Ori Bengal

Current

• Owner at Obscure Reality (Sole Proprietorship)

Past

• Print Shop Director / animator at One Model Place
• Special Effects Demo Artist at Visions Media FX
• 3D Demo Artist at The Computer Room

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Education

• Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale
• University of Florida

Recommended

4 people have recommended Ori

Connections

81 connections

Industry

Marketing and Advertising

Websites

• My Portfolio
• My Blog
• My Website

Ori Bengal’s Summary

Putting ADHD to good use, I am at the top of Maslow's peak. I am always learning, which permits me to stay on top of the latest top-secret techniques. Whether that is getting your company to the front page of Google, creating your company a sharp website that you can maintain, or completely restructuring your company to find unused assets and opportunities. I am the poster-child for outside-the-box thinking.

I can create websites, print ads, video ads, and of course combine them all for online presence. If you have a business, and you need to increase profits, or gain additional exposure, you need to contact me today! Seriously, why are you still reading? You should contact me now! *shrug* suit yourself... the competition is working hard right now to get ahead of you, why haven't you called yet, so we can crush them, and make them cry like little babies.

Only call if you're serious though. I ain't cheap, but "Hire the best, and cry only once!"

Ori Bengal’s Specialties:

Outside-the-box : I'll take ANY idea and give you an absolutely different spin on it.
Optimism: I'm going to get it done, and I don't care what challenges I have to overcome.
Creative/artistic talents: I am not limited to reality. My background in special effects, motion graphics, photography, and 3d animation allows me to create any image.
Innovation/absorption of information: No matter what your business is... I'll find solutions for you.

Ori Bengal’s Experience

• Owner

  Obscure Reality (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Photography industry)

  January 1994 — Present (15 years 11 months)

  I create any visual element that's required. This includes high-end photography, photoshopping images, designing print media, video media, web media, concept consulting.
  
  If you can think it, I can bring it to life. Even if you can't think it, I can think it for you, THEN bring it to life.

• Print Shop Director / animator

  One Model Place

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)

  May 2004 — November 2005 (1 year 7 months)

  I created animations and transitions for all events / shows - such as Shut Up & Model, Modelween, Model Fusion, and more.
  
  I built the print shop up from outsourcing, to having our own printing / cutting facilities.
  I designed and printed thousands of business cards, composite cards, and headshots.
  I provided customer service for thousands of people regarding the print process.

• Special Effects Demo Artist

  Visions Media FX

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Media Production industry)

  January 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 11 months)

  I was the demo artist (the guy that makes really expensive fancy stuff look really simple) for high end animation, post-production, and editing software such as:
  Discreet Smoke*
  Discreet Edit*
  Autodesk 3d Studio Max
  Alias Wavefront Maya
  Adobe After Effects
  Discreet Combustion*
  Adobe Photoshop
  
  I would also train clients in the use of these packages.

• 3D Demo Artist

  The Computer Room

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Animation industry)

  March 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 7 months)

  I would give examples of the possibilities, usage, and features of the high-end 3d animation software "Softimage 3D". I would also train clients in the usage, as well as complete projects for them.
  
  My training took me to such places as Jamaica and Trinidad.

Ori Bengal’s Education

• Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale

  3d Animation 2006 — 2007

  I was teh De-Facto instructor for many classes. I held my own labs for the school from 10am-midnight every Saturday. I taught Photoshop, Corel Draw, Illustrator, 3D Studio, Autodesk Animator, and many more.

  Activities and Societies:

  I led numerous advanced projects in 3d animation and graphic design.

• University of Florida

  1994 — 1995

Additional Information

Ori Bengal’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog
• My Website

Ori Bengal’s Interests:

Teaching, meeting cool people, meeting crazy people, doing things that make most people crap their depends, telling bad jokes, eating yummy food, changing my world, changing others' worlds, smiling, laughing, creating.

Ori Bengal’s Groups:

<a href="http://www.obscurereality.com">Creative Genius</a>

Ori Bengal’s Honors:

I won the friendships and loves of those I care about.... any other award is really trivial.

I won the grand prize for the Humane Society's Pets & Pals Photo Contest.

I won 2nd place in Piano Solo contest when I was 12 years old.

I won the "Ultimate Survivor" on a cruiseship.. that was hard... I had to hold my breath for nearly 2 minutes!

I won a hot dog eating contest when I was young.

Ori Bengal’s Contact Settings

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