I'm Juan Salazar, a CG generalist based in Los Angeles. I work mostly in commercials, doing texture, lookdev, lighting, modeling, and whatever else a shot needs.
A decade in, mostly on automotive, broadcast, and brand commercials. Started at The Mill out of school and have worked through a handful of studios since. Recent highlights include leading lighting on Target's 2025 holiday campaign.
The technical side matters to me as much as the visual side. I minored in technical direction, can read and write code, and tend to be the person who ends up debugging the weird stuff: scene optimization, shader issues, render flickers, pipeline glitches. The kind of work that doesn't always have a Google answer but tends to make the difference between a shot you're fighting and a shot that just renders.
If something you're working on could use another set of hands, drop me a line.