Reels

Nopales Rotos (2024)

Window (2026) This short film explores time as an immovable force and fear of time lost and anticipation of the future. Being stationary at the very least forces one to reflect. This was created with Unreal Engine, Blender, ZBrush, and Substance Painter.

Music by 212 ceilingface

$aint Dewy, "Again" (2026) Music video

Directed & Shot by - Aiden Garcia, Edited, VFX, Color by - Josh Crutcher, 3D Assets - Mateo B

The 3D gifs were created using Blender, Substance Painter, and Photoshop.

Nopales Rotos (2024) is a story about a creatures lurking in the Sonoran desert whose in desperation for autonomy. *Note there is no audio for dialouge.

This was created with Unreal Engine, Metahuman, and Substance Painter.

Beyonce y El Sol, 2024. Video that was played in the background during a fishing performance. Sculpted, texturized, and animated by Mateo.

CHROME DANCER film:
concept art and prop design

Chrome Dancer is a film yet to be released.

During the preproduction, I was one of the concept and prop artists.

After reading and understanding the scripts visual narrative goals, I consulted with the directors and art director for feedback and revisions. These are some illustrations and 3D renders that were used to guide the crew and prop fabrication.

This film is set in rural Chicago, and it follows a woman struggling with power dynamics and her sense of self. Chrome Dancer is written and directed by Miles Erickson.

(I will update with the film's release date!)

Mask Prop Design

The mask composition was inspired by Luchador fighters and the late rapper MF Doom. The director and I liked the angular eye openings contrasted with some curved lines.

The character that used this mask is something of a villain, so we decided to lean into the campiness of having him stand out as the only character with a mask.

Mask prop inspiration illustrations and a 3D rendering

Alleyway set design

RV outdoors set design

RV Interior set design

Dyson was a game in production by Alexis Ramirez, PJ Brown, and Dahee Lee. It is a futuristic point and click top-down video game. The player is a botanist in a Post-Earth world that relies on bio-fuel. After some complications on thier ship capsule in space, the player must harvest energy from plants in isolation.

These are preliminary concept drawings I have contributed to the Dyson project. Using the plot written by my colleagues, I created a floor plan and all objects with input from my team along the way.

mateo ash badilla 3D art | concept design

Reels

Beyonce y El Sol, 2024. Video that was played in the background during a fishing performance. Sculpted, texturized, and animated by Mateo.

composition studies

portraits

CHROME DANCER film:
concept art and prop design