Tell us a bit about yourself.

I was born and raised in Athens Greece. At around the age of 18 I went to London to do a Bachelors degree in computer graphics programming. Four years later I went to Scotland at Glasgow school of arts to do a Masters of philosophy. After that I worked full time at Digital Animations in Glasgow, Foundation of the Hellenic world in Athens, Pison in London, and my last UK job was at Digi-guys at Pinewood studios were I worked as studio supervisor on a CG feature (still in progress) and a game.

Now I work as a senior modeller/texture artist at Animal Logic Film in Sydney Australia.

Other interests are a death metal band I play called Horrified, guest lecturing at various universities, doing my never starting/ending PhD, and touring with metal bands in Europe and oversees as a stage lighter.

How do you play in a band if you keep moving countries? Do your band members move with you? :)

Unfortunately they don't. What happens is that between any job I have ever done I take a long break in Athens were we hook together with the guys and work on material for our albums. We give a couple of gigs and then I'm off again to a different project around the world!

Through emails we exchange MP3s, ideas and lyrics so every time we meet there is a foundation for the next album. Last album was pre-produced and recorded in Athens and then mixed in Sweden at one of the best studios for this kind of music, studio Fredman.

When you say Pison in London, do you mean Psion?

No, Pison was a company by a veteran in the industry involved in many groundbreaking music videos and cinematics, collaborated with people from the Mill and other big studios.

You're Greek, but you've worked in the UK and now Australia. What's the attraction of working in other countries?

It's always a pleasure for me to meet new people from all over the world. You learn so much of their culture that you couldn't possibly learn from any book or the internet. Every new job is a new start in all ways, not just professionally. Generally I love travelling, I have visited many countries. Very often I had to travel from Greece to UK, almost every single time I choose to drive the distance and always through different routes and countries. Last time I did the trip with my motorbike, it was a great experience. I'm actively seeking excuses to move to another country, I rarely seek for just a job, the point is to live new things, and at the end appreciate even more whatever you consider your base.

Tell me about the places you've worked.

Well Athens was a great place to live and work cause I was close to friends and family, the weather is fantastic and surprisingly the studio I worked had the best available technology in its arsenal. Unfortunately at that time there wasn't much challenge in terms of 3D work because the client list was very limited.

Seeking a challenge I ended up in Scotland. Terrible weather, but some of the nicest and most genuine people I have met. I fall in love with the place, on top of that the talent pool in Glasgow was huge. Some of the best LightWave companies are situated there (DAG, Axis), after work we all used to socialise together, I learned many things from these guys. As I said the weather was horrible but the people compensate for it. I consider Glasgow my second home.

London is a big city and at times you feel very alone, but after a while you learn to appreciate the depth of it and you feel its culture in your bones. Its the most inspiring place for any kind of artist to work. 3D-wise you will never feel confident with your skills because so many amazingly good artists are there. You learn something new every day.

Sydney combines all of the good that a 3D artist could wish, brilliant weather, world class projects and an outgoing lifestyle. The only weird thing is that everything feels new, Australia is a relatively new country and although it has a clear identity I find myself missing at times the "European feel". That is a small price to pay for working in one of the best companies in the world and still be able to have a walk by the sea in the afternoon at an easy going environment.