Gil arrived in New York City to meet and learn with Jimmy DiResta. For those of you who do not know Jimmy he was a New York-based designer, artist and video producer before co-hosting “Trash to Cash” with his brother John DiResta, “Hammered with John...
St Louis Maker tour 2017 Gil got to spend some time with Wyett Weed and Gayle Gallagher in St Louis as part of his 2017 Makertour. Gil got to explore their independent film company Pirate Pictures and as well as discussing their hit YouTube fan film, The Dark Knight...
I get asked all the time why a large number of my personal projects seem to be based around futuristic technology found in film and television. It is no surprise that I have had a lifetime love affair with cinema, especially films in the science fiction genre. There...
Just days away from the release of the new Star Wars film, Ann Paterson and I sat down to talk about all things Star Wars, what it means in popular culture, and what possibilities the new films has in store. Along the way I also got to discuss visual effects and even...
This last week I was working away on my Cylon helmet project and had a flash of inspiration. In the original artwork for the series, Ralph McQuarrie drew up his imagining of the Cylon warrior race, which was robotic with a scanning eye. The real stand out of this...
As much as I love film and the work that goes with it, I really thought that when I changed careers that I would be leaving that world behind. To my surprise and joy, every few months I get thrown another challenge that seems to be right out of my film studio...
