Josef Sy was born in Cebu, Philippines. His father sent him to art workshops every summer after seeing he has potential in art. There, he learned basic draughtsmanship and portraiture under local artists Boy Sagario and later on, Tony Vidal. Josef's family moved to Canada when he was sixteen, three years after his father passed away. He continued to pursue fine arts in high school and at the University of Toronto but later abandoned the pursuit due to lack of 'hands on' in the program. Also at this time, he was introduced to a famous Canadian painter named John Michael Angel and later attended a weekend seminar. He right away fell in love with the beauty, the skill and the ways of the academic/ classical techniques where today's modern studios grow lacking. He began painting in oil in shortly after. He continued to draw and paint accepting commissions during his time at Sheridan College where he studied classical animation and fashion design. After college, he was hired as a 3D animator by Ubisoft Entertainment in Montreal. Today he resides in Lachenaie, Quebec working for sfx company Hybride Technologies as an animator and continues to practice and do portraits in his spare time.
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