Jesús Gerardo

3D Artist | Programmer | Museum professional | Entrepreneur

I specialize in creating historical reconstructions of Mexico and developing educational and cultural experiences for Virtual Reality and other emerging technologies, including PC and mobile applications.

I’ve been interested in graphics for as long as I can remember, first by hand-drawing and then with computers.

I became an avid reader at 6 because I got interested in dinosaurs; at 8-12 I was into aircraft and ships; at 12 I got into automobiles.

When I was 13 I got my first computer and got into game-modding soon after: maps for Unreal Tournament and idTech 3-based titles, among a few other things.

As a teenager I got more into history and architecture, I developed a hobby of drawing cathedrals and then with my computer, making mid-20 century architectural concepts.

I got into Computer Science and naturally leaned into computer graphics and one day I decided to make a game about the Mexican Revolution, which combined several of my interests. And here I am, making historical reconstructions related to Mexican history and make a living out of it.

Bio

Projects

  • Al Grito de Guerra (2010-2013)

Online First Person Shooter about the Mexican Revolution. Featuring 3 historical scenarios: Siege of Cuautla (1911), Tragic twelve days (1913) and Battle of Zacatecas (1914).

  • Science Box (2016)

Mobile Virtual Reality app to teach about scientific topics.

  • Reconstruction of the Basin of Mexico (2015-ongoing)

Reconstruction of the Basin of Mexico in three different epochs: 1510, 1710 and 1910.

Skills

3D graphics

Low-poly modelling with Blender

Modelling with Sketchup

Photogrammetry

Real-world maps modelling with QGIS

3D printing

Stereoscopic photography

Programming

Object-oriented programming

C#

C++

C

Java

Game engines

Unreal Engine

Unity

Interests

Graphics

Computer Graphics

Virtual Reality

augmented Reality

Stereoscopy

Plastic Arts

Architecture

Decorative Arts

History

Geographical history

Mexico City history

History of transportation

Art history

Military history

Museography

Museum technology

Virtual Reality visualization

Exhibition innovation

Education

Computer Science in National autonomous University of Mexico