Marcos Piolla

Senior Animator in the VFX department at TV Globo in Rio De Janeiro. We talk to Marcos Piolla about work at TV Globo, Lightwave 3D, animating with Mirage and what inspires him.

By Paul*PabloGrca*Hutchens

SQ – Tell us a little bit about yourself, when did art and computers become part of your life? I was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I’ve been interested in Art since I can remember. The first time I saw a comic book I wanted to draw like that. My interest in computer art came later in the nineties.

SQ – Tell us about your background in 3D or 2D? I started doing 2D Animation in Rio de Janeiro Federal University's School of Fine Arts in 1987. After I left the University I began working as a freelance Illustrator and water colorist until 1995, when I began working as an Animator in a big studio here in Rio. In 1997 the animation division of the studio was closed and I was invited to be Art Director for a publisher. When Lightwave was ported to Macintosh, I felt like going back to Animation and built a home studio. I continued doing Illustrations and 2D Animation for different media until I learned Lightwave enough to start working with CG. I came to TV Globo in 2004.