{"id":239,"date":"2024-01-12T16:38:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rassiart.com\/?page_id=239"},"modified":"2025-12-04T18:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T18:36:31","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rassiart.com\/index.php\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-image u-shading u-section-2\" id=\"sec-7c20\" data-image-width=\"2560\" data-image-height=\"1437\" style=\"background-image: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7)), url(&quot;https:\/\/rassiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/IMG_4120-scaled.jpg&quot;);\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"fr-view u-align-left u-clearfix u-rich-text u-text u-text-1\">\n          <h1>About me<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"u-align-left u-text u-text-2\"> Ricardo Cabezas is a 3D artist pursuing his BFA in Emerging Media: Animation &amp; <br>Visualization at the University of Central Florida. He specializes in 3D character modeling, <br>rigging, prop modeling and texturing, working with a range of tools such as Maya, ZBrush, <br>Substance Painter. Growing up in the city of Los Angeles, Ricardo was heavily inspired by <br>the city\u2019s rich film and animation culture, which fuels his drive to push the boundaries of <br>what\u2019s possible in animation. He has contributed his skillset to student animated films like <br>Arcade Palace, where he was responsible for character rigs, 2D-inspired shaders and prop <br>models. Ricardo continues to expand his portfolio while pursuing opportunities in <br>character modeling and rigging for animated films and video game studios\n        <\/p>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-image u-image-contain u-image-round u-radius-10 u-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/rassiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/website_headshot.png\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"371\" data-image-height=\"325\">\n        <div class=\"u-border-3 u-border-custom-color-6 u-line u-line-horizontal u-line-1\"><\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-image u-image-contain u-image-default u-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/rassiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RicardoMCabezas_Resume_Gen_2025-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"2550\" data-image-height=\"2948\">\n        <h2 class=\"u-align-left u-text u-text-3\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem;\">Services and software experience&nbsp;<\/span>\n          <br><span style=\"font-size: 1.25rem;\"><\/span>\n        <\/h2>\n        <ul class=\"u-align-center u-text u-text-4\">\n          <li>3D Modeling<\/li>\n          <li>3D Character Rigging<\/li>\n          <li>Texturing&nbsp;<\/li>\n          <li>Video Editing<\/li>\n          <li>Photo Editing<\/li>\n          <li>Photography&nbsp;<\/li>\n          <li>Videography<\/li>\n          <li>2D Concept Art&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <ul class=\"u-align-center u-text u-text-5\">\n          <li> Adobe Photoshop<\/li>\n          <li>Adobe&nbsp;Premiere<\/li>\n          <li>Adobe Illustrator<\/li>\n          <li>Adobe Lightroom<\/li>\n          <li>Adobe After Effects<\/li>\n          <li>Substance Painter<\/li>\n          <li> Maya<\/li>\n          <li>DaVinci Resolve<\/li>\n          <li>Adobe<\/li>\n          <li>Storyboard Pro<\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/rassiart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RicardoMCabezas_Resume_Gen_2025.pdf\" class=\"u-btn u-btn-round u-button-style u-custom-color-6 u-custom-font u-file-link u-heading-font u-hover-palette-2-base u-radius u-btn-1\"><span class=\"u-icon u-icon-1\"><svg class=\"u-svg-content\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" style=\"width: 1em; height: 1em;\"><path d=\"M382.56,233.376C379.968,227.648,374.272,224,368,224h-64V16c0-8.832-7.168-16-16-16h-64c-8.832,0-16,7.168-16,16v208h-64    c-6.272,0-11.968,3.68-14.56,9.376c-2.624,5.728-1.6,12.416,2.528,17.152l112,128c3.04,3.488,7.424,5.472,12.032,5.472    c4.608,0,8.992-2.016,12.032-5.472l112-128C384.192,245.824,385.152,239.104,382.56,233.376z\"><\/path><path d=\"M432,352v96H80v-96H16v128c0,17.696,14.336,32,32,32h416c17.696,0,32-14.304,32-32V352H432z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>&nbsp;Download Resume&nbsp;\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About me Ricardo Cabezas is a 3D artist pursuing his BFA in Emerging Media: Animation &amp; Visualization at the University of Central Florida. 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