Who inspires you as an artist? Who do you look up to and why?
I’ve looked up to different role models throughout different stages of my life. When I started drawing, I mimicked the characters I liked in a comic I read. I then followed other artwork and stories of the same author.
As for FX artists, I do follow a few like :- Joe Scarr, Allan Mckay, Kei Yoneoka, Jacys Lin, Saber Jlassi, Igor Zanic, Fabian Nowak, Hristo Velev and many more. Their professional work, RnDs, articles of sharing, and some of their online interviews inspire me to keep on creating and producing art. Also my ex-employer who guided me through my career path. Earning the experience, and pushing myself to be as good as them in the industry has given me a passion for the industry.
What podcasts or youtube channels keep you motivated to grow as an artist?
In the earlier stages where I started to draw, I visited places like deviantart. Then later on, during my college time, I often visited CGSociety. When I stepped deeper into creating FX, vimeo was always the place I would look at. Channels like CGrecords did often post interesting and inspiring clips from awesome artists all over the world. Also not to be missed out many studios’ official pages like ILM, Weta, Framestore, Dneg, LumaPictures.
What’s next for you on your artistic journey?
I would say to keep on producing more artwork, and to carry on RND-ing and learning new interesting topics.
Meanwhile I do hope to get myself involved as part of a team to
create stunning VFX in blockbuster movies like Avatar, Terminator, etc .
More about Gavin:
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