I am a 25 years old guy living between Madrid where I work, and Logroño (La Rioja) where my family lives. I’ve been nearly 21 years living in La Rioja but I don’t like wine. I love Spanish food and specially Spanish tapas restaurants.

I grew with the inspiration of Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Doom and Half-Life. The endless possibilities to create new worlds and experiences was the reason I have loved computer graphics since I was young. My interests in physics started with the beginnings of Havok and the first games showcasing ragdolls. My favourite game ever is Half-Life 2, guess why?

I like to learn anything related to videogame technology or physics based animation. I used to feel a bit stressed because it is impossible to know everything related to those huge fields. I’m a big follower of any next-generation game related technology advances. Between other technologies I have a strong experience with XNA, I am a proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 800 and I want to publish a Windows Phone game some day.

Although I’m not an artist I like to spend some time learning to use the standard software in the industry like 2D image editing software (Photoshop), 3D animation and modelling packages (Maya, RealFlow, 3DS Max, Blender, Zbrush), render engines (Mental Ray, VRay, Maxwell Render) and digital compositing (Premiere). In the future I plan to take a look into Nuke and Houdini if possible.

I spend most of my time between computers, tech books and research articles. When I’m not working I like to share time with my family, friends and my girlfriend Nuria. In the spare time I like to read books without equations, watch movies of any kind, play basketball and videogames. My favourite movie is Million Dollar Baby.

I am pretty bad remembering people’s names, I don’t like cats and one day I want to have a portfolio like Ronald Fedkiw‘s one (this guy is insane!).