About me




Hi, I'm Fred (most call me Fredo) age 35. I work as a (motion) graphic designer/art director and run my company FSG in the town of Utrecht, the Netherlands. I live together with Erica and our lovely daughter Mana.

Besides my love for working with pixels and keyframes, there is also a lot of heavy geeking when it comes to Apple, OS X and overall Mac tech. When I'm not in front of a screen I like to keep myself bizzie with other creative stuff like photography, drawing, Lego and more...

Another thing I'm very passionate about is Video Games. I am an avid video game player ever since I was 8 and being part of the first generation growing up with games I guess you can say I'm an old skool fool who knows a little something about it.


Interests & inspiration


Overall interests
Design, Animation, Art, Games, Movies, Music, Fashion

Movies
Seven Samurai, Heat, The Iron Giant, Spirited Away, Yoji Yamada three piece: Twilight samurai, The hidden blade, Love and Honor

Music
So much love for music: Jazz, Hip Hop, Classic, Alternative, Dance...
Artists: Horace Silver, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Takashi Matsunaga, DJ Shadow, Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Roots, A tribe called Quest, De La Soul, Jurassic 5, DJ Krush, Mr. Scruff, DJ Format, Beastie Boys, Isaac Hayes, Donny Hathaway, George Benson, LTJ Bukem, Astor Piazzolla, Brother Jack McDuff, David Holmes, DJ Premier, DJ QBert, Rob Swift, Shurik'n, Dust Brothers, Omni Trio, E.Z. Rollers, Nat king Cole, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, John Pizzarelli, Gang Starr, Hans Zimmer, GZA & RZA, Herbalizer, Herbie Hancock, IAM, Incubus, Red Hot Chili Peppers, James Brown, George Clinton, Medeski Martin & Wood, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Ozomatli, Pearl Jam, Rob Dougan, Sven van Hees, Vivaldi, Yonderboi.

Sports
Basketball, Snowboarding

Games
Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Street Fighter III 3rd Strike, Metroid series
Playing now: Bionic Commando Rearmed, Zero Gunner 2, Space Invaders Extreme, Under Defeat, Call of Duty 4, Planet Puzzle League, Ikaruga, SF III 3rd strike

Books
Not so much of a book reader, mostly art & software books.
Animator's Survival Kit, To Infinity and Beyond - the story of Pixar, Book of five rings, Getting things done

Sites N Stuff