Animated Women UK is thrilled to announce our first virtual art exhibition: LIMITLESS! About this event We are really excited to invite you to the LIMITLESS V-Exhibition – showcasing the personal creative work of women in the animation and VFX industries. LIMITLESS celebrates the work of both established and emerging female talent, and for the first time ever, will debut online as part of a virtual exhibition. We have a fantastic line-up of featured artists, who hold a diverse range…

Abstract CAVE Academy and VES London are very excited to have Şefki Ibrahim join us for this session, where he’ll run us through his process and workflow for creating amazing digital portraiture. From sculpting, to look development and lighting, find out how Şefki takes CG to another level. Şefki Ibrahim Şefki is a 3D Character Artist specialising in digital humans. To find out more about his work, check out his porfolio here.

Saturday 11 September12:30 – 15:30NFT3 We’re following up Monday’s online panel discussion about shooting films in 2021 with an in-venue Labs event all about sustainable filmmaking. Join us in person at BFI Southbank to hear from industry professionals working in the sustainability arena. Hosted by writer and former BFI Film Academy Young Programmer Billie Collins, you’ll hear from producer & company director Siona Davis and sustainability consultant Zsófia Szemerédy. Our guests will give tips on making your set eco-friendly, the…

Abstract This week, CAVE Academy will be holding a panel discussion on the topic of Diversity in VFX. Our panel will first consider how diverse the VFX industry currently is. Secondly, they’ll analyse the barriers to diversity which exist, and how they can best be overcome to create a culture of acceptance and inclusion. If you have any questions you’d like put forward to the panel, please send them to: ja@caveacademy.com Panel: Lauren McCallum, (Moderator), Head of European Production at Scanline…

Join the RenderMan team on August 3rd and 4th for this year’s edition of the digital RenderMan Art & Science Fair! During our Keynote Presentation on August 3rd, 2021, we will discover what makes this landmark release so special, followed by two days of insightful workshops and presentations highlighting RenderMan 24.     All sessions will include an interactive Q&A with our speakers and panelists, so you’ll have your chance to ask questions directly to industry professionals using and creating…

ＳＡＶＥ ＴＨＥ ＤＡＴＥ ： 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 The pandemic has forced us all to take a look at illness at work and it has become alarmingly important we normalize it and talk about it! This conversation is a a great opportunity for us all to better understand how to accommodate, support and empower all employees to perform at their best, no matter what they are dealing with. Our goal is to challenge everyone to rethink about…

Join us for an evening with FX artist Emily Fung as she talks about her journey from student to Technical Artist at SideFX, working on marketing demo materials for the Houdini 18 and 18.5 releases! Plus, get an inside look at the new Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 mobile workstation she’ll be using during a live Houdini session, covering procedural modeling, as well as Vellum cloth and pyro simulations. During this exclusive livestream event, Emily will talk about her artistic journey including…

Go behind the scenes of the making of @shadowandbone with @dneg! ⁠ ⁠ DNEG VFX Supervisor Raphael Hamm and Compositing Supervisor Mario Brioschi will share their journey from the initial concept to the final result.⁠ ⁠ From hundreds of environment extensions to supernatural light effects, discover how the DNEG team worked on 8 episodes and delivered over 500 shots including a photo-real but magical stag.⁠ ⁠ Registration now open via the link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ 📆 Thursday 15 July @ 12:30 pm…

Discuss some of the innovative storytelling techniques being used in virtual reality with Venice VR’s Liz Rosenthal. AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE. About this event There are few artforms in the world right now that are going through as exciting a process of discovery and rapid innovation as virtual reality. Whether it’s virtual reality, augmented reality or whole world building, even the types of VR seem currently unfixed and open to experimentation. But when none of the rules are written, and the processes…

LIVE on 8 July at 5PM UTC. Set a reminder! Know languages, know countries, know people. Join us as we discuss networking in the  Animation & Games industries with our very special guest, Ritzy Animation Director and Axis Studios Viz-Dev Lead Simone Giampaolo, who just set in motion and joined forces with 20 Animation Directors to produce the award-winning short movie “Only a Child”  (https://lnkd.in/dGp5RUr). Simone has also directed at Aardman, Blue-Zoo Animation Studio, and Jellyfish Pictures, among others. With Amedeo Beretta, Independent Animator and Animation Tutor…

Director Brenda Chapman in virtual conversation with Frank Gladstone, Executive Director of ASIFA Hollywood About this event VIEW Conference presents, in partnership with ASIFA Hollywood: Brenda Chapman Director of The Prince of Egypt & Brave in virtual converstation with Frank Gladstone, Executive Director ASIFA Hollywood Friday, July 2nd, 2021 at 10am PST / 6pm UK / 19:00 CET In a special live event, Brenda Chapman, director of “The Prince of Egypt” and the Academy Award-winning “Brave,” takes part in a virtual conversation with Frank…

For #PrideMonth, we’re hosting a special roundtable of LGBTQ+ BZ’ers who will discuss being LGBTQ in #animation and the workplace 🏳️‍🌈 #InsideBZ If you’re looking to join the industry, don’t miss this very special webinar✨🧭 Sign up: https://lnkd.in/dZz8WKE

Reserve your place to hear Director Enrico Casarosa, Producer Andrea Warren, Production Designer Daniela Strijileva, Character Designer Deanna Marsigliese, Supervising Technical Director David Ryu, and Director of Photography Kim White from the creative team from Pixar’s “Luca” in conversation about their film. Moderator: Ramin Zahed, Editor in Chief, Animation Magazine This event is free, but many friends of our non-profit cultural association ask us, “Can I  DONATE  something?” The answer is YES. Any amount helps keep the association afloat in these uncertain…

Modelling a Digi Double Guest Speaker: Christopher Antoniou Webinar starts on 11.06.2021, AT 18:00 BST Abstract Working from actor scan data is now a common task in the VFX and gaming industry. In this masterclass, Christopher Antoniou will give you a quick but complete tour on how to go from a production-quality scan that has been kindly provided by Clear Angle Studios to a clean production-ready model. Chris will first cover prepping the model and scan alignment by wrapping a base mesh…