COMING SOON2027MADRID

Kreat FX presents

School of Arts
& Audiovisual Crafts

Learn to create monsters, creatures and characters with those who have been doing it for over 35 years in film, television and theatre.

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01 · The School

This craft is learned
with your hands

We believe our profession is an art that must be learned through practice, alongside professional masters from the industry who guide you and share knowledge gained from real shoots, stages and sets.

Makeup FX
Creatures
Costumes
Props
Scenography
Animatronics

02 · The Courses

Three workshops. Infinite creatures.

Courses are subject to change.

Characterisation and Makeup FX
COMING 2027

Makeup · Characterisation

Characterisation and Makeup FX

The complete process for creating real or fantasy characters.

  1. 01Character design
  2. 02Life cast and 3D scanning
  3. 03Character sculpting
  4. 04Different types of moulds
  5. 05Copies in different materials
  6. 06Application of the final result
Props and Creature Creation Workshop
COMING 2027

Props · Creatures · Dummies

Props and Creature Creation Workshop

Fundamentals of different fabrication techniques for fictional elements, puppets and dummies.

  1. 01Basic knowledge of techniques and tools
  2. 02Creation of fictional elements
  3. 03Puppet design and basic animatronics concepts
  4. 04Creation of a dummy (animals or human body parts)
Special Costumes
COMING 2027

Creatures · Puppets · Costume

Special Costumes

Creature suits, puppets and large-scale pieces.

  1. 01Basic design concepts
  2. 023D design
  3. 03Pattern making
  4. 04Materials study and how to work them
  5. 05Creation of an element
  6. 06Painting and finishing

Official sponsor of the school

FEROCA

"Your ideas, our materials"

Feroca, specialists in materials for moulds, special effects, cosplay and sculpture, is the official sponsor of the Kreat FX School of Arts and Audiovisual Crafts. The materials you will use to bring your creatures to life.

SiliconesResinsLatexFibreglassAlginatesFoams
Discover Feroca

03 · Method

From concept to the set

Each workshop starts from a text, a motif or a script. The modules work interrelated, just like the teams on a production.

1

The Idea

Understanding what the story, director and production need.

2

The Design

Developing the design according to production needs.

3

The Workshop

You sculpt, mould, copy and paint with the tools and materials of the craft.

4

The Delivery

Delivery of the final product.

What the workshop guarantees

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Proper instruction and real learning in the use of tools.

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Teaching by professionals of the craft.

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A holistic vision: you will understand how your work affects other departments.

04 · Masters

The parents of the creatures

Alejandra Varela y Fito Dellibarda

Alejandra and Fito with Fújur, from The Neverending Story: The Musical.

Director · FX Makeup Artist · Character Designer

Fito Dellibarda

Scenographer from the School of Arts of the Theatre at Universidad del Salvador, and graphic designer and illustrator from the Escuela Panamericana de Arte in Buenos Aires. In 1986 he founded his first special effects workshop in Argentina. In 2000 he arrived in Spain as a characterisation artist for Antena 3, and in 2001 co-founded Kreat FX in Madrid alongside Alejandra Varela.

Production Director

Alejandra Varela

Executive producer and director of television series and programmes in Argentina, also a journalism producer in radio. In 2001 she arrived in Spain contracted as director by Antena 3, and co-founded Kreat FX, where she has directed special effects production ever since.

05 · Showreel

Hit play

Our work has appeared in

Loving Pablo
Ma Ma
Skylines
The 33
La Historia Interminable: El Musical
Caótica Ana
Le Tout Nouveau Testament
Apocalipsis: Circo de los Horrores
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Above & Below
La Inquilina
Esperança

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