Episode 366: Brent Bowen, HomegrownB_DUB
Brent Bowen streams on Twitch by night, but during the day he is an award winning visual FX artist and CGI supervisor on The Simpsons. He'll explain how pinball machines are more interesting than video games and what keeps him coming back for more.
Kineticist’s take
Simpsons VFX artist Brent Bowen discusses pinball passion, animation career, and potential role in pinball game design.
Synopsis
Jeff Teolis (host of Pinball Profile) interviews Brent Bowen (HomegrownB_DUB), a CGI/visual effects artist who worked on The Simpsons movie and other major films, and is also a passionate pinball enthusiast and streamer. Brent discusses his journey from discovering pinball as a child to becoming a professional animator, his philosophy on pinball versus video games, and his interest in potentially contributing animation and visual effects to future pinball machines. The conversation explores the intersection of his professional animation expertise with his love of pinball.
Entities
- Deadflip· company
- Forum Visual Effects· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Northwest Pinball Show· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Deadpool· game
- Foo Fighters· game
- Goldeneye (007)· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Simpsons Pinball Party· game
- Icebox· location
- Washington State pinball community· location/community
- The Simpsons· media
- IFPA· organization
- HomegrownB_DUB· organization/stream
- Brent Bowen· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Jeff Teolis· person
- Kevin Van Hook· person
- Pinside· website/community