Tim Forcade has over 40 years experience as an artist, painter, photographer and designer with much of that time devoted to the study and application of art and technology. Since the 1960's he has combined his fine arts education with directed research in electronics and computer graphics resulting in numerous exhibitions, published articles, images, books and interactive works.
By the late 1960's Tim applied aesthetics to electronic circuit design resulting in numerous kinetic artworks, photographs, videos, performances and exhibits. His Light Machine series consisted of programmable semiconductor chaos devices designed to transform live and recorded sound into colored light compositions and video. He later used the same devices to guide his music composition.
Since the 60's Tim has also worked as a professional photographer shooting a range of subjects-essentially anything his clients could throw at him-from ice cream & designer fashions to product photography, photo illustration, aerials and architectural subjects. Tim's experience in commercial media began as an offset lithographic plate maker and has expanded to design, production and art direction for an international client base. He has created numerous magazine ads, brochures, catalogs, and posters.
Tim's work in computer graphics began when keyboards were optional, and cutting-edge computer graphics were frequently created using arrays of alphanumeric characters. In 1977 he founded Forcade Associates, a photography, design and production company. By the mid 1980's he had integrated computer graphics into Forcade Associates' practice as well as into his own experimental artworks. Since then he has designed and produced computer graphic imagery and animation for print, CD-ROM interactive, broadcast and DVD.
Tim participated in the emergence and evolution of 2D and 3D computer graphics as an artist, beta tester, author, and software development team member. This has enabled him to work with computer media and to affect the media itself by interacting directly with CG programmers and developers. For example, he helped develop the user interface and program functions for a human motion animation program used to create realistic character animation for feature films.
He has been a contributing editor to various computer graphics publications including Computer Graphics World and Computer Artist as well as a frequent speaker at user's group meetings and conventions. He has taught both students and professionals in seminars and courses at Baker University, the University of Kansas, the University of Washington and Alberta College of Art. His books demonstrating animation and visual effect techniques have been distributed worldwide.
You can view more of Tim's work at www.forcadeimages.com.
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