INSTRUCTOR BIO
Mauricio Abril
Art Director and Concept Artist
instructor profiles Mauricio Abril
Mauricio is a former scientist turned concept artist living and working in the Los Angeles area. He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Molecular Biology before studying Illustration and Entertainment Design at the Art Center College of Design. Since then Mauricio has worked on a variety of projects in animation, film, video games, children's books, theme parks and more with notables clients such as the Walt Disney Company, Ubisoft, Games Workshop, Simon and Schuster, and more. He's also taught classes in illustration and concept art for the LA Academy of Figurative Art and Brainstorm. When not working at work he can be found working at home on his own author/illustrator projects which include two well-received animatic short films, a successfully Kickstarter-funded children's book and a whole assortment of fun whimsical illustrations for the imagination. When not doing any of those he's probably thinking of pizza.
Classes
Artist Gallery
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Sebastian Posada
Mauricio was awesome! He really engaged with us and answered every question that was asked - pretty amazing!
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James Pickard
Really good mentorship and instruction from Mauricio.
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Anouk Perusse-Bell
The instructor is clearly passionate about his profession and he demonstrated his enthusiasm throughout the assignments. He always managed to bring the best points in any of the students' work. Improving them but preserving the student's initial idea.