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Javier Solsona (a.k.a. Goosh) is a wandered, a traveler, a 'citizen of the world'. He was born in Argentina and grew up in Patagonia. From an early age, he started doing graphics on his Commodore 64 at home painstakingly painting pixel by pixel. Many years later still in front of a computer he got a B.Sc. in Computer Sciences from the University of Cape Town (UCT). During his last year at university in 1995, he was introduced to Multimedia and 3D and there was no looking back ever since.

After finishing his degree, he moved to Brazil where he carried on studying 3D animation on his own time while taking part on various courses. Later, he moved to London-UK where he worked for three years as a freelance graphic artist for various hi-tek companies including Cisco Systems.

He finally moved to Vancouver, BC where after working for a year as a creative director in a small company, decided to leave his secure position and go back to school to complete his education. He studied for six intensive months at the Vancouver Film School in their Character Animation program. After his completion, he was awarded a scholarship because of his efforts in his final film.

Once out of school, he was lucky enough to get a position at Lost Boys Studios in Vancouver working on their 3D department as a visual effects artist doing Commercial Ads, Game Cinematics and Music Videos. And has now been offered a position at EA Canada to work on their upcoming games.

Javier's thoughts on Production:
Production can be a messy monster. I like the crazy-go-ahead-and-do-everything-as-you-feel kind of approach where you have some kind of vague idea where you want to go and you just put your head down and go for it. A lot of the time it ends up being something completely different than the original idea and it can be wonderful. Because of the chaotic approach, it's probably most suited for personal small projects.

Then there is the brainstorming-storyboards kind of approach, which it's more suited for a bigger team and when you have to worry about deadlines and probably a pay check too. This approach can be wonderful when you have great guidance or director that knows what he/she want. Followed by an equally skilled team.

Of course, it always ends up being something in between. Most of the time there is a vague idea of what it's required and a few little sketches are drawn on a piece of paper. After that, you try your best to come up with something that looks really cool.

Whichever the approach, the end result is what counts and both methods can end up looking wonderfully.

If you would like to see the animation for "You Sexy Thing", click here

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