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3DTotal: What has been your favourite project to date?
Alessandro: Well, from the motivational side of things, I guess everything I did for Code: Guardian has remained a favourite. From a personal point of view, I remember, with a lot of affection, His Majesty
Vega. It was a great personal effort of mine from some time back. Recently, the marketing material of “Gun”, which I did for Massive Black, has been really inspiring. I can also say the same for most of the things that I have done for Blur so far - there are amazing talents here. Being part of their cinematics is
really satisfying!
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3DTotal: Your Gun images are amongst some of my all-time favourites. How much creative freedom did you get with those?
Alessandro: They were done based on Massive Black concept sketches; they left me total freedom with regards to the texturing and the mood of the illustrations. For the image with the horse, Jason Manley was personally in charge of the art direction
3DTotal: Do you have a personal dream project you would like to work on?
Alessandro: I would like to have a section of a gallery with some of my artwork hanging on the wall - this would satisfy my artistic ego. Personally, I would prefer not to confess my dream, so as not to bring it any back luck… I’m very sentimental
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3DTotal: A CG gallery! Good idea. I think that an exhibition of CG art in a gallery or museum may one day be a reality… Perhaps you should open one?
Alessandro: Well, I actually lack the right connections, and I guess a museum would be too much. I would just be happy with something a little more intimate.
3DTotal: What does a regular day involve for you?
Alessandro: My daily activity basically consists in doing high resolution characters for Blur`s productions under the direction of the specific project supervisor or the character modeling supervisor Sze Jones.Sometime it happens to work on multiple characters at the same time. Luckyly the organizartion and the scheduling is great, so it`s not that big deal
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3DTotal: Ha ha! A very specific day for you then?! What do you like to do to relax/take time off?
Alessandro: It’s weird because my hobbies are mainly visual art related, so after many hours at my current job, I find myself modelling at home again, or doing personal illustrations. I like watching movies too - I have tonnes of DVDs, and I really love to eat and drink. I don’t care much about the quality of these things in spite of the quantity. And sorry, I don’t do any sports.. |
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3DTotal: Do you have one piece of advice for any aspiring artists out there?
Alessandro: Follow your real passions from the beginning, if possible. Deal with compromises, but don’t be enslaved by them. Watch paintings, collect comics and illustrations, and watch movies. If you have a good occasion, then take it immediately.
3DTotal: Thanks very much for talking to us Alessandro, and good luck for the future.
Alessandro: Thanks to you, and a big “CIAO” to all the readers! |
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