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GATOR DESIGN STUDIO
Creating Sci-Fi and Fantastical Props, Costumes, and Sculptures since 2017
My name is Andrew Gater. I am a Scenic Fabricator and Industrial Engineer with over 12 years of prop fabrication and theming experience. All images displayed on this site of hand props, costumes, or animatronics are I have created myself. All theming and scenic installations were completed by myself and the Art Department at DWL studios or ASV Inc
F.R.I.D.A the Viper Probe Droid
F.R.I.D.A :
Friendly Reprogrammed Imperial Droid Assistant
FRIDA my animatronic Viper Probe Droid built for California Polytechnic as my Senior Project
FRIDA my animatronic Viper Probe Droid built for California Polytechnic as my Senior Project
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F.R.I.D.A is an animatronic probe droid I created for California Polytechnic San Luis Obispo as my senior project. The droid can currently be found in Cal Poly's new STEM building. The droid will interact with students and inspire interest in the many crossovers between Engineering and the Liberal Arts. F.R.I.D.A is powered by two Arduinos and features lighting within the eyes, an infrared motion sensor, speakers, and servo motors to animate the droids aluminum appendages.
FEATURED WORK
The Wookie Bowcaster
Hand Props
The Shishkebab : A Fallout Short Film
Fallout Shishkebab Flame Test
Professional Experience:
Theming and Scenic Design for Companies such as:
Disneyland California,
Meow Wolf Grapevine,
Universal Studios Florida,
Mattel Adventure Park,
Scheel's Sporting Goods,
Knottsberry Farm,
Shabang Music Festival
and Colorado's Casa Bonita
Film Credits:
Let's Hold a Seance in the Basement :
VFX Supervisor and Artist
Watch the film here:
Hold a Seance in the Basementvimeo.com
Prosthetic was hand sculpted using Free Form Air and formed using thermoplastics.
*All stills from the film are pre-VFX work, the final shots will have a CGI overlay created using 3D scans of the facial prosthetic
