gabriel

I like to move it, move it. I like to surf, ski, snowboard, and wake board. I like to insult republicans. I like to dance the forbidden dance. I'm one of those guys who thinks that 15 year old boys who have sex with their teachers are actually just lucky. I think that Puff Daddy was the beginning of the end for real hip-hop. I thought that seeing gay people lining up outside of city hall in san francisco to get married was the closest thing to perfection this country has had in a while. I just moved back home from San Francisco, and I miss it but I am very happy to be home. I don't miss LA, although i will go back every now and then. I used to be part of a breakdancing crew that performed at La Guardia and CUNY in the late 80's, but that's over now, my balls dropped and doing the Worm became perilous. Instead I took up Graffitti for about a decade until i decided to pay my bills with an actual income. So i became a bicycle messenger, then a set artist for broadway musicals, and then a muralist for schools, until I fell in love with computer art. I love cities, but an outdoor expedition is in order at least once a month. Besides growing up in Manhattan, I have lived for over 3 months in: LA, Tel Aviv, Mexico City, Barcelona, San Sebastian, Sevilla, Firenze, Greve in Tuscany, London, Paris, Madison Wisconsin, and now SF for 4 and a half years. I am an Animator/Digital Artist. I have focused lately on lighting, color, and composition for Dreamworks Animation making Shrek movies and Madagascar. Now i am currently working on a new Dr. Seuss movie for Blue Sky Studios/Fox Animation.my weird, drug induced masters thesis: http://www.nydigitalsalon.org/07/Animation/Portnoff.html