About Me

Hi!

My name is Djordje Radojcic. I was born on June 15. 1986. in town of Loznica, western Serbia (very near Bosnian border!). I've shown interest in art while I was still just a kid, and was among the best artists in my elementary school. My favorite subject were cars. I have always known that I want to do some car related job (car design or something similar).

Since there was a guy that rented my parents shop and held a console video playground there, you can say that I was a game freak. I was absolutely unbeatable in any car racing game simulation. Before I finished elementary school, my dad bought that video playground and me and my brother had to help with business (it was more pleasure than an obligation).

And then came the high school. Due to the fact that the nearest art high school was 50km away and my parents didn’t have the money to send me there, I had to satisfy with “standard” high school. There was no art classes in school I went to, but we had computer classes (unlike elementary school where we didn’t) and that was my first contact with computer. Couple of years later my uncle surprised me and gave me his old computer (Pentium I 233Mhz, 64MB ram, 4MB graphics card) and that made me very happy! I could even play Counter Strike 1.5 on that computer (lowest resolution settings but…).

Then I started learning Photoshop, even AutoCAD some time later. After using CAD for about a year, and buying a new computer in the meantime, I decided that I should try something new. So I started to learn 3d studio max 5. During that time I have achieved my biggest success as amateur car designer. For two years in a row, two of my car designs were displayed on SAT stand at Belgrade car fair. At a time I was the happiest kid on earth. By the way, SAT is Serbian TV car show, and it’s the reason I have got interested in cars and car design. It is the only  show that calls everyone who does amateur car design to send their work to them. Then they choose the best and display them at their stand at Belgrade car fair. There is usually no more than 15 drawings and maybe as much handmade car models.

Shortly after that came the time to choose college or faculty I will go to. Maybe the hardest decision in my life. And then one day I saw Chiron trailer on TV, and I was astonished. I just couldn’t believe that there is school about 3D animation in Serbia and that people from over here can make effects of such quality. Since 3D became part of me, the choice was obvious – Chiron (first certified Alias/Autodesk training center in continental Europe!). And I haven't made a mistake. Actually I can say Chiron is the best thing that happened to me. Now I can say that I have learned from great lecturers and with great guys. And the stuff I learned over there would take me years to learn on my own (it may sound like a commercial but it’s true). I can only thank my parents for paying my school and supporting me, together with all my family.

Now I want to specialize in car visualization and animation and to improve my drawing skills. Improvement of my rendering and modeling skills and learning Studio Tools are my priorities.

Anyway, thank you for reading this and enjoy through the rest of my site!