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Brian Samuels
Artist | Professional | Film & Animation
New Zealand
I work in the Film/Television visual effects industry; have done some teaching, and am currently experimenting with rendering fractals and other kinds of digital art in "real time" using openGL based programs like Tom Beddard's web application "Fractal Lab". I work on Ubuntu Linux workstations, and support free open source software.
Interests
Favorite visual artist
Georgia Okeefe, Patrick Tatopoulos, Dale Chihuly
Favorite movies
"Pan's Labyrinth", "The Haunting" (1963:Robert Wise), "Dolores Claiborne"
Favorite TV shows
"Project Runway" : creativity under pressure, just like working in the movies:)
Favorite bands / musical artists
Chicane, Annie Lennox, "Kings Of Leon" (I'm old...ok?)
Favorite books
"Knee Deep in Thunder", Widdershins, "The Fresco"
Favorite writers
Charles Delint, Sherri Tepper, Olga Kharatidi, Sandra Ingerman
Favorite games
Running around. killing things with my step son :)
Favorite gaming platform
Play Station
Tools of the Trade
Computers, Maya, PRman, Shake, Blender, GIMP, camera, paper and pencil, my brain
Other Interests
Walking in beauty.
Sta.sh
Happy Birthday! I have a little present for you here: 
