I grew up in the same small town Pixar co founder Alvy Ray Smith graduated from high school. His parents and my grandparents played bridge weekly and one Christmas holiday while visiting his parents he was nice enough to talk to my siblings and myself about computer science. We were mesmerized when he showed us one of Pixar’s first animated shorts Tin Toy.
I wish I could claim that moment convinced me to study 3D when I grew up but I’d be lying. I did however end up being part of the second class to ever graduate in the US with an accredited degree in computer animation.
Here are a few samples of the 3D and Digital Painting work I’ve produced over the last 20 years.
