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Artist // Professional // Digital Art
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My Bio
Dave Pasciuto has been working professionally in the entertainment industry for 15 years on many projects for film, broadcast, video games, the web, print and illustration. Early in his career, Dave spent 8 years in the video game industry as a Lead Artist on several popular titles including: Electronic Arts NBA Live '96, '99 and 2000, PGA Tour '96, '98 and several "old school, pixel-pushed” games for Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, and Game Gear platforms.

After making the move to Hollywood, Dave continued his training at Gnomon School of Visual Effects as a Certificate Student which led him into the world of film and broadcast. For several years he worked as a 3d artist, designer, compositor and animator for several production studios including Reality Check Studios, New Wave Entertainment, Sol Design FX and Arc Worldwide. Some various projects include: Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Jersey Girl, 50 First Dates, Toon Disney, Super Bowl XXXVIII Stadium Open, Real-D, HBO, CBS, ABC and ESPN Sports, Dell, Disney and various other commercial Spots.

Later Dave became involved with artist training by teaching at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, producing a top-selling DVD entitled: Photoshop for Production, Essential Techniques for Film, Broadcast and Games for the Gnomon Workshop and continuous online training at Gnomonology. Most recently Dave has returned to Chicago and the video game industry to work for EA Chicago(now closed) on Fight Night: Round 3 and currently with Robomodo, Inc working on the much anticipated Tony Hawk: Ride for Activision.

Current Residence: Chicago, IL
Personal Quote: "Do or do not, there is no try." - Yoda

Tools of the Trade
pen and ink, markers, paint pens.
Call for Artists! Robot Envy, the newest robot artist community is looking for artists and illustrators to promote on their weekly blog/Facebook page. Check it out! http://www.robot-envy.com
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Adobe Photoshop® is the preferred, industry-standard software for photo manipulation and graphics creation, but using it effectively for projects in production is key. With the release of CS5, Photoshop now offers a variety of new tools and functionality enhancing any workflow, and in this DVD, you will learn the professional methods for compositing, digital painting, photo retouching, design and more. Almost eight hours of exclusive content covering industry tips and techniques such as selection, color-correction, HDR and video are included. Dave begins with in-depth overviews of the most commonly used tools in production, and then appl
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Pseudo Press

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My new 40 Page, Black and white Sketchbook entitled: Spilled Imaginos: Inspired Visual Tangency by davpunk! Is available for purchase at Pseudo Press! http://www.pseudopress.com Check it out! :D
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Hey Dave,
I saw you browsing my page earlier, and was wondering if you could review my work if you had time?
I would really appreciate your opinion, as you have a ton of experience in the field I would like to head into! I would love to hear your thoughts on my work, and where I can go from here. Currently just want to get better at painting to mix with my 3D.
Check out the production blog for my new Robot Envy Book!
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FYI my new Photoshop CS5 Training DVD is available! Check it out!

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hey hey thanks for the watch!!!
Great gallery