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ACK DOH welp, time to talk about myself.

Inspirations: Music, Movies, Books, Video Games, Computers, Nature, and Art, people who do good things, yin and yang.

To my left is my picture of...myself!  Finally after 6 months of having this website up I can sit down and write a small bio about myself.

After 4 years at the Acadmy of Art University, San Francisco, I finally got my BFA in Visual Effects! It's been a long and arduous yet fruitful learning experience there (but costs WAY too much esp for the liberal arts classes).  I now venture out into the job world doing what I love, and hopefully get paid well for it! Or else, all is lost, and I have failed at the game of life.  Can't let that happen can I?

I've been into computers forever, since about 3rd grade elementary school I think when I got hands on experience on DOS 4.0 on my old 386-33mhz computer playing video games and such. Ever since then, it's just been a gathering storm of information and experience for me.  Even before my 386-33 though, I played and was fascinated by the my uncle's computer everytime I went over there to play.  We played old school games like space invaders, some weird 2D side scrolling astronaut game, typing tutor, and name the states of America game!  But even before that, I was playing the Atari system of old, then graduated to the God-like Nintendo Entertainment System which kept me busy most of my elementary school life (with games like Contra, Top Gun, The Legend of Zelda, and Mario Bros., it was impossible NOT to have fun on that system!).  Then came the gameboy, then came Super Nintendo my dad bought me in LA, then came Sega Genesis, then came Nintendo 64, and now Gamecube for my console needs.  No playstation or Xbox you say? Well those mostly banned from me, as I'm a fanboy (meh) of Nintendo and intend to endorse it above any other system. Yes there are good games on the other system, but they should be on the OG fun system our generation! Oh well, there's always the PC games to liven up the days or get ports from the console games.  The PC, probably consumed about 1/3 of my living life or more maybe...addiction maybe (I've stopped now really!), but through it, I've gain much from it.  The gaming world has shown me particles, environments, and imaginative worlds that got me into programs like Photoshop, Maya, Windows.  Games like Everquest (Evercrack), Final Fantasy XI, Eve, Dark Age of Camelot, and World of Warcraft are among my past online adventure games that I now never have time for anymore!

As time passed by during my highschool/early college years, I've gotten many computer related jobs as a web designer and graphic artist...then the lame economic recession came along with the "Dot.Com" meltdown that basically killed off 75% of the computer tech job market from it's peak in the late 1990's.

So after going to UCR for two years and just really hating it from boredom and no direction, I turned to art school where I hoped to develop the 3D skills for visual effects, the film industry, and the game industry that I aspire to work in.  So here I am, after 8 years of making my first webpage for my high school newspaper and winning a few awards for my effort, I'm now expanding my skills in another school. But doing this, also comes at a cost; my piano skills are dipping down and my loan debt has risen to...ALOT of money!  I'll probably finish paying it off when I'm 50...

But I think it's worth it, I had great teachers along the way that way for my style and artistic personality and I'm very thankful for them. I've much to learn in life now that I've graduated.  Also going for what I really love to do instead of doing something I don't, like say doing Pre-Med or trying to become a lawyer (as most asian parents want, money=security=happiness meh), is in my opinion, the right choice for me.  With my "studying" of going to the movies and spending about $2,000 a year in the movie theaters, I hope it has trained me well enough to be doing the inspiring work I see other movie professionals do in this field.

Doing visual effects work like compositing, matte painting, particles, and dabbling in photography, motion graphics, editing has gotten me on great wave in life and I hope I will continue to do art throughout my life and career.

If you're still reading this bio, time for you to hear some cheesy stuff.  Listen to your heart and follow your dreams as to what to do in life, to prove your worth, and to help others in need with whatever you do.  Many people don't attain their 'dream' job and fall into a spiral trap of despair.  I'm lucky that I am the one that was able to follow my own path of being an artist in the visual effects field.  Like the message of my super short film, do what you dream ^^

"Never give up, never surrender!"  --Cmdr.Taggart, Galaxy Quest

Latero!



- David Luong, VFX Artist | 6.05.2005 |