Ángel José Fariña Lamosa

Profesor contratado interino de sustitución (INT-SU)

Department	Civil Engineering
Knowledgment area	Cartographic Engineering, Geodesics and Photogrammetry
Research	Research group Grupo de Visualización Avanzada y Cartografía
Research lines	The technical principles of animation, concept art and the impact of new technologies in the professional animation and video game industry.
Keywords	Arts, animation, visual communication, rigging
Teaching merits evaluation	1 five years period(s)
Contacto	UDC directory
Orcid id0000-0003-4188-6410 ResearcherIDAGC-8330-2022

Angel-José-F. Lamosa (Pontevedra, 1984) is a UDC (University of A Coruña) lecturer with extensive professional experience in the animation industry.

Bachelor of Fine Arts from UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia) with a specialization in Sculpture and Audiovisual Communication and Graduate in Animation Cinema from ECAM (School of Cinema and Audiovisual of Madrid).

His professional experience as producer assistant, stop-motion animator, 3D animator, rigger and concept artist in projects such as “Las Aventuras de Fluvi”, “Pos eso”, “Capture the flag”, “Tadeo Jones 2”, “Clay Kids ”, “Helen's little school”, “A trote”… has allowed him to obtain an extensive vision of animation and video game industry that he shares in his classes, teaching subjects such as Character Animation, Rigging and Concept Art for the Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games and the Master's Degree in Design, Development and Marketing of Video Games.

His research interests focus on the study of the artistic and technical principles of animation, concept art and the impact of new technologies in the professional animation and video game industry.

Teaching

Subjects taught

This section shows the teaching given in degrees, masters and other officers studies in last 6 years.

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
Anatomy Drawing Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Core	30
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	76
Concept Art I. Characters Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	21
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	42.83
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	30.5
Master's Dissertation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Compulsory	1.5
Work Placement Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	4.5

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
3D Modeling and Animation for Video Games II Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	41
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	61
Character Animation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	81
Character Animation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	41
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	1.5
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	28.33
Master's Dissertation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Compulsory	35.5
Work Placement Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	4.5

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	101
Character Animation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	81
Character Animation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	39
Character Modeling I. Geometry Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	7
Concept Art I. Characters Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	18
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	15
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	0
Master's Dissertation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Compulsory	1

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	101
Character Animation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	26
Character Animation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	39
Concept Art I. Characters Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	18
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	80
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	0
Master's Dissertation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Compulsory	28

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
3D Infography1 Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	75
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	101
Character Animation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	75
Final Year Dissertation Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	45

Subject and involved studies	Type	Total hours
3D Animation 1 Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	12
3D Infography1 Degree in Audiovisual Communication	Compulsory	50
Anatomy Drawing Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Core	1
Animation 2 Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	80
Character Animation Degree in Digital Creation, Animation and Video Games	Compulsory	101
Character Animation Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	38
Concept Art I. Characters Master´s Degree in Designs, Development and Marketing of Videogames	Optional	17

Defined tutoring by teacher for 2025/2026 academic course.

Faculty of Communication Studies

Quarter	Day	Site
1st quarter	Monday 09:00 a 12:00	Teams
1st quarter	Friday 09:00 a 12:00	Teams
2nd quarter	Monday 09:00 a 12:00	Teams
2nd quarter	Friday 09:00 a 12:00	Teams

EOG works and final master thesis directed

Directed or codirected by current teacher since 2013 year.


Advanced Rigging Techniques for Managing Multidisciplinary Projects
Aradia
Becky and the Wizard
Cooking edge
Learning with 11 Second Club
Nayp: The Artistic Direction of a Dark Fantasy Videogame
Where have all the gerbils gone?


Emotional Demonology: Chronicles of the Inner Demons - 3D Animation and 3D Modeling
Emotional Demonology: Chronicles of the Inner Demons - Illustration and concept art.
Emotional Demonology: Chronicles of the Inner Demons - Narrative and character development
My best nightmare: Animation, script and direction
My best nightmare: Shading, postproduction and sound
Odyssëus
Odyssëus
Odyssëus
Pareidolia
We saw
We saw
We saw


Assets and Set Dressing Development for the videogame Quack Time Event
Concept Art and Textures of Quack Time Event´s Scenarios, a Puzzle and Platform Video Game
Development of the concept art, design and set-up of the user interface and the necessary graphic resources for the social networks of a 2D action-adventure and platform videogame, inspired by rain.
My best nightmare
My best nightmare
My best nightmare
Quack Time Event 3D Art: Characters, Props and Environment Development
Tiny Chronicles
Tiny Chronicles
Tiny Chronicles
Tiny Chronicles
Tiny Chronicles
Workflow analysis of the artistic phase of an audiovisual project


Cooking edge
Cooking edge
Cooking edge


2D and 3D art of an action "beat 'em up" game inspired by the main musical styles of the 20th and 21st century.
Conceptual and artistic development of the characters, props and backgrounds and realization of the 2D animations for the prototype of the side scrolling platforms video game "Rai"
Conceptual and artistic development; character modeling, shading, rigging and animation for a stealth video game based on the aesthetics of the Studio Ghibli films.
Develment of the main characters of a hack'n'slash video game inspired by the Grimm brothers
K.I.W.I.
K.I.W.I.
Seashell Effect
Seashell Effect
Seashell effect
Wico
Wico
Wico


Nesos
Nesos
Nesos
Them
Them
Them

Research results

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Conference papers

2022

Método gráfico para analizar y representar la puesta en escena en una secuencia de imágenes
III Congreso Internacional Nodos del Conocimiento. La academia frente a los retos de la humanidad. Innovación, investigación y transferencias ante el horizonte 2030
International

Authors	Ángel-José-F. Lamosa, Vicente López-Chao
Organization	Universidad de Zaragoza
Place	Zaragoza (España)

Ángel José Fariña Lamosa

Profesor contratado interino de sustitución (INT-SU)

Teaching

Subjects taught

Faculty of Communication Studies

EOG works and final master thesis directed

Research results

Positions

Comisión Académica de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación

Vocal PDI

Xunta da Facultade de Ciencias da Comunicación

Vocal PDI

Consello do Departamento Enxeñaría Civil

PDI (Membros Natos)

Consello do Departamento Enxeñaría Civil

PDI (Membros Natos)