Once you start down the maker path, forever will it dominate your destiny.
I have been working in the television and movie industry since 2001 primarily as a 3D modeler/animator, compositor, and VFX shoot supervisor. Having a solid background in Industrial Design and cinematography has influenced my 3D modeling and animation skills. I have a keen eye for even the smallest of details.I consider the unbound nature of science-fiction an important influence with regards to creativity and imagination. In fact, after discovering that the people who started ILM were Industrial Designers, I left Computer Science and have lived a happy life since.
It was fairly recently, around 2015, that I got into teaching. I was given the opportunity to teach Robotics to Elem and HS students. It was then that I realized that sharing my passion for imagining, creating, and building was equally fulfiling. I have managed to combine both my courses, ID and ComSci into a discipline: Robotics/Mechatronics. Design, hardware, fabrication, automation, and software. A dangerous combination. ;) It goes without saying, that other Science, Math, Humanities, and Social Studies disciplines also come into play. Seeing the merging and application of concepts from all sides is what it's all about.
A tinkerer at heart, I am equally comfortable sculpting, modeling, scratch building, 3D printing, and mass producing with any medium outside the virtual realm. I pride myself with my jury rigging skills and the ability to analyze, troubleshoot and fix anything that interests me, be it analog or digital.
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Digital Edge
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