Alessandro, please, introduce yourself to our readers.

I’m a 36 years old self taught artist . I was born and grown in Milan (Italy) .

I started to play with 3D 12 years ago, employed as a CAD operator in a telecommunication company.  So I started playing with the 3d functions of Autocad and I enjoyed it so much that I wanted to learn by myself the fundamentals of 3d. I practiced by myself with the early release of 3D studio max (1.0) and after one year I already had some kind of portfolio.

In late 2000, I decided to make a living for my passion for 3d art.  I submitted my portfolio to Milestone (a game developer company), and luckyly they hired me as a 3d artist. In these period I had the chance to evolve my knowledge about 3d and develop my style. After a few years I started to freelance occasionally for worldwide known studios, last of which was Blur. After a while Blur decided to hire me full time, and so I moved here to Venice CA. I’m currently employed there as a senior character artist.

You are Italian. Have you born in Italy and moved to LA? If so, how hard was to move to another country? Was it tough at the beginning?

I was born and raised in Milan, and moved to Los Angeles only two years ago. It was not that easy for some aspects. I discovered a much more organized and efficient working environment and a lot of respect and understanding for what I do for living, compared to Italy. On the other side, sometime you have to deal with missing your lifetime, friends in the homeland, not to mention, parents and relatives.

On top of that, you soon realize that there are some cultural barriers, not so easy to pass through, especially, when it comes to social relationships. Anyhow, if I have to make a balance it has been an experience so far totally worthy of being done.