Alan
Shisko received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (hons.) in Film Production from
York University in 1991. Following several years as a freelance
commercial and arts photographer, Alan moved into a lengthy foray
producing corporate videos for an explosives company. 1999 brought an
opportunity to work full time as a motion graphics artist at Woodbine
EG, where he continues to produce full graphics packages for various
sports television properties.
Every art form has its technological touchstone. Whether it's a million purpura mollusk shells ground up to make the color "purple' or the Korg DX-7 defining a generation of music, technology has had a profound influence on art and design. With the release of After Effects 6.0, designers, animators and compositors have been given a radical new tool to push pixels around: call it Textacy. Alan Shisko talked with Steve Kilisky, Project Manager for Adobe After Effects about Textacy and how it all came about..
