3D animator and visual artist on a journey to inspire.
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About

My journey as an artist

About


Vancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School

 

Bio

I was born and raised near the north shore surrounded by the Caribbean breeze, green mountains and crystal clear beaches of Puerto Rico. Grew up surrounded by music and sports and at an early age, art became a part of my life . Watching cartoons was something I really enjoyed and trying to decipher how they accomplished them amazed me. This was the spark that ignited me to draw everything.  After countless failed attempts to recreate on my sketch books exactly what I imagined, my passion for art only grew more. Every character I drew came to life in my own world. Admiring my country's natural landscape made me appreciate nature and wanting to capture the perspective on how I saw things, I developed a passion for photography. 

Even though the passion for art was there I never considered it to be a profession. I went and pursued computer engineering in the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez and received a scholarship on the swimming team. At the start of this career I felt that engineering did not fascinate me as much as art and with the incredible support of my family I changed my path. I graduated with a bachelor degree at Atlantic University in Guaynabo and dove into the graphic design world.  While working in the media and advertisement industry I developed a huge interest in 3D, and after six years I decided to embark on a different path once again.

I got accepted at the Vancouver Film School and I enrolled in the 3D Animation and Visual Effects program. It was an intense year of hard work, pushing myself to every limit and a journey of self discovery as an artist and as a person. Many sacrifices were made  but I gained so much knowledge and hands on training, friendships and colleges from around the world on what I consider to be the ground breaking future in filmmaking.

Limits are only the ones we create
 

© Gabriel Vidot (2016)