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ABOUT
Background:
I have been working as an artist and painter for the past 20 years .
I went to art school (in high school) and studied Advertising Graphics for 2 years. In my
early years as an artist, just out of school, I studied for 4 years
in the atelier of an Italian painter. During that time I was doing
old painting reproducions, tromp l’oeil, theater sceneries,
portraits, while also working on my personal paintings.
That was a great period also because in 1987 when I was 18, I started practicing Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism. Those years were made up of art, philosophy and knowledge.
You can see my work in the TRADITIONAL PAINTING section of this website.
In 1996 I worked for the Italian Magic TV channel doing background sceneries.
During
that same year I started to consider using the computer as a means for my art. I had a passion for videogames and influenced by the
amazing graphics of Unreal (1998), I started to experience with texturing.
In 2000 I worked on a Half Life Mod.
In 2001 I retextured a UT Level for Pancho Ekeels at Digital Extremes (contract
work). I also retextured many UT levels for the Italian UT Community.
At the end of 2001 I was hired in-house at Crytek Sudios,
in Coburg (Bavaria, Germany) as Senior texture artist working on FAR
CRY winner of many awards: (2002-2004 http://www.crytek.com/inside/awards/)
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In 2004 after Far Cry was released, while Crytek Studios moved to Frankfurt, I moved back
to Rome, Italy while still working full time for Crytek with an Indipendent Contractor Agreement from my home office. I started
working on Crytek’s second project CRYSIS, travelling to Germany at dead line intervals. Crysis was also winner
of many awards (2006-2008 http://www.crytek.com/inside/awards/).
In 2008 I worked on CRYSIS WARHEAD, Crytek Studios Budapest. Keep on checking the official Crytek awards
page for updates.
Currently, in 2009, I also work in the Vfx and Ads industry as a
MATTE PAINTER and TEXTURE ARTIST.
Special Thanks:
There are certain people who supported me and who still support me in my
personal and professional life that I would like to thank, in chronological order:
- My Sensei, President Daisaku Ikeda and Soka Gakkai
(www.sgi.org)
- Amedeo Tommasi, a fantastic Jazz musician (www.amedeotommasi.com
, http://profile.myspace.com/amedeotommasi
) with whom I often go on field trips to take photos and who taught me a lot about photography.
- Bruno Melappioni, who was my teacher in traditional painting for many years.
- The Yerli Brothers, owners of Crytek, with whom I have a relationship of great trust.
- Amanda Crichton who created this website! (www.onemoremonkey.com)
- My Lan-Party
friends…
Every three months we get together and have a great time…
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