Facts
| Name: | Mathias Helmuth Pedersen |
| Born/age: | December 4, 1990 / 17 years old |
| Location: | Denmark, Ringkøbing (West Jutland) |
| Occupation: | Danish "gymnasium" student (a cross between high school and college), freelance work in spare-time |
| Interests: | 3D and 2D graphics, amateur film-making, drawing, music, basketball, family and friends |
| Experience: | 5 years (2D), 3 years (3D) |
| Applications: | Blender, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw & Photo Paint, Gimp, Inkscape, 3ds max, Audacity, Sony ACID |
Commercial work
I have recently begun doing commercial freelance work (I'm always open for new assignments, so feel free to contact me). I'm not limited to just 3D, but also work with 2D graphics and design. I've designed things like web pages, logos, interfaces and interactive 3D content. "Going pro" is a new approach to things, but I find it very enjoyable. Deadlines make me work harder and more focused than on personal projects. I really hope I get to do more commercial work in the future.
A bit of history...
I started out as any other creative kid: drawing. At an age of 10-11 years I started to get into computers, as many other friends of mine began to do that as well. I just wouldn't play as many games as them - instead I'd do graphics and imagework on the computer. I quickly embraced the creative possibilities of a computer and started to use it for many creative things, such as simple 2D.
A few years later, I started playing around with the endless possibilities of 3D. I had for nearly as long as I can remember been greatly inspired by large 3D cartoon animation houses like Pixar, DreamWorks etc. During my lifetime the 3D animation industry has had its major main-stream breakthrough.
Apart from cartoon animation, I've also always been inspired by the special effects of the movie industry, getting even more lifelike day by day. I've watched the "making of"s on DVD's special features more than the movies themselves.
I wanted to try doing some of what I saw in the theatres too, and started shooting homemade movies loaded with amateur special effects of all kinds. This, together with my on-going progression with graphics and images on the computer, got me where I am now, still learning and improving upon my skills every day.