Alena Loftis

About Alena Loftis

Born in Mississippi, Alena moved across country to Colorado where in 2004 she graduated from Metropolitan State College of Denver with a bachelor\'s degree in Business Management. It wasn\'t until her senior year of college she realized her passion for clay. A self-taught sculptor, Alena spent her time learning as much as she could from sculptors in the industry, and sculpting forums, including the deviant art community, which helped her land a sculpting job with Blue Sky Studios in New York at the end of 2005. This is where she created character maquettes for films in development, Alena\'s film credits (at Blue Sky Studios) include Horton Hears a Who, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Rio, Rio 2, Ice Age 4 and Epic. She has freelanced with DC Comics and has contributed her sculptures to many charity auctions/events such as the Totoro Forest Project, Beautiful Grim, Brown Stones to Red Dirt, and Art Blocks for Ghana. Alena\'s sculptures have also appeared in the fantasy art annual Spectrum books 14 & 17 and in the Society of Illustrators 3rd Bienniel Dimensional Exhibition in New York City. She currently resides in California with her incredible husband, sweet son, and sweet daughter. Working at The Walt Disney Animation Studios as a character modeler. Film credits: Frozen, Feast (short film), Big Hero 6, Zootopia, Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Frozen 2, Raya and The Last Dragon(Character Modeling Supervisor), Encanto, Strange World and the up coming film WISH.

Experience

1. Vis Dev Sculptor Character Modeling Supervisor

   Walt Disney Animation Studios

   Feb 2012 — Present

Education

• Metropolitan State University of Denver

  Bachelors of Science

  2000 — 2004