A red-clad figure standing beside a white horse beneath a clear blue sky

ETHAN ÁVILA

ARTIST / EDUCATOR / CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIST

MEXICO CITY ↔ ST. PETERSBURG

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EXPLORE WORKSelectedLATENTFilm + AI3D ArtPhotographyInteractive + ExhibitionsArchive ↗

01 / SELECTED MOVING IMAGE

Films, worlds,
and living images.

A curated entry into short film, 3D animation, AI music video, exhibition, commercial, and interactive work.

VIEW01

Short film · 2026 · EDENA

The Stomach of the Machine

Polina travels from a remote village to the city with a mysterious letter, beginning a journey through faith, inheritance, and a life she has never understood.
EDENA emblem, a white horse standing above the Earth beneath a radiant sunEDENA

02 / CREATIVE STUDIO

Cinematic ideas.
Complete identities.

EDENA is an AI creative studio creating advertising, short films, visual effects, brands, and identity systems.

We combine creative direction, filmmaking, 3D, and artificial intelligence to take an idea from its first visual language to its finished campaign.

AdvertisingShort filmsAI visual effectsBrand strategyVisual identityCreative direction
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SELECTED CLIENTS

Samson RopeTotalplayCinépolisJuan SonRooster SalsaTashi

FILM & AI ARCHIVE

Series, studies,
and commissioned work.

A deeper archive of 3D animation, AI cinema, music video, exhibitions, commercial direction, and interactive work.

LATENT, Episode One: The BellWATCH SERIES ↗

NEW SERIES / 2026 / DRAMA

LATENT

Created and directed by Ethan ÁvilaSam wakes in a strange world with no memory of who she is or how she arrived. After finding a lost dinosaur, she decides to help him return home while fragments of her identity begin to surface.Series page on Generated Films ↗
EPISODE 01 · 2026The BellWatch on Generated Films ↗

FEATURED / CONCEPT ADVERTISING

Concept Films

Self-initiated advertising studies. These films explore product language and commercial direction without representing commissioned campaigns.
PLAY ↗2026 · SELF-INITIATED CONCEPTVideo Test AdConcept advertising studyPLAY ↗2026 · SELF-INITIATED CONCEPTMinosConcept advertising study

SERIES / AI MUSIC VIDEO

Juan Son Trilogy

Three connected AI music videos, released from 2024 to 2025, with more than 500K views.
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2024

Amor Maicero

AI music video · Juan Son
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2024

Chikibam!

AI music video · Juan Son
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2025

Vampiros

AI music video · Juan Son

STUDIES / AI CINEMA

Cinematic Experiments

Early realism, dialogue, performance, and narrative studies tracing the development of a more cohesive AI filmmaking language.
PLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYThe Queen’s DreamMost cohesive AI film experimentPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYMexicoAI realism testPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYPrometheanFirst major AI cinematic experimentPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYThe FixCinematic experimentPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYThe GlitchConversation studyPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYUglyConversation studyPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYDeathConversation study · Short filmPLAY ↗2026 · AI CINEMA STUDYOh No, Not AgainConversation study

EARLY WORK / 3D ANIMATION

Robot Trilogy

Three early 3D animations about consciousness, artificial life, rebellion, and curiosity.
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Published 2020

First Rebellion

3D animation · Robot Trilogy II
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Published 2020

The Dirty Sound of Curiosity

3D animation · Robot Trilogy III

FEATURED EXHIBITION / INTERACTIVE WORK

A.P.P.L.E

Pangardenia, Ars Electronica
Saint Petersburg · 2019A.P.P.L.E is an interactive exhibition work presented within Pangardenia at Ars Electronica. The project brings digital art into physical exhibition space and invites audience interaction.Watch exhibition documentation ↗
Full moving-image archiveYouTube ↗
PRESS / APPEARANCEEthan Ávila on Russian television · 2021 ↗Historical Meditations on Russian television ↗

03 / SELECTED 3D ARTWORKS

Rendered worlds.
Symbolic bodies.

A selection of figurative 3D images shaped through allegory, classical references, artificial bodies, and contemporary life.

A woman in a purple classical dress holding a teapot and early computer among 3D primitives and wireframes

FEATURED WORK · 2024

Bforartists 4.3
Splash Screen

Made for the Bforartists splash-screen competition, this image translates classical allegory into the visual language of 3D production through primitives, wireframes, color values, a teapot, and an early computer.

Bforartists selected the work as an honorable runner-up and featured it in the official 4.3 release.

Official release article ↗Original post ↗

PERSONAL PROJECT · 2026

3D Helmets

Ten original 3D helmet designs developed from a shared base model, combining historical armor, fashion, machinery, and myth.

INTERACTIVE 3D MODELS

Drag to rotate on desktop. Vertical scrolling always stays active.
Silver dragon helmet with three horns and scaled forehead
013D HELMET DESIGN
Gold bull helmet with a sculpted animal head and curved horns
023D HELMET DESIGN
Dark steel helmet with a long single horn
033D HELMET DESIGN
Winged steel helmet with a low sculpted visor
043D HELMET DESIGN
Silver ceremonial helmet with large feathered wings
053D HELMET DESIGN
Mechanical jaw helmet with articulated teeth
063D HELMET DESIGN
Floral helmet with lace visor and burgundy fabric
073D HELMET DESIGN
Gilded winged helmet with sculpted eye openings
083D HELMET DESIGN
Black enclosed helmet with narrow industrial visor
093D HELMET DESIGN
Polished silver enclosed helmet with neck guard
103D HELMET DESIGN

DRAGON HELMET / PROCESS

Base figure, model, wireframe, normal pass, and depth pass used to develop the final surface.
Unhelmeted base figure used for the helmet design series
Base figure
Gray 3D model view of the dragon helmet
3D model
Wireframe view of the dragon helmet and figure
Wireframe
Normal-map render of the dragon helmet
Normal pass
Grayscale depth pass for the dragon helmet and figure
Depth pass
Tree Death
Tree Death3D RENDER
Golden Pink
Golden Pink3D RENDER
Allegory of the Cave in a Modern Office
Allegory of the Cave in a Modern Office3D RENDER
Wall Study
Wall Study3D RENDER
Looked At
Looked At3D RENDER
A Confused Quartet
A Confused Quartet3D RENDER
Offering
Offering3D RENDER
Student Mind
Student Mind3D RENDER
Dalinian
Dalinian3D RENDER
New Night
New Night3D RENDER
Love
Love3D RENDER
That’s Not the Paperwork I Asked You
That’s Not the Paperwork I Asked You3D RENDER

SELECTED PROJECTS

Portfolio case studies.

Art, 3D modeling, interactive worlds, character design, and game development.
01 · Virtual installation

The Fruits of Consciousness

Pangardenia · ARS Electronica · Saint Petersburg · 2019 / Game Junction · Moscow · 2021

Behance ↗02 · 3D model

SNECMA Coléoptère

Reconstruction of the experimental vertical-takeoff aircraft.

Behance ↗03 · Metaverse concept

The Liftoff

Spatial worldbuilding and digital experience direction.

Behance ↗04 · NFT project · 2022

Elysians

Collectible world, characters, and visual development.

Behance ↗05 · Mascot design · 2022

ROCKET

Character and mascot development for DragmaLABS.

Behance ↗06 · NFT racing game · 2023

Game Development Story

Game development, art direction, and real-time production.

Behance ↗07 · 3D game avatar

GRELF

Memecoin character model and hyper-realistic render.

Behance ↗08 · Hyper-realistic 3D renders

Kabutops vs. Magikarp

Creature reinterpretation and realism study.

Behance ↗

CLIENT WORK

Album cover direction.

Un Pedacito de Ti album cover for Tufic

Tufic · 2025

Un Pedacito de Ti

Album cover · Spotify ↗
Para Mí album cover for Etho Rawr

Etho Rawr · 2025

Para Mí

Album cover · Spotify ↗
View the full visual archiveInstagram ↗

04 / PHOTOGRAPHY

Cities, weather,
and passing figures.

Selected photographs from Mexico and Saint Petersburg, focused on public space, winter, monuments, distance, and brief human gestures.

Skeleton violinist surrounded by orange marigolds beneath a deep blue sky
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Solitary figure facing a river and distant architecture beneath a grainy winter sky
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Dark stone figures in focus before a softly blurred church
03
Snow-covered horse sculpture beneath crossing wires and a pink winter sunset
04
Shipyard cranes rising through winter fog above a solitary figure
05
Orange and white cat sitting on a window ledge between dark shutters
06
Large coastal rocks with four distant figures walking toward the sea
07
Ornamental bridge fading into fog above a frozen river
08
Dense luminous clouds gathering above dark tropical hills
09
Two people beside a river at sunset with a distant cathedral across the water
10
High view of pedestrians, cars, historic buildings, and a canal crossing
11
Football stadium crowd forming red, white, and blue sections beneath a flag
12
Soft green leaves seen through fogged translucent glass
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Dark horse and human sculpture silhouetted against overhead wires
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05 / PRACTICE

Old questions.
New instruments.

My work uses symbolism and allegory to contemplate beauty, time, and human experience. I connect traditional aesthetics with contemporary technology, creating images where memory and possibility meet.

Surreal figure standing on tall wooden supports in a flooded classical cityONE NIGHT · FIVE STORIES

06 / WRITING

ESSAYS & REFLECTIONSBridges

Writing on identity, symbolism, art, culture, and the tension between meaning and measurement.

Read on Substack ↗

Short Stories of
Long Thoughts

A short compilation written in a single night to force years of unfinished ideas into form.

Five emotional and surreal stories move through monsters, artificial intelligence, impossible music, geometric love, and the end of the world. They read somewhere between fiction, allegory, and prose poetry.

The Man of the IslandThe Lost CodeThe Pilot Who Learnt to Fly in the AirLetter to a CubeEnd of the World / Exchange
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07 / MUSIC & MOVING IMAGE

One practice.
Several voices.

Sata is a band I created. My solo music under Ethan Ávila is a separate experimental practice. The video archive gathers early blogs, viral 3D work, animation, and moving-image experiments.

03 / VIDEO ARCHIVE

YouTube

Early video blogs, viral 3D videos, animation, and visual experiments.

↗04 / VISUAL ART ARCHIVE

Behance

Selected digital art, 3D work, campaigns, and project documentation.

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ART FEEDInstagram↗THOUGHTS & UPDATESX / Twitter↗PERSONAL CHANNELTelegram↗FORMER WEBSITEPortfolio archive↗
Ethan Ávila speaking with students in a classroom

08 / TEACHING

Teaching from
artistic practice.

I teach digital art, 3D, animation, and interactive media through art, design, storytelling, and personal visual language.

ITMO UNIVERSITY · 2021ANIMATION & DIGITAL ARTCOURSES PROPOSED FOR HSE · 2026
Teaching profile ↗

09 / PROFILE

Experience,
shown plainly.

RECOGNITION

Bforartists 4.3 Splash Screen, 2024

AI music video trilogy, 500K+ views

Featured in Excelsior and MOST Magazine

Exhibited in 12+ venues internationally

EDUCATION

MA Art & Science, ITMO University

BA Animation & Digital Art, ITESM

Fine Arts, Nebrija University

DOCUMENTSAcademic CV ↓Art portfolio ↓