Sydney Padua, author portrait
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Sydney Padua

SYDNEY PADUA is a graphic artist and animator. Her visual effects work includes both hand-drawn and computer-generated and appears in such films as The Iron Giant, Clash of the Titans, and John CarterThe Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage has been featured on the BBC's Techlab, and in The Economist, The Times,and Wired UK. She is a Canadian living in London.

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