About Me

I’m Adrian Lopez Valle and I’m a 3D animator / filmmaker / music artist based in California, USA. I started creating content at the age of 10 under the online alias, “Mariotravel209”.

I specialize in producing animations, short films, and music. I’ve started working with 3D animations in late 2015 when I was looking for a new medium to express my art and storytelling for my YouTube channel. A year later in 2016, I’ve entered the world of music production by experimenting with music software such as FL Studio, Ableton, and more.

Everyday, I put all my efforts in making these projects to be as entertaining and enjoyable for my audiences. Its my passion and dream to show my art to the world. Of course, I want to see them too!

ORIGINS OF THE 209

“Mariotravel209 Animations” started out as a YouTube channel in March 29, 2010. Originally intended to be a travel vlog channel featuring Mario plush toys as the “hosts”. This was also when it was simply called “Mariotravel209”.

The 209 on the name was simply a random number I came up on the spot. As the years went by, however, I decided to dedicate the “209” number by having it become a reference to my golden years in creative inspiration (2009). Now the name resides as a vow. A promise to never change. Despite being an odd name. The name now symbolizes my present self connecting with my past self.

On September 27, 2015, I’ve released my very first 3D animation created in Source Filmmaker. Having prior experience with the Source engine, this allowed me to take advantage of the software’s tool set and study the principles of character animation. Several months later, I dived into music production which has allowed me to score for my own projects, too! Now that’s one big plus, right there.

Since then, I’ve been experimenting with more software by exploring a numerous amount of ideas and learning new programs such as Autodesk Maya, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, etc., releasing projects such as, The Art of Justice, which was nominated for the 2017 Saxxy Award, Luigi Meets A Combine Soldier, Music Videos, and more to come.

On October 31, 2020, the channel was rebranded from “Mariotravel209” to “Mariotravel209 Animations” in an effort to separate my music career from animation and the rest is history.

Adrian Lopez Valle in his “Mario OC” Variant.

You might be tempted to think that’s my way of sounding cool. Which, actually makes me sound like a dork, but here’s the scoop!

Ever since middle school, I’ve taken these three words seriously. They’re what I consider to be the building blocks on my creation process. You can’t have one without the other and they’re essential to bringing your ideas to life. “Imagination”, being the space where all your ideas reside. “Inspiration”, being the seeds or origin of these ideas. “Creativity”, bringing these ideas together in many different ways.

Though, I strongly urge new artist out there to take this with a grain of salt. Even when possessing this mindset in your creations, none of this will matter if you don’t apply yourself with self-discipline and persistence.

“Mariotravel209” was the original name for my YouTube channel, before it was rebranded to “Mariotravel209 Animations”. This was done in an effort to separate my music career with my hobbies. The branding is also different via the visuals of both.

“Mariotravel209” uses a dark-gray/white color scheme.

“Mariotravel209 Animations” uses either a dark-gray/red OR white/red color scheme.

As a 5 year old, I’d pick up my dad’s camera and placed my plush toys in front of it. Voicing the characters, going on adventures. This was the beginning of my journey in filmmaking and content creation all together.

It wasn’t until later on in life when I discovered “The Cute Mario Bros.” on YouTube who’ve inspired me to create a YouTube channel. The concept being a travel channel with my Mario plush toy as the channel’s host. Ever since 2010, YouTube has been the platform to share all my wacky ideas with the world.