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3D Total : By the looks of your new show reel, it looks like you have pretty much hit the top of your skill level. But is there any element of 3D that you feel needs improvement?
Peter : I enjoy everything about CG. I’m always trying to learn as much as possible from all parts equally. This approach can really help artists to deal with all kind of scenes, and you can integrate it better into the production, because you know what is needed of other departments very well. But if you ask for my weak spot, it would have to be character animation.
3D Total : Each artist, whether 2D or 3D, has looked, or have been inspired by, many different artists, whether past or within the field today. So which artist(s) has given you the most inspiration?
Peter : I take a lot of inspiration from real life photography and movies. But I’m also a big fan of sci-fi concepts and speed sketching. Most inspiring for me in CG is 2D Concept Art. Daily, you can see fascinating new ideas, worlds and creatures. It brings fresh air to CG. In 3D, you don’t see that so much because people are mostly doing cars, girls and global illuminated teapots. :)
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3D Total : So have you been tempted to do some 2D concept work of your own?
Peter : Yes! Actually a have done a couple of them for myself, but I’ve never showed them to anybody. From time to time I take out my dusty Wacom, that’s usually used as a coffee cup holder, but I do it only for my own pleasure and for practice. I tend to leave the serious work to the professional 2D artists...
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3D Total : What other career path do you think you would have chosen if it wasn’t 3D?
Peter : I wouldn’t choose anything else. I was always sure about this, and it was the best choice I think I have ever made. In the future I would like to stay in movies and VFX productions. But the most important part for me, in my CG future, is to not stop growing and advancing in my artistic and technical knowledge. For me, there is only one way to the top, and that’s through training and practice. If you want to be better then the rest, you have to practice more then the rest. It’s as simple as that.
3D Total : Thanks very much for talking to us, and all the very best for the future.
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