A dear friend of mine and a creative genius, Brian Gardner has been one of my most inspiring friends in 3D. He has a masterful command of the depth language and a fascinating aesthetic imagination. Besides having been instrumental in the creation of the modern Stereoscopic 3D industry, Brian has forged many innovations pushing 3D to it's pioneering furthest. Some of these include "Depth Scoring software", the animation algorithms used to create "The Iron Giant" via CGI in a hand-drawn style,…