
Dave Vasquez
Animator
Riot Games
Dave Vasquez has been a professional animator since 2006 and is currently an animator at Skydance Animation. He started his career working on The Sims before moving to Sony Pictures Imageworks and Blue Sky Studios. A fun fact about Dave is that he has a passion for music and once opened for Blue Öyster Cult! Dave currently teaches Body Mechanics, the second Core Character Animation Course at Animation Mentor.
Dave’s Credits

Spies in Disguise

Ferdinand

Ice Age: Collision Course

The Peanuts Movie
Blue Sky Films
- Luck
- Spies in Disguise
- Ferdinand
- Ice Age: Collision Course
- The Peanuts Movie
- Rio 2
- Epic
Other Films
- Arthur Christmas
- The Smurfs
- Yogi Bear
- Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Games
- MySims Agents
- Sims 3
- Sims 2: Castaway
- Sims 2 Pets
- Sims 2 Console
- The Urbz: Sims in the City
- The Sims: Bustin’ Out
What Dave’s Students are Saying
One of the Best Mentors I've Encountered
Dave is ranked among the best mentors/teachers I have encountered in any educational situation. At every turn he has shown a personal interest in seeing us succeed, whether that’s recording extra tutorials, answering our questions throughout the week, or providing us with all the relevant information to improve our work to get us ready for the animation industry. I love his prepared lectures and that he takes extra time to give us real insights when we have additional questions in our Q&As.
He's Been Amazing
Dave was a great surprise. In his first message to us he seemed very much “by the book”, but during the QAs it turned out to be completely untrue. He’s super fun, open and extremely generous with his time. He leaves a lot of space for questions and takes time to really explain things in depth. He genuinely seems to care – remembering who did what. His critiques are kind and encouraging and always motivate me to keep going and get over my insecurities. He’s been amazing and taught me so much!!!!!
Dave is an Amazing Mentor
Dave is an amazing mentor. If we had a question, Dave would send us a Vimeo tutorial about how to do certain things in Maya. This was super helpful. Dave also sent extra lecture material about some principles I need to apply better in my Animation. I would recommend Dave to any animator, because he is Just like his Animation reel, amazing!
Always Super Helfpful
Dave is amazing!! His Q&A’s are always super helpful and whenever I email him about anything he’s always quick to reply. I don’t think I’d want him to do anything differently cause he’s already awesome.
A Great Mentor
Such a great mentor! Went out of his way to provide extra training videos for us. Always took the time to answer any questions we had and was very organized in his lectures! Great job!
One of the Best Mentors I've Encountered
Dave is ranked among the best mentors/teachers I have encountered in any educational situation. At every turn he has shown a personal interest in seeing us succeed, whether that’s recording extra tutorials, answering our questions throughout the week, or providing us with all the relevant information to improve our work to get us ready for the animation industry. I love his prepared lectures and that he takes extra time to give us real insights when we have additional questions in our Q&As.
He's Been Amazing
Dave was a great surprise. In his first message to us he seemed very much “by the book”, but during the QAs it turned out to be completely untrue. He’s super fun, open and extremely generous with his time. He leaves a lot of space for questions and takes time to really explain things in depth. He genuinely seems to care – remembering who did what. His critiques are kind and encouraging and always motivate me to keep going and get over my insecurities. He’s been amazing and taught me so much!!!!!
Dave is an Amazing Mentor
Dave is an amazing mentor. If we had a question, Dave would send us a Vimeo tutorial about how to do certain things in Maya. This was super helpful. Dave also sent extra lecture material about some principles I need to apply better in my Animation. I would recommend Dave to any animator, because he is Just like his Animation reel, amazing!
Always Super Helfpful
Dave is amazing!! His Q&A’s are always super helpful and whenever I email him about anything he’s always quick to reply. I don’t think I’d want him to do anything differently cause he’s already awesome.
A Great Mentor
Such a great mentor! Went out of his way to provide extra training videos for us. Always took the time to answer any questions we had and was very organized in his lectures! Great job!
Courses Taught By Dave
Courses may vary from term to term.