Summary

About Erick Sosa:
Erick Sosa is a professional sculptor, with over 30 years of experience working for the Toy and Collectibles Industries. He started working professionally at Mattel toys at the age of 17.

His style is dynamic, he can capture any style in the sculpting spectrum, be it American streamline comic book styles, Japanese Anime/Manga, Mechanical characters, beautiful women, creatures and monsters, or portraits.
He keeps evolving in his craft, and continues to hone his skills every day.
Some of the companies he has worked for include:

Mattel Toys, Disney Consumer Products, SOTA Toys, Gentle Giant, Hot Buttered Elves, Bowen Designs, DC Direct, Art Asylum, Warner Brothers, DC Collectibles, Diamond Select Toys, Master Replicas, Eaglemoss, Jazwares, Wizkids, Mezco, Idea Planet, McFarlane Toys, Hasbro, Sideshow Collectibles, Kotobukiya (Designer/sculptor Managing advisor Product Planning and Development), Funko, His Majesty the King of Jordan, Round2 Models, Yamato Toys, XM Studios as Art Director, Capcom, Muckle Mannequins sculpting life size superheroes, Banpresto/ Bandai, among others.

He recently worked at Marvel Studios, working on Disney Plus' "What if?" under Ryan Meinerding the main visual art director for the Marvel Cinematic Universe for all Marvel Films since Iron Man.

 Erick is also currently engaged in a new AAA video game related to Superheroes.

Erick’s life long dream of collaborating with James Cameron (Film director of such hits as Terminator, Aliens, Titanic, Avatar film series) and his company Light Storm has become a reality since 2023 to this day.

He is also engaged in developing his own Company, Prototypez Studios designing/sculpting Street Fighter Collectibles, statues, and action figures, and original vinyl art toy designs in collaboration with Unbox Toy.
https://www.prototypezstudios.com/

Skills

Software proficiency

ZBrush

Keyshot

Maya

Marvelous Designer

Photoshop