
Pataz was called to lend an extra hand on rigging, texturing and modeling for this gorgeous short film made by Amazon’s Fuzzy Pixel.
Chiaki’s Journey
Pataz helped The Line with vehicle rigging, animation and line work for this insane journey between traditional 2D animation and 3D generated vehicles.
Alicia Keys Underdog
Discover how Pataz helped Estudio Shout achieve the visual style in Alicia Key’s Underdog videoclip.
Play Time
Pataz helped The Line model, rig and animate the character of this experimental short meant to blur “the line“ between 2D and 3D.
The members of Pataz have enjoyed working with world known animation studios all around the world, acquiring experience in big scale productions.
Blender Training
Our mission is to facilitate the use of Blender.
From teaching college students to helping industry super stars adopt Blender, the Pataz team has a passion for teaching and training!
Pataz has also imparted courses and created educational material for the Blender Institute and CGCookie and collaborated with multiple stablished animation studios to fast track their adoption of Blender.
Pataz Shorts
Since its beginning in 2006 the Pataz team has produced several shorts, from conception to render, entirely in Blender.
Working on our own shorts allows us to test new techniques, grow as a team, and also develop our own tools.
