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3dtotal: Wow! That’s the most packed-with-great-tips answer I’ve ever read! You should get an award for that. I’m so impressed, I can’t even think up another question! … Okay, great timing, your reel’s downloaded! [Opens up QuickTime and prepares to feast eyes for the next three and half minutes] … Very cool indeed! It’s great to see fantastic modellers with reels as well as stills galleries. Would you advise other upcoming modellers to do the same?
Eric: Thanks Tom, I really love putting reels together. I’m not sure what it is about the process, but I really do get a kick out of it. Who knows what the best formula is, but this one has worked for me. One thing’s for sure, though: the more exposure, the better. Besides a reel and a website with stills, it helps to post your work in forums and submit to different things around the web, such as 3DTotal.com. Ok, there’s a plug, can I have some money now? [Laughs]
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3dtotal: Sure! Just let me know how much you would like and I’ll pop it in the post for you. Now there’s an interesting question that you’ve walked right into: in your life, what’s the thing that you’re most ashamed for spending your hard earned cash on? (Note to the readers, sorry this isn’t a 3D-related question in any way, but I’m sure we want to read Eric’s answer all the same!)
Eric: Trick question! I bet you thought that you were going to get me to admit that the high heel shoes I buy for my girlfriend are actually for me. And that I wear them around the house every Tuesday afternoon when she works late. And that I like to dance around the house in them, with a glass of wine in hand, while listening to Enya. I will never admit that! I did recently buy a kneeling chair to relieve some back stress. While I’m not really ashamed of the purchase, it has caused a few embarrassing moments. |
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The first time my girlfriend walked in and saw me at my desk in my new kneeling chair, she thought I had finally snapped and was praying to my computer.
3dtotal: So what’s on the horizon then Eric, in respect of both work and pleasure?
Eric: Since the days of being a chubby little-little league’er, my Mom and Pop have taught me to set goals and dream big. I was insane enough to listen then, and I’m insane enough to continue setting goals and dreaming big today. I’m probably the happiest modeller you’ll ever meet, but eventually I would like to have more creative control. I love writing stories, poems, and coming up with concepts. The short term goal is to find a way to do this professionally. I’m also currently working on two personal short films, and hope to have at least one of them done by the end of the year. The big dream is to have one of my ideas developed on a large scale, whether TV, film, or print. I’m in no hurry, though. Until that day comes, I’ll continue creating goofy characters, writing odd poems, and cuddling
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with my three-legged cat. As far as pleasure goes, I’d really like to do some more travelling. Possibly even do some work overseas? I’d also like to get my big brother back for beating me up all those years, grow a tree and learn how to juggle.
I have just finished my first short film (http://ericprovan.blogspot.com) and I am currently working on my second, which is about a lonely man who lives with his dead wife and a creature that eats butterflies. Oh yeah, did I mention that they live in a house built on a tree, which grew from a barge that floats on the sea? (http://lonelyscrim.blogspot.com/)
3dtotal: Some good plans there! If you ever want to come and work in the UK then give us lots of warning so we can go and hide! Seriously, we know lots of people here if you ever needed any help but I’m sure you would get snapped up anyway. I should be in the USA again later in the year, running the 3DTotal.com booth at
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you in person Eric! (And no, you can’t have any more cash for that plug!)
Eric: The UK is high on the list of the places I’d like to visit/work. The studios over there are getting more and more work, and the quality of that work is becoming more and more amazing. So, who knows? Plus, if all the chicks in the UK look like the chicks in the Monty Python films, I’ll have a lot of inspiration to work from. Siggraph sounds great! I’ll be looking for you. The first round is on me!
3dtotal: Wishing you, Holly and Keek all the best! Super thanks for your time Eric!
Eric: Thanks again for this interview, Tom. You and the gang at 3DTotal have always been so kind to me and the rest of the 3D community. We appreciate all the hard work y’all do. And to those that have managed to make it this far into the interview – thanks! Feel free to contact me with any questions. The only question I’ve never been able to answer in my entire life is one that my brother would constantly ask me, “Why do you keep hitting yourself, why do you keep hitting yourself?”
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