Amadhi
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Amadhi[1] (formerly known as Timothy Albee) is the sole creator (director, writer, animator, musician and voice actor) of Kaze: Ghost Warrior, which he accomplished in six months on two consumer-grade computers that, combined with software, totaled less than $5,000. One of his 8 published books, CGI Filmmaking: The Creation Of Ghost Warrior details exactly how he accomplished this, so that others might do the same thing with their own stories.
He is private, preferring wilderness to cities, and has done what he has done to help others make their own dreams come true by, "allowing yourself to see the work that needs to be done, to be how you reward yourself and play!"
While not a furry himself, he has praised "The Fandom" as "The most impressive collection of unsigned, independent artists I've ever seen. If it lives-up to its potential, it could be one of the most positive forces in art, in storytelling, in compassion, in mental and spiritual evolution this world has seen in years."
In addition to the Timothy Albee Animation website, TA_FineArt Yahoo! group and other professional sites, Timothy maintained a Yerf account for hir furry art. He also maintains Fur Affinity, and deviantART archives, and a light-hearted "Community Outreach" website for spiritual exploration, 3D and visual effects: Loup Guru
Amadhi was a guest of honor at Eurofurence 10 (2004) at Anthrocon 2005 and at MiDFur (2009). He was also a VIP at RBW 2007 in London, UK.
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[edit] Biography
Amadhi was born in Michigan and raised in a very small farming community. He bought his first computer when he was 10 years old with money saved from nearly a full year of bottle and can returns (16KB, Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer). He started college at a state university and then went to CCS in Detroit, leaving college shortly because of disappointment with the faculty's inability to teach him what he wanted to learn. He apprenticed to a flute-master in Virginia for a while, learning to make bamboo flutes, then traveled the Renaissance Faire circuit where he worked as a bard, juggler, slight-of-hand artist, "martial-arts juggler," swordsman and various and sundry other very odd jobs.
He wound up in California in 1991, working as a professional musician focusing mainly on folk and classical harp. He was hired to do sound-production for a small music label where he was first exposed to the Video Toaster. After a few years in "Cali," he took a sabbatical, returning to Michigan to finish his degree.
He started working for a company to which Disney Interactive was outsourcing its Animated Storybooks, and got back into animation. Then he went back to California to be lead animator on Activision's Apocalypse. He then went on to work on Babylon 5, and then to Walt Disney Feature Animation to work on Dinosaur. After his tenure at WDFA was up, he formed "Exile Films," which was rolled-into "Studio Mythos" when offshore investors took over, leading the studio in a completely contrary direction. Securing the company a gig to fulfill his obligations, he left everything associated with Mythos and drove north to live the next 4.5 years in Fox, Alaska.
Amadhi has many close friends in the furry fandom, and Kaze: Ghost Warrior is shown at many furry conventions. He was also once engaged to 2 the Ranting Gryphon.
[edit] Quotes
"You succeed, not 'in spite' of the risks you take, but because of them."
"Every day is an opportunity to Live your Truths. Hold onto them, hold them dear to you, (and allow others to do the same with their own,) — they the 'doorway' through which you can make what you Believe in your Heart, what you Experience in 'Reality."
"Goodness knows, nothing's happier than a happy husky... except maybe a happy husky in harness. Hike!"
"Today is yesterday's future.... Live for a tomorrow you will love being a part of, and it will be so."
[edit] Animation and Movie Projects
Amadhi has the following projects in progress:
- Kaze (prequel feature)
- Kaze: Ghost Warrior (series) (Pilot already released)
- Meditations For Your Animal Spirit (ongoing series)
[edit] Books
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Books created by "Timothy Albee" include:
- Essential LightWave 3D 8 (also by Steve Warner, with Robin Wood)
- LightWave 3D 8 Character Animation
- CGI Filmmaking, The Creation Of Ghost Warrior
- 1001 LightWave Tips and Tricks and LightWave Getting Started Guide
[edit] References
- ↑ Yerf - Artists Listed By Name. Archived from the original on 2004-12-08. Retrieved on 2008 December 30.
[edit] External links
- Amadhi on LiveJournal
- "Timothy" Amadhi Albee on Fur Affinity
- Amadhi on deviantART
- Loup Guru "Community Outreach" website
- Timothy Albee Animation website
- Timothy Albee Fine Art website
- TA_FineArt on Yahoo! Groups
- Timothy Albee on Yerf Historical Archive
- Timothy Albee on Battlestar Wiki
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