FIVE MINUTES WITH PAT IMRIE

Big-screen blockbusters and a certain 3D art magazine helped set this creative on his career path

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Where did your artistic journey start?

I was always drawing and sketching as a kid and originally aspired to be a comic book artist. However, after seeing Jurassic Park and Toy Story in the cinema and more specifically the behind-the-scenes details in books and magazines, it got me hooked on how movies were made and I decided then that I wanted to work on films.

That idea faded over the next few years, and I thought about 'real' jobs. However, when I was 14, I read an issue of 3D World magazine, which reignited my interest in CG, film and animation. I learned everything I could about the industry. Initially thinking I might become an animator, it wasn't until I read an article on the visual effects behind the film Underworld that it all clicked for me: that this is what I truly wanted to do as a career.

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