About Me

My name is Mariana Urbina Cantu, & I have around 4 years of work experience, dedicated to bringing creative visions to life.

I’m passionate about the storytelling power of 3D and VFX. What motivates me is the challenge of transforming ideas into visuals that captivate, communicate, and inspire. My work, and my growth as an artist, is grounded in five core pillars that guide everything I create:

• Professional Ethics: responsibility, clarity, and respect in every creative process.
• Versatility: applying knowledge from multiple disciplines to adapt to different tools, styles, and industries.
• Creativity: generating original and visually impactful ideas.
• Impact / Results: delivering visuals that support both artistic and strategic goals.
• Teamwork / Leadership: promoting collaboration and contributing to project success.

Mariana Urbina Cantu - Passport to the world 2019 University of North Alabama UNA

I bring a multidisciplinary background and a global perspective, using my experience in lighting, digital compositing, and multimedia creation to adapt visuals to diverse audiences and creative goals. As a lifelong learner and autodidact, I constantly expand my capabilities to elevate the impact, efficiency, and artistic value of my work, creating visuals that are not only stunning, but also purposeful and emotionally resonant.

Over the course of my career, I have

Developing projects from scratch.
Organizing and coordinating projects.
Negotiating and corresponding with clients.
Communicating & working effectively with a team.

Meeting creative goals and tight deadlines.
Solving technical and render problems.
Executing specific aesthetics.
Editing and improving projects.

EXPERIENCE

VFX Industry

Social Media

Advert.

Media

ARC

Media

Music Videos

Educative

Media

Studies and Work Trajectory

Chibi-style illustration of Mariana Gisell Urbina Cantú celebrating graduation, wearing her alma mater’s birrete y toga, smiling joyfully with a diploma in hand, surrounded by festive confetti and school colors.

Graduated with honors

I am an ambivert.

Between ENFJ & INFJ

My hometown is the cradle

of the Popular "Nachos"

I am a Piscis Sun,

Aries Rising

Belle is my Favorite

Disney Princess!

I am a

Gryffindor!

Salesian at heart, always joyful and rooted in faith

Brave as Trojans, driven

by truth, valor and vision

I roar like a lion, embracing transformation & leadership

Bear spirit, resilient, strong, wise, caring and courageous

My Creative Style is the Architect #mycretivetype

Team oriented - former basketball & volleyball player

Mariana Urbina Cantu - Alma Mater /Colleges

EDUCATION

Bachelor's in Animation & Digital Effects

2015-2020

UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTERREY

Concentration on VFX

Graduated with

CUM LAUDE Honors
Espíritu Troyano Award
Diploma of Intercultural Competences [2017-2019]
Recognition in Training Comprehensive Student Groups 2018
Recognition in Training Comprehensive Student Groups 2016-2017

Activities and Groups:

Vicepresident. Coahuila's Regional Student Association. (UNICO UDEM)| Dec. 2017- Dec. 2018
Secretary. Student Government of the Bachelor of Animation & Digital Effects (SALAED)| May 2016 - May 2017