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SUMMARY:Green Grass Studios
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Iltis and Jesse Sandifer from Green Grass Studios\n\nGreengrass Studios showed off their work and talked about their lighting techniques using V-Ray and 3d Max. \nMeeting coverage\nThis month’s special guest was Ryan and Jesse from Green Grass Studios. If you have not checked out their site yet – you need to. This small studio has amazing lighting skills. In their own words\, Green Grass Studios are “a collective of true visionaries who provide solutions for everything and anything visual. Through innovative technology and smart application\, our team focuses on the story of the imagery putting us on the path to creative and visual bliss. Our projects bring artistic and fresh insight into the commercial real estate\, entertainment and conceptual design communities.” \nGreen Grass Studios began in the summer of 2002 as a collaborative vision between three partners. With the official kick off in a back room of one of the partner’s house’s\, Green Grass took a few months to start growing. Currently\, we have six talented artists and have aspirations to grow to fifteen in the next few years. Our work load is very strong in the marketing of commercial real estate but we have hopes and dreams to make a statement in the entertainment industry. The Dallas Mavericks\, AMD Austin Headquarters (Project Lonestar)\, Marriott International are among some of the projects our studio is focusing on right now. Through the use of brilliant light and composition Green Grass Studios seeks to enlighten our audience through the stories our visuals can tell.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/green-grass-studios/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20051119T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20051119T170000
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SUMMARY:Bob Cooksey "Getting your foot in the door"
DESCRIPTION:Bob Cooksey\nGetting a job in the Videogame Industry:\nGetting Your Foot in the Door\nIf you are looking to get a job in the games field\, or just looking to polish the presentation of your portfolio\, this is the lecture for you. Bob Cooksey\, a 10 year videogame veteran and Communications major from SUNY Brockport\, will be going over everything from portfolio presentation to networking in his presentation on how to get your foot in the door in the videogame field. If you have questions about where to look for a job\, how best to present your work\, and how to avoid the pitfalls of applying for work\, this speech is for you. \nBob Cooksey is a games industry veteran of nearly ten years. His work has appeared in such diverse titles as EA’s “Return of the King\,” Acclaim’s “Turok” and “Vexx\,” Majesco’s “Bloodrayne 2” and “Jack Nichlaus 5 Golf.” Currently\, Cooksey is Lead Environment Artist on Clive Barker’s “Demonik\,” a Next Gen title featuring original concept work by Danny Beck and Marvel Comics’ David Finch. Some of Cooksey’s most notable environmental work includes The Road to Isengard level and the Crack of Doom in EA’s Lord of the Rings/ Return of the King videogame\, and the Shroud Tower cityscape in “Bloodrayne 2.” In the late 90’s\, Bob was the main content developer for Eclipse Entertainment’s Genesis engine. \nBefore entering the videogame field in 1996\, Cooksey worked as a freelance illustrator\, doing original t-shirt and print illustrations for the NFL\, MLB\, University of Texas \, performers Duran Duran\, Patti Labelle\, Talking Heads\, the Police and many others. From 1993 until 1996\, Cooksey was employed as a main illustrator for the Austin American Statesman’s XL Magazine. His popular weekly cartoon strip\, Queeny\, appeared in the Statesman for over three years.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/bob-cooksey-getting-your-foot-in-the-door/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20050917T120000
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SUMMARY:Creative Imagineering - Duece Bennet
DESCRIPTION:Deuce Bennett & ImageWrangler\n\nSenior Animator of Creative Imagineering\, Inc\nalso on Newtek’s Development Team \nDeuce has 25 years physical special effects for motion picture and television and 15 years computer graphics – corporate id’s\, Animation TD for Jimmy Neutron\, military visualizations \nDeuce owns studio Creative Imagineering\, Inc. and works for NewTek Inc. with the development team for LightWave 3D. \nHis effects career involved physical effects for over 75 films including Lonesome Dove\, Problem Child\, Captain Ron\, and extending to the last years of the Walker:Texas Ranger TV series. \nDuring the final episodes of Walker\, Deuce became more active in Visual Effects and worked on Jimmy Neutron:Boy Genius as an Animation Technical Director. He currently is Senior Animator of Creative Imagineering\, Inc. and spends all of his energies creating and teaching computer magic\, as well as helping the Development Team with LightWave’s new direction. He also finds time to do military simulations and spend time with his wife Miracle and his 8 year old son Alex. \nAlso…\nWe took a special look at ImageWrangler from BareKnuckle Software. \nImageWrangler was designed with one goal in mind: manhandling your image sequences. ImageWrangler will fundamentally change the way you interact with your image sequences.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/creative-imagineering-duece-bennet/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20050820T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20050820T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
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SUMMARY:Siggraph 2005
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nAugust 20th\, 2005\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGGRAPH 2005 Review Electronic Theater\n\nThis month we will be presenting selections from SIGGRAPH’s 2005 Electronic Theater. Come and watch a few shorts on our big screen. \nBryan Smith will also be previewing his upcoming MELBOTS masterclass. \nspecial note\nBest wishes to T.G. Weems as he will be moving to Boston soon. T.G. is one of the founding members of ABOSG\, also known as the Logo Crew. We are having a party at Circle R Media this Friday after work.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/siggraph-2005/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20050723T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20050723T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T223927Z
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SUMMARY:Siggraph 2005 Preview
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URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/siggraph-2005-preview/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20050430T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20050430T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T224120Z
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SUMMARY:Justin Barrett - ReelFX
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nApril 30th\, 2005\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin Barrett from ReelFX\n\nOur guest speaker for the April 30\, 2005 meeting will be Justin Barrett of Reel FX Creative Studios. Justin will demonstrate character animation techniques. He is the author of “Animate a Face”\, a 2-CD set of instructional videos. One copy of “Animate a Face” will be given away to a lucky attendee at the meeting! Check out Justin’s website: http://www.justinanimator.com/ \n\n\n\nAbout Justin\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJustin grew up in Port Angeles\, WA and “was always a freak for moving visuals as a kid.” He also developed an interest in acting and was inspired by Pixar’s “Toy Story” in 1995 to merge his interests in acting and animation. He started teaching himself 3D animation and then attended the Art Institute of Seattle\, graduating in 2000 with a degree in Computer Animation. He was hired by Big Idea in 2001 and worked on such productions as “3-2-1 Penguins!”\, “Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie”\, “An Easter Carol” and others. At Digital Production Solutions he was the Animation Director for “Monster Monster Trucks: The Golden Rule Rules!” For Reel FX\, he has worked on “GI Joe: Valor vs. Venom”\, “Halloweentown High” (as Supervising Animator)\, “Action Man X-Missions: The Movie” (as Supervising Animator) and a “Robots” theatrical PSA.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/653/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:Digital Tutors - Z brush
DESCRIPTION:Digital Tutors\nDigital Tutors will visit us for the April 2nd meeting. Piyush Patel and Kyle Green will demonstrate modeling techniques with Zbrush and also how to integrate Zbrush with Maya. There will be a show discount available for Digital Tutors training titles. \nDigital Tutors\nPixologic/Zbrush\n\n\n\nFREE STUFF!! – Zbrush goodies\, Digital Tutors T-shirts\, demo discs and a drawing for a Digital Tutors training DVD. Be there!
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/digital-tutors-z-brush/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20050219T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20050219T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
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SUMMARY:Mike Fortner and Michael Comet of DNA
DESCRIPTION:Mike Fortner & Michael Comet\nCharacter Rigging and Setup for Animation\nOur guest speakers this month were Mike Fortner and Michael Comet. They discussed their work in the industry and talk about character rigging and setup for animation. Michael showed off some of his amazing rigging scripts – be sure to check out his site. There were nearly 120 people at this meeting – almost time for a larger room.\n\n\n\nAbout Mike\n\n\nMike Fortner\, has recently worked for Reel FX as Lead Technical Director. At Reel FX\, he overlooked rigging\, skinning and modeling on various productions including “Halloweentown III”\, “Valor vs. Venom”\, “Red Star”\, “My Little Pony”\, “GI Joe Spytroops” and a soon to be released animation for Hasbro UK. Mike has recently accepted a job at DNA to work on their current feature film.\nhttp://www.mikefortner.com/\nAbout Michael \n\n\nMichael Comet started his career with gaming company\, Volition Inc.\, as Lead Animator. Later\, he was an Animator and Lead Rigger at Big Idea Productions where he worked on “3-2-1 Penguins” and “Veggie Tales”. In 2003 Michael moved to Blue Sky Studios and worked on the upcoming feature film “Robots”. He is now Character Rigging Supervisor at DNA Productions (http://www.dnahelix.com/). http://www.comet-cartoons.com/
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/mike-fortner-and-michael-comet-of-dna/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20041120T100000
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SUMMARY:Dan Kuenster and Stephen Steingbach
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nNovember 20\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDan Kuenster and Stephen Steinbach\nCharacter Design and Storyboarding\nThis month’s meeting will feature an Industry Giants’ alumnus Dan Kuenster and Short Guy member/A.I.D Lead Instructor\, Stephen Steinbach. Our focus for this meeting will be character design and storyboarding. Dan will also discuss his career which includes Disney and Don Bluth Studios where he worked on The Secret of NIMH\, The Land Before Time. Stephen will tell us about his early career which includes game animation for Sega and Nintendo as well as animation for Warner Bros. where he worked on Iron Giant which was directed by Incredibles director\, Brad Bird.\n\n\n\nDan Kneunster concepted and storyboarded a small story about the Tooth Fairy\, and they can be found in this file: AnimStory&CharDev.pdf (1.81 Mb)
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/dan-kuenster-and-stephen-steingbach/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20041023T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20041023T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
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SUMMARY:Kyle Clark and Keith Lango GI Joe
DESCRIPTION:Kyle Clark and Keith Lango of Reel FX\nOur guests this month will be Kyle Clark and Keith Lango of Reel FX. They will speak about their CG careers and show their work. Both guests will participate in a panel discussion on 3D Short Film Production. Kyle is the author of Inspired 3D Character Animation and the editor of Inspired 3D Short Film Production. Everyone\, bring YOUR short film ideas for discussion critique by the panel. \nKyle Clark’s books: 3d Short Production\nKeith Lango’s website: http://www.keithlango.com
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/kyle-clark-and-keith-lango-gi-joe/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20040925T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20040925T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T224756Z
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SUMMARY:T.G. Weems and Kelly Romeo on Jason Osipa's Stop Staring
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nSeptember 25th\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nT.G. Weems and Kelly Romeo on Jason Osipa’s Stop Staring\nThis month we present T.G. Weems and Kelly Romeo. They will be demonstrating facial animation techniques from Jason Osipa’s book\, “Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right“.\n\n\n\nWe will also be featuring Justin Barrett from ReelFX. Justin has just released a DV
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/t-g-weems-and-kelly-romeo-on-jason-osipas-stop-staring/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20040828T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20040828T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T224840Z
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SUMMARY:SIGGRAPH 2004 Review
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nAugust 28th\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSIGGRAPH 2004 Review & First EC Officers Announced\nThis month we officially introduced the new Executvie Committee officers\, shared plans for the upcoming year\, listened to screenwriter Bill Cowling share an excerpt of his new script\, we viewed selected shorts from this years SIGGRAPH’s Electronic Theater.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/siggraph-2004-review/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20040605T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20040605T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T224941Z
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SUMMARY:Battle of the Compositors
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nJune 6th\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBattle of the Compositors\nAfter Effects vs Combustion\nHosted by Scott Spengler (Circle R Media) and Eric Craft (A3D) \nThis month we demonstrated some of the new features and compared head to head After Effects 6.5 and Combustion 3.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/battle-of-the-compositors/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20040515T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20040515T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T225028Z
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SUMMARY:Don Stokes of Post Asylum
DESCRIPTION:10am to Noon\nSaturday\nMay 15th\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDon Stokes and Loren Soman of Post Asylum\nDon Stokes is President of Post Asylum\, past president and current board member of the Dallas Producers Association\, and a very active member of the local production community. Don has been producing award-winning films and videos for more than thirty years. He is heavily involved in script and project development\, supervision and selection of the production team\, in addition to budgeting and cost control.\n\n\nLoren Soman has visited with us once before\, if you missed him the first time – you really must come and check out his ultra cool work. Some of his credits include Ghostbusters 2\, Total Recall\, RoboCop 2 and 3\, Bugsy\, Basic Instinct\, Toys\, and Shrek. Loren currently works for Post Asylum.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/don-stokes-of-post-asylum/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20040417T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20040417T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T173238
CREATED:20170122T225112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170122T225112Z
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SUMMARY:Mark Leon of Terminal Reality
DESCRIPTION:Mark Leon of Terminal Reality \n10am to Noon\nSaturday\nApril 17th\, 2004\nC-104\nSpring Creek Campus\nCollin College \nMark will be discussing various topics relating to modeling\, texturing and UV mapping specific for the gaming industry. \nMark is a 10 year veteran of the gaming industry whose resume includes: Origin\, 7th Level\, EA\, and Westwood Studios. Published titles include Earth & Beyond\, Ultima IX: Ascension\, Wing Commander: Secret Ops\, Wing Commander: Prophecy and Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/mark-leon-of-terminal-reality/
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