{"id":3238,"date":"2021-04-06T13:52:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T13:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoharing.com\/wallygomez\/?page_id=3238"},"modified":"2021-11-25T13:40:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:40:48","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wallygomez.com\/?page_id=3238&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row overlay_dotted=\u00bb\u00bb][vc_column]<div class=\"frxo-about-me  fraxos-about-me-6a28a4c848d19\">\r\n      <div class=\"row\">\r\n        <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n          <div class=\"frxo-background\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/wallygomez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/wally-profile-03.jpg);\"><\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n          <div class=\"my-info\" data-word=\"W\">\r\n            <div class=\"vertical-scroll\">\r\n              <div class=\"frxo-table-wrap\">\r\n                <div class=\"frxo-align-wrap\">\r\n                  <div class=\"my-info-container\">\r\n                    <h1 class=\"my-name\">Wally Gomez<\/h1><h4 class=\"my-designation\">(1977)<\/h4><p>I\u2019m an artist and illustrator. I work in children\u2019s illustration, comics, licensed art, character design, animation and the creation of editorial projects.<\/p>\n<p>I amassed 20 years of experience working on animation projects, advertising, publishers and character design. I specialized in illustrated books and comics.<\/p>\r\n                    <div class=\"frxo-social\"><span class=\"social-label-title\">Estoy en:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wallyGomezarts\" style=\"color:#3e5c9a;\"><span class=\"social-label\" data-hover=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wally-gomez-24aa6248\/\" style=\"color:#0077b5;\"><span class=\"social-label\" data-hover=\"Linkedin\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wallygomez\/\" style=\"color:#bb2ba2;\"><span class=\"social-label\" data-hover=\"INSTAGRAM\">INSTAGRAM<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=\u00bbyes\u00bb overlay_dotted=\u00bb\u00bb inner_row_width=\u00bbwidth_three\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1612894686645{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]My <strong>clients<\/strong> are companies, publishing houses and agencies from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, USA, Denmark, Slovenia, Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Italy, Sweden, Holland, among others.<\/p>\n<p>My <strong>professional training<\/strong> developed by working on a freelance basis since I was 18 years old, as an assistant in licensed art (Estudio Duendes del Sur, DC Comics, Disney, Scholastic, etc.) while studying for my Professor of Plastic Arts degree in the University of La Plata.<\/p>\n<p>By chance I met <strong><em>Carlos Meglia<\/em><\/strong>, and a great friendship was born immediately. At the same time, he became my teacher and I collaborated with him in several projects, the most important being the tome <em>Red Song<\/em>, with <em><strong>Carlos Trillo<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With Meglia I learned and developed my current techniques and the work system we implemented in my studio.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2004, I\u2019ve been directing <strong>Blason Studio<\/strong>, a studio that manages projects in need of big productions, integral approach, a tight deadline or a variety of styles.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=\u00bb2580&#8243; img_size=\u00bbmedium\u00bb alignment=\u00bbcenter\u00bb][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Some of my clients or projects include companies such as Warner, Disney (Europe), Scholastic, SAF comics, ESPN, MTV, La Nacion, Paypal, Santillana, Aurea, etc. These are books and comics published through the studio or personally. In the meantime, I organize events in the University of Palermo, La Plata\u2019s Book Fair, and Expo-Comic in Santiago de Chile. I also work in video games, advertising animation, and I am currently working on several books and projects for different publishing houses.<\/p>\n<p>I consider myself an active creative type, I work individually or in a team with the same drive and dedication. I\u2019m happy and I feel comfortable developing projects, stories, books and productions for animation and TV. I\u2019m currently associated to several projects and collaborating as a freelance artist with the studio.<\/p>\n<p>Some highlights among my works and clients are several publishing houses and producers in USA, Italy and the Americas, creating hundreds of books and comics, character design, cover art. I also work in animated projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking with the sight set on the horizon, always learning, putting my best in every project, with professionalism, but without losing the essentials in art, that are conveying, storytelling, reaching for the heart and enjoying the path leading there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>I have an exclusivity contract with Olivia, Dimitri and Astor to perform in my new career as a cool dad.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row overlay_dotted=\u00bb\u00bb][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=\u00bbyes\u00bb overlay_dotted=\u00bb\u00bb inner_row_width=\u00bbwidth_three\u00bb css=\u00bb.vc_custom_1612894686645{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}\u00bb][vc_column width=\u00bb1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]My clients are companies, publishing houses and agencies from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, USA, Denmark, Slovenia, Puerto Rico, Spain, Mexico, Nicaragua, Italy, Sweden, Holland, among others. 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