Enrique Velasco Mairal

Enrique Velasco Mairal
E-mail
enrique.velasco@salle.url.edu
Building
La Salle - IASLAB
Address
C. Sant Joan de LaSalle 7, 08022, Barcelona
Section
Animation
Position
Professor

Enrique Velasco Mairal
Rigging and Character TD Coordinating Lecturer
La Salle Campus Barcelona - Universitat Ramon Llull

Academic background

  • BA in 3D Animation and VFX, La Salle Campus Barcelona - Universitat Ramon Llull (Spain), 2019

Teaching
Lecturer on the Bachelor’s Degree in Animation at La Salle Campus Barcelona - Universitat Ramon Llull since 2024, where he coordinates the technical character track: Rigging, Character TD and Character TD II (muscle and soft-tissue simulation), as well as the Maya API programming block in Scripts II. He supervises final degree projects on real-time rigging, rig optimisation for parallel evaluation, procedural rigging, motion capture and crowd simulation.

Research and knowledge transfer
His work focuses on production-applied R&D: modular and procedural rigging systems, real-time rig performance, character deformation and muscle, skin and tissue simulation (AdonisFX, Houdini Vellum). He develops tools and pipelines in Python and C++ for Maya, MotionBuilder and Unreal Engine, such as the integration of MetaHuman characters with MotionBuilder. He brings these production methods into his teaching and into internal technical training at studios.

Professional experience
Rigging Supervisor with more than 50 credits in film, series, advertising and video game cinematics since 2016. He is currently Lead Rigger at Black Shamrock (Virtuos). At Minimo VFX (2018-2025) he progressed from junior rigger to Rigging Supervisor, leading the rigging department. He has also worked with Redefine and Petoons Studio.
Selected credits: Dog Man, Spirit Untamed, The Addams Family and The Twits (animation); Snow White and the Fear Street trilogy (live-action VFX); KAOS, Nautilus and The Tourist (series); Diablo Immortal, Avowed and Guild Wars 2 (game cinematics).

Additional information
Languages: Catalan, Spanish and English. Main tools: Maya, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine, Python and C++.

Links

  • Website: enriquevelasco.com
  • IMDb: imdb.com/name/nm10998675
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/enrique-velasco-mairal