Professional Work

Personal Work

Illustrations

Zines

Synopsis

introducing the adventures of club members Watson and Maxwell as they use their unique abilities to protect the specter realm and the living realm alike, all while navigating the terrifying journey of growing up.

"Crow Valley Ghost Club" is a 6 minute proof of concept animation directed by Katie Cobos. This proof showcases a portion of a pilot episode for a coming of age, fantasy, tv-show targeted towards young teens.This project was backed by RIT's MAGIC Spell Studios under the MAGIC Maker Program. My responsibilities within this program included Color Scripting, Background Designing and Painting, as well as Concept Work and Color Design for both Props and Characters. My work also extended towards marketing with responsibilities such as Poster and Logo Design.

Visual Development

Props: The Process

Select Backgrounds

Select Final Shots

Animation and Compositing by Katie Cobos; portal animation by me

Project Highlight: Finger Licking' Good Short Film

Synopsis

"Finger Licking' Good" is an animated senior capstone film by Logan Wood, a horror comedy where a small-time restaurant owner, experiencing the throes of a mid-life crisis, is suddenly visited by a food critic. He must impress him, but at what cost?

Backgrounds

Project Highlight: Get A Grip Short Film

"Get a Grip" is an animated senior capstone film by S.D. Werner, it is a surrealistic film exploring what it feels like to struggle with sensory overload and anxiety in the constrictive setting that is high school.

Synopsis

Backgrounds

Project Highlight: Loving Care Short Film

Synopsis

"Loving Care" is an animated senior capstone film by Peyton Monroe, the story is a heartwarming tale focusing on a stressed out college student receiving help from an unlikely source, their virtual pet.

Backgrounds

Timelapse

Project Highlight: Anomalyx Alpha Short Film

Synopsis

"Anomalyx Alpha" is an animated senior capstone film by Eddie M. Bazzett, this animation revolves around a scientist and how his research of a mysterious floating orb found in the sweltering enclosure of an underground cave slowly leads him to madness.

Backgrounds

Personal Works

Project Highlight: Nature Reclaims Concept Work

Series: Thoughts of Home

Series: Fruits!

“How do we move forward when stuck between grief and loss? Do we succumb to our emotions and wither into the night? Or do we push forward?”

Those are the questions I find myself asking within the production of this multimedia zine- stitching together my own photography with digital painting and experimental texturing.

Collage Exploration Series

Zine Pages

"G.O.A.T." is a concept project between Cartuna and Westbrook Studios. A group of friends find themselves on many quirky adventures, a top the highest of mountains, a haunted mansion, an impromptu bodega party, searching for the legendary Chili Pepper, and a roller derby competition.

Early Prop Concepts

BACKGROUND Layout Design

Background Paint
Characters Not By Me

About The Artist

Atlas Costa Aguilera is a Background and Visual Development artist born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. With a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in Illustration at R.I.T., they are currently based in Rochester, NY. They have a lot of experience working through a variety of styles and mediums that usually center around what is bold and colorful.Atlas has collaborated with studios such as MAGIC Spell Studios, Cartuna, and Westbrook Studios. Their work can also be found in a number of student and indie animation productions, some of which have been recognized in film festivals such as the Student World Impact Film Festival and Los Angeles International Sci-Fi Film Festival.