My name is Michael Marcondes and I am a Senior 3D Designer in this Big Blue Canvas! I was born on a Wednesday night during the winter of 1979 in a town called Curitiba which is located in the South region of Brazil where we do actually have snow during winter time in rare occasions. History REPORTS that it made 6ºC / 42ºF that night! The day I came, NASA Skylab space station returned to Earth after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months. Did I come in sync with the Skylab or within the Skylab? Well I´ll let you wonder about that. Five days later it became the TIME MAGAZINE cover story. In that same year STAN BARRETT attempted to break the Land Speed Record. History tells us that he achieved Mach 1.01, but apparently there was no one recording his speed. What? Can you believe what a day it was for his intern who forgot to measure his race while flirting with the flag girl? Well, there is no record of an intern, but I had to add this, it made perfect sense for me! Now seriously, what a shame! He would be the first man to break the sound barrier if they had recorded the speed. Great things happened that year and the standards were high. In the midst of all that, I came to this world. Many winters later, here I am. CGI Specialist. Procedural Artist. Designer. Musician. My motto? Refine, Refine, Refine. What a great thing it is to look back and connect the dots that we once walked. Our footprints defining ourselves in the present, daring ourselves to innovate and reach new grounds. Looking forward to meet you in this journey!