Gordon Fisher

Gordon Fisher, as a teenager, studied drafting and built plastic model cars. Hegot his start in 3D computer modeling back when one would have to create a 3Dengineering drawing with a pencil and then input the information into a computer,vertex-by-vertex.He led a three-person crew in building 3D models of 80 aircraft for the U.S. ArmyVisual Aircraft Recognition program. He also built an accurate model of the 17th and18th holes of the Pebble Beach golf course for Callaway Golf's golf simulator. He'scurrently working with the Open Luna Foundation to create models, X3D and 3Dprinted, of their parts of their proposed lunar base.He is the Creative Director at Point Happy Interactive. He has been using Blenderprofessionally since 2002 and has given classes on using Blender and using Pythonwith Blender at Python conferences in Texas and Arkansas. His work has beendisplayed at the National Air and Space Museum. He is also the author of the bookBlender 3D Basics, published by Packt Publishing.