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Solo Avital is an Israeli filmmaker, visual effects artist and musician. Solo Avital started his filmmaking career in 1993 as a 3D animator, when the early Autodesk 3D Studio was released to home users. Avital was first attracted to 3D as a hobby of creating psychedelic visuals for his music. Up... to that point Avital was a professional bass player and student of the legendary Israeli musician/bass player Yossi Fine. In 1994 there was a growing demand for 3D animators all over the world and generous salaries for professionals in the field. Avital decided to turn his hobby to a new profession and was seeking for a school to enhance his knowledge and experience. The only school in Israel for 3D at that time was known as Telegraphics School of Arts. Avital sent a 7 seconds animation samples of his work to enroll as a student for the 8 months seminar, but was surprised to get a call back from the principle of the school explaining that the animation that he had created, are over qualified for beginner students and offers Avital to join the school as a teacher instead.
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