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Dave 3.0

The time to hesitate is through

About Me

Hi. I'm Dave. I'm an artist/designer from the north of england. I have quite a varied job. For half the year I make designs and 3d presentations of christmas grottos and decorations for shopping centres and theme parks around the UK. The other half, I'm a sculptor, set builder, rope access technician, and general dogsbody. I'm not too keen on the later half, but this will be my last year. Its a good earner, but I'm on the look out for a job in the games industry at the moment. Ill be taking a well deserved break from working after christmas to sort my portfolio out. In my spare time I do a fair bit of my own artwork and animation which you can see here: I play guitar too and go snowboarding every now and then. I've got ace friends, and like the odd drink. I love nights out in Manchester or a quiet drink with chums. Im just as happy to stop in and watch a good film though too. I don't really watch much tv. I love Music! And Ill listen to anything if its good. I like anything from classical to metal. My favourite band is probably Radiohead. There are a lot of close seconds though. I love orchestral film music too! Haha. I don't deny the fact that I'm a geek! I'm actually quite proud of it. Rather that than the alternative. I like meaningfull conversation, Ancient history, art. I'm not a pretentious wanker though, and I'm not too keen on people that are. I'm just interested in interesting things. If you wanna know any more, just say hello. I'm nice. Honest. Ill usually add you, unless we have nothing in common, or if your just spamming.

My Interests

Creativity, Art, Animation, 3d modelling, Music, Gigs, Guitar, Films, Film Production, Gaming, Photography, Extreme sports, Snowboarding, Traveling, World culture, the usual, eg: friends, booze, fun, rudeness, etc...

I'd like to meet:

Just the genuine and the nice would suffice :-)

Music:

Loads of different stuff!! Preferably with instruments in it. Ive got a thing for film music at the moment, particularly that of clint mansel, hans zimmer, and james horner. Theres no way I can write a list! I listen to anything and everything, depending on my mood. Anything from Radiohead, Mogwai, Massive attack, Portishead, to Pretty heavy stuff like Isis, Cult of Luna, Pelican. Ill give anything a try and give credit where its due. As someone who "tries" to play guitar, I tend to apreciate a good guitarist. Or anyone who can play an instrument.

Movies:

I am a special effects whore. I love seeing peoples hard work and talents on the screen. I do apreciate good acting, but Id happily sit through a rubish film to watch a nice bit of cgi, or a well built set "geek"! I would write jedi on the cencus form (I love starwars). Matrix, LOTR, Most Sci-Fi, Labyrinth, dark crystal, Legend, general puppetry/muppetry, Jim Henson RIP, pans labyrinth, Japanese anime, in particular: spirited away, blood, ghost in the shell/ akira, etc, Japanese horror. Daren Aranofski is great. Requiem for a dream is briliant (if slightly disturbing!). I love Tim Burtons style too. Dark films. Vampire films. 80's classics like flight of the navigator, short circuit, back to the future, bateries not included need a mention too :-) Ohh bolox to it, I really will watch anything!

Television:

I really dont watch much telly, although I have been known to watch family guy, american dad, simpsons, mighty boosh, league of gents, south park, buzzcocks, QI, top gear, gadget show, etc.

Books:

I need to start reading more. I do enjoy reading, but usualy save it for public transport, which I dont use (and actualy miss) Two books that Id recomend are "the tibetan book of living and dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche, and Dorothy Rowe's "Guide to Life" READ THESE BOOKS!

My Blog

And so the fun begins!!!...

Well, as of tomorrow Ill be away for 6 weeks :-S Its that time of year where I stick a harness on and travel round the country, dangling christmas decorations over unsuspecting shoppers heads. Obvious...
Posted by Dave 3.0 on Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:26:00 PST