Hey there, I'm David. I'm a visual artist from Montreal. I like to travel and have been all over Europe, South America and Asia. Most recently Costa Rica. My extended family are from Czech Republic and the UK. As for me, I was born in Canada. I enjoy art, film, music, VR, philosophical discussions. I'm just learning swing dancing now with my girlfriend and enjoying it. I work as a 3D animator and filmmaker. I've directed a few animated films and traveled around with them at festivals in the past. I finished my undergrad at Concordia in 2011, studying digital arts and computer science.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people from all parts of the world.

Interests

I enjoy hiking, camping, exploring the outdoors. I'd consider myself a creative person. I do a lot of drawing, digital art, creative writing, keeping dream journals and things like that. I love animation and the potential of the medium to create what can only be seen by the mind's eye.

• meditation
• traveling
• music
• animation
• art
• film
• outdoors

Music, Movies, and Books

For movies, I love surrealism, psychological thrillers, sci-fi, things that make you think. Stuff by David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Lars von Trier, Paul Thomas Anderson to name a few. For music I like a electronic stuff. Anything in the vein of Aphex Twin. But also I like music using real instruments, anything jazzy, classic works, different or ethnic is also interesting. I also like weird new genre-bending fusions like vaporwave...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I worked as a treeplanter in Western Canada for a few summers.

Teach, Learn, Share

Anything about computers, computer graphics, video editing, photoshop, 3d animation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, China, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Italy, Peru, Switzerland, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada