Open to full-time roles · 2026

DAMIANCONTRERAS

Motion & visual artist moving between 3D animation, filmmaking, and photography — adapting the craft to whatever the story needs. Like my namesake, I change to fit the work.Streetlife photography — coming soon.

Portrait of Damian Contreras
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Selected work

Three disciplines · one eye
3D character render — cel-shaded figure in dramatic light
Blender · Animation Layout · Lighting
Motion / 3D

3D Animations

Character animation and scene layout in Blender — posing, cameras, timing, and lighting across a range of styles.

The Goji Project — two figures on a bench at dusk by a lake
Short film · 24fps Assistant Director
Film

The Goji Project

A narrative short where I served as assistant director — shot planning, scheduling, and keeping the day moving on set.

California scrub-jay perched among green foliage
In the field f/5.6 · 1/1000s
Wildlife

Wildlife Portfolio

Patience as a tool — birds, mammals, and the small things most people walk past. Composition, light, and timing in the wild.

3D animation

A reel is on the way — for now, the work itself

Under the name Dameleon, I create animations — character work, scene layout, and lighting in Blender, posted as I make them.

Long-form

Shorts

See also — editing

Wildlife — field work

Patience · light · timing
Damian Contreras About

Most people pick a lane. I never could.

Blender Animation Layout Lighting Premiere DaVinci Resolve Photography Color

Some weeks I'm animating a shot in Blender. Some weeks I'm waist-deep in a field waiting for a hawk to land. Some weeks I'm in an edit timeline at 2 a.m. The throughline is the eye — composition, light, timing — and a willingness to learn whatever the work demands.

That range is the point. I can take an idea from blank file to finished frame without handing it off, which is what a small team actually needs. Like my namesake, I adapt — and I'm looking for the right place to do it full-time.

Résumé

3D animator · short-form producer
Download PDF Eastvale, CA · Open to full-time roles

3D animator and short-form creator who builds audiences and ships on deadline. Grew a Blender-driven TikTok channel past 2.9M+ likes by engineering content for retention — a foundation in behavioral neuroscience shapes how I hook and hold viewers. Now leading 50+ associates at Amazon, I bring the same operational discipline to creative production: clear pipelines, tight calendars, nothing dropped.

Creative experience

Digital Content Creator — Self-EmployedMay 2022 – Present
3D Animation & Gaming Content · Remote
  • Grew a 3D-animation TikTok to 21.5K+ followers and 2.9M+ likes — an engagement-to-follower ratio well above category norms — by repositioning around a specialized animation niche.
  • Own the full short-form pipeline in Blender — animation, high-speed timing, visual hooks, and edit — generating 717K+ views and 18K+ shares YTD 2026, with top uploads passing 30K views in their first week.
  • Drove 207K+ YouTube views and 628+ hours of watch time YTD — up 150% and 282% over the prior period — by applying attention and perception principles to hooks and pacing.
  • Track emerging sounds, styles, and internet culture across anime and gaming, turning them into timely content while trends are still climbing.
  • Produced and maintain a 59-video long-form library (League of Legends gameplay & commentary) on a channel with 400K+ lifetime views — capture, scripting, voiceover, and editing end-to-end.
Illinois Public Media — The 21st ShowFeb 2023 – Jun 2024
Digital Producer · Champaign, IL
  • Re-cut broadcast news segments into short-form video and interactive infographics for digital platforms, lifting viewer engagement.
  • Wrote and hosted on-camera short-form videos for a college audience while holding a consistent brand voice.
  • Developed and managed web posts, ensuring high-quality digital delivery of daily radio segments.

Leadership & operations

Amazon — Area ManagerJul 2024 – Present
Corona, CA
  • Lead a team of 50+ associates with real-time coaching and daily performance management against high-volume targets.
  • Oversee workflow for 500K+ units monthly, ensuring orders process within strict 5-hour delivery windows.
  • Implemented workflow changes that increased productivity 15% while maintaining established safety standards.
  • Partner across departments to clear logistical bottlenecks and present daily strategic updates to senior leadership.