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When I opened Blender for the first time 10 years ago I did not think I would ever get this far. It all started on my parents iMac Desktop, that was sophisticated enough to handle the load. I, like many other early Blender students, combed the internet in search of free models, tutorials, and other assets. I stumbled upon one tutorial that caught my eye. I decided that it wouldn't be too hard, and stayed up late that night to finish the project. I immediately put my own spin on many elements.

When I was studying architecture I always have this tendency towards visualization and 3d art in general and specifically FX and the logic behind its creation. After graduation I had the opportunity study at the ITI in the FX track ( that was 5 months ago).

Unlike many artists, I didnt enjoy drawing much as a kid! I picked up drawing as a stress relieving activity during my undergrad years. After finishing my engineering degree and a three and a half years of 9-5 job, I realized that was not the life for me. I became a freelance artist, worked on my own comic books, worked in 2d animation as a concept artist and eventually got admitted in a 3d arts program and never looked back!

I am software engineer with 15+ years of experience. I have been always keen to work in entertainment industry and with technological advancements of recent years I have decided 2-3 years ago to transfer my career into this industry.

since I was a little kid, as I've been always passionate about art and creation To be able to pass through all the knowledge one learnt through his career path, and to have a strong portfolio in the field of stylized cha

The production process the creativity of how all this was done in movies and games opened my eyes to this market. And for me, the best thing about this challenge is that I'm always learning something new, and I take that as part of me, making the most of the creation process.

On 2018, I was working as a poker dealer at Parq Casino. I felt unsatisfied with what I was doing daily and did more learning on 3D Modeling during my free time. I decided to enroll in BCIT's 3D modeling diploma and seek out a better life.

Since I was an obnoxious teenager.

Since I was small I've enjoyed visually communicating stories and have been uploading my comic book work online since I was 13, which I've very much enjoyed and I've found the act very enjoyable and something I find myself actively trying to improve my skills on. I've enjoyed the people I've met in the digital art

Since i was a kid, i developed a passion for drawing and by growing i wanted to learn 2d animation because i feel i was good at drawing. Then i was able to study 3d animation at college and everything changed, i wanted to use my creative aspect to be in the entertainment industry not only as a passion.

wo month ago I decided t be 3d layout artist using houdini so I start to learn procedural modeling.

I'm an experienced performer moving from live music and acting into 3D animation.

I went to applied arts university advertisement dept. But then 1 year before I finished college I realized how much I love working in 3D industry (August 2018) so I started self studying from this moment till I got accepted in ITI (2020) and just graduated from

When I was in high school, during the English course I saw an ad on the book that hooked me

I first encountered doing VFX while studying in elementary school. I was 14 years old. I've always looked at tutorials on the internet, but I really started working on VFX at the online school Compozitive.

I found it very interesting

I started thinking about it when I entered high school. I had just started video editing a year before and by exploring more in the industry. In my first year in college, I started to know more about the CGI and game industry, that year I started to learn about 3D.

Around the summer of 2019

I've been considering it for a long time, have been artistic my whole life, got sidetracked but now am finally on track to make this my career.

When I was young I was very interested in Cartoon, Animation and Games.