Rafael kickstarted his career in 2004 working for advertising studios in Brazil, though he’d already worked as a lead modeler for almost three years prior. He’s worked as a freelance character artist across cinematics, advertising, and toys, with clients including Hasbro, Marvel, and Ubisoft to name a few. In 2011, he relocated to Canada to work at Bioware (EA) as a Senior Character Artist on the Mass Effect and Dragon Age franchises, before moving to California in 2013 to work at Sony (VASG) as a Character Art Supervisor across Killzone: Shadow Fall, Infamous 3, and The Order: 1886. He was later hired at Santa Monica Studio to work as a Principal Artist on the God of War series.

 

Dela Longfish has been working for the past decade as a visual development artist in the gaming industry, on both established titles and new IP development for clients including LucasArts and Sony Computer Entertainment. While at LucasArts Entertainment Company, he worked on titles such as The Force Awakens 2, as well as the unreleased Star Wars 1313. He also contributed to the early visual development of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Industrial Light & Magic. He is currently working as the Lead Character Concept Artist on God of War at Santa Monica Studio.

 

Erica Pinto is currently a Lead Narrative Animator at Santa Monica Studio and has worked in the gaming industry for the past 15 years. She has worked on many highly successful titles and IPs including God of War (2018), God of War: Ascension, and the Medal of Honor series. Erica earned her BFA at the UCLA School of Film, Television and Digital Media, and additionally received an MFA in the UCLA Animation Workshop. She is an avid movie fan, loves playing video and board games, drawing whenever she can, as well as singing and visiting national parks with her husband and daughter.

 

Axel Stanley-Grossman is Lead Character Technical Artist at Santa Monica Studio where he writes tools to automate rigging processes, prototypes new techniques, and works with programmers, animators, and artists to ensure animation data is properly translated into the game engine. He was previously Senior Character TD at Insomniac Games on Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time, and Resistance 2 and Resistance 3. Axel graduated from Gnomon School in 2006 and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Axel has taught animation and rigging courses for both the Gnomon School and the Gnomon Workshop, and has contributed various educational materials for the school over the years.

 

Nate has been working in video games for over 18 years at the likes of Santa Monica Studio, Respawn Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment, and Cryptic Studios. Nate has been a driving force behind many AAA titles, and his work is seen in City of Heroes, God of War 2, God of War 3, Titanfall, and the latest God of War. A true generalist, Nate has done everything from designing, building, and lighting entire game levels, to leading teams. Nate is currently a Principal Artist at Santa Monica Studio and leads the Environment Art, Lighting, and Breakables teams. He’s also an instructor at Gnomon where he instructs Environment Creation for Games, and has several Maya and ZBrush video training titles in the Gnomon Workshop library.

 

Luke Berliner is currently the Lead Environment Concept Artist on God of War at Santa Monica Studio. He has eight years of experience in games and TV along with four years of teaching. Luke’s credits include God of War (2018), God of War: Ascension,Transformers: Prime, and his work can also be seen in TV and print advertising. He is currently a lecturer at his alma mater, Otis College of Art and Design, and Red Engine, a design school formerly located in Los Angeles.