User:AlexTheMartian

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Greetings, my full name is Alexander James Begg (born October 30, 1985) I am a visual effects artist, and animator, and producer. I own my own visual effects and animation company, Martian Digital, but I am about to begin a job in an visual effects and CGI studio in Hollywood, near the Kodak Theatre

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Contents

1 Mini-biography 2 Education 3 Animation timeline 4 Filmography 5 Articles contributions 5.1 Articles started 5.2 Subs/Substubs expanded 5.3 Selected articles contributed to 6 Categories/Templates/Disambiguations 6.1 Disambiguation pages created 6.2 Templates created 7 Images 7.1 New images 7.2 Image updates (newer/better version uploaded) 8 Articles I find interesting 9 Wikipedians I met 10 Contact 10.1 Instant Messengers 10.2 E-mail 11 External sites

Mini-biography

I grew up in La Puente, California, I am an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America, and member of the Order of the Arrow. I was on the front page of a local newspaper, Grand Marshal in a local city parade, and was in the 2005 Rose Parade marching with the Bob Hope Humor Trophy banner, in front of the Sesame Street-themed float.

I am now living in an apartment in the city of Los Angeles, next to Culver City, near LAX.

Education

I attended High School for my first two years at Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead, California, where I took one quarter each of Manufacturing, Graphic Communications, Electronics, and Computer Science. I took one year of Manufacturing after that. For my last two years I transfered to San Dimas High School [1] (http://www.sandimashigh.com/), in San Dimas, California (which is featured in the movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) and the title of The Ataris song San Dimas High School Football Rules), and took an Animation & Film Making class in the two years I was there.

I am currently attending The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles [2] (http://aicala.artinstitutes.edu/) (Wikipedia article for The Art Institutes made by me) in Santa Monica, California for a Bachelor of Science degree in Media Arts and Animation.

Animation timeline

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• Summer 2000 (before high school): First use of animation using Autodesk Animator program from Don Bosco Technical Institute.
• Spring 2001: Animated GIFs using Macromedia Fireworks in Computer Science at Don Bosco Technical Institute.
• 2002–2003: Introduction to Film Making & Animation using traditional 2D animation techniques, and 3D using Maxon Cinema 4D at San Dimas High School.
• 2003–2004: Advanced Film Making & Animation at San Dimas High School.
• 2004–Present: BS in Media Arts and Animation at The Art Institute of California - Los Angeles.

Filmography

• Locker 767: The First Semester (http://www.oceanviewfilms.com/films/Locker767/about767.html) (executive producer) (2004)
• The 1 Second Film (post-production) (producer) (2006)

[edit] Articles contributions [edit] Articles started The Art Institutes (October 27, 2004) Justin Berfield (January 6, 2005) Unhappily Ever After (January 21, 2005) Don Bosco Technical Institute (January 26, 2005) Autodesk Animator (January 30, 2005) Los Angeles mayoral election, 2005 (February 15, 2005) Walter Moore (February 15, 2005) Golden Eagle District (April 27, 2005) Puente Hills (May 10, 2005) Vineland Drive-In (June 23, 2005) [edit] Subs/Substubs expanded Martin Spanjers Shia LaBeouf Jimmy Kimmel Live Spike Jonze [edit] Selected articles contributed to Active Worlds La Puente, California Myspace In-N-Out Malcolm in the Middle Six Flags Magic Mountain KROQ Drew Pinsky Adam Carolla Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen [edit] Categories/Templates/Disambiguations [edit] Disambiguation pages created The Good Life (disambiguation) (January 16, 2005) [edit] Templates created Template:museum-stub (January 24, 2005) Template:sw-stub (January 30, 2005)

[edit] Images [edit] New images Image:Alexander James Begg.jpg (October 27, 2004) Image:Ai logo.jpg (November 9, 2004) Image:Tuckers.jpg (November 18, 2004) Image:Reese on Malcolm in the Middle.jpg (January 8, 2005) Image:Myspace screenshot.png (January 22, 2005) Image:Field museum stub big.gif (January 24, 2005) Image:Db coa.gif (January 26, 2005) Image:Autodesk animator.gif (January 30, 2005) Image:Martin Spanjers.jpg (January 31, 2005) Image:Malcolm in the Middle.jpg (January 31, 2005) Image:Malcolm in the Middle logo.jpg (January 31, 2005) Image:Unhappily Ever After.jpg (February 6, 2005) Image:Coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain.JPG (February 10, 2005) Image:Kroq 2004.gif (February 15, 2005) Image:Slash and Ashton Kutcher on Jimmy Kimmel Live.jpg (February 15, 2005) Image:Spike Jonze.jpg (February 17, 2005) Image:Walter Moore.jpg (February 19, 2005) Image:Drew Pinsky.jpg (February 20, 2005) Image:Adam Carolla.jpg (February 20, 2005) Image:Playboy logo.jpg (February 20, 2005) Image:Olsen.jpg (February 20, 2005) Image:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.jpg (March 6, 2005) Image:Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Aerial.jpg (March 6, 2005) Image:Antonio_Villaraigosa_small.jpg (March 14, 2005) Image:Golden Eagle District.gif (April 27, 2005) Image:PHaerial.jpg (May 10, 2005) Image:Jberf 12.jpg (May 19, 2005) [edit] Image updates (newer/better version uploaded) Image:NapoleonOnHorse.JPG (February 5, 2005)

Articles I find interesting

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, M*A*S*H (TV series), Adam Carolla, 7-Eleven, Los Angeles, California, San Gabriel Valley

Wikipedians I met

• MacGyverMagic - Admin who added a fact from my Justin Berfield article to the Main Page's Did you know....
• Riffsyphon1024 - Met on MySpace's Wikipedia group, we work together on many articles.

Contact

Instant Messengers

• AIM: AlexDaMartian
• MSN: alex@virtual-studios.net
• ICQ: 148919795
• Yahoo!: aw_alexthemartian

(Trillian user!!!)

E-mail

• alex.begg@gmail.com (mailto:alex.begg@gmail.com)

External sites

• MySpace profile (http://www.myspace.com/AlexTheMartian)
• http://www.alexbegg.com - My personal art gallery and portfolio site
• deviantART: AlexTheMartian (http://alexthemartian.deviantart.com) - Personal art gallery

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