Data.Body - Assignment 1

Bio

- I am from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
- I am 22 years old.
- Outside of school I play musical instruments, do digital 2D and 3D art, draw, spend lots of time with my girlfriend, play videogames, make videogames, read, watch TV, movies, anime, and porn.

A statement of aspirations

-I have chosen this program/school because I live in Lethbridge, close to the University. Also, I have always been interested in visual art and have had a knack for it since early childhood. I'm also quite interested in videogames, seeing them as the contemporary multimedia equivolent of great opera or film (when done well). I figured that if I wanted to get a Fine Arts degree AND get a job afterward that New Media was the way to go.

-I am trying to achieve the ability to be completely comfortable in the digital and analogue realms of visual art and audio. I enjoy coming up with concepts and carrying those concepts to completion. I especially enjoy bringing together visuals, motion, and sound to create a complete work of art. Although I am not particularly fond of 'art gallery' multimedia works.

-For a career I would like to work in the videogame industry primarily as a concept artist, character designer and art director. However, I would also like to work with texturing, sound design and music for videogames.

-In this course I hope to do well on the assignments without having to devote too much time to it. Basically I have a very busy semester and a heap of work not related to this course. I will definitely put effort into my work, but I just hope that it doesn't steal an inordinate amount of my one precious commodity.

Technical Skills

-I am well acquainted with Photoshop, Illustrator, 3D Studio Max, Premiere and Pro Tools, with a basic working knowledge of Flash.

-I have limited access to a digital still camera at home.

Websites I frequent:

www.wikipedia.org
www.toolband.com
www.superdeluxe.com
www.homestarrunner.com
www.youtube.com
www.alluc.org
video.google.ca
www.gamespot.com

My 3 favorite films are (subject to change, therefore pointless):

-Grindhouse
-Apocalypse Now
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

My 3 favorite books are:

-The God Delusion
-Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
-End of Faith

My 3 favorite magazines are:

-I never read magazines