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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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SUMMARY:Siggraph 2005 Preview
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URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/siggraph-2005-preview/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:Greg Punchatz - Janimation
DESCRIPTION:GREG PUNCHATZ\nJANIMATION\nOur May 21 guest speaker will be Greg Punchatz\, Janimation’s Senior Creative Director. Punchatz received his early education in art at the elbow of his father\, Don Punchatz\, a famous science fiction illustrator and founder of the Sketch Pad Studio in Arlington\, Texas. Like father\, like son\, Greg developed an interest in creating fantasy characters at a young age. Starting with clay\, then moving to make-up effects with wax and greasepaint\, he was making foam latex prosthetics by the age of 14. His first job at 16 involved making puppets and costume characters. By 18\, Punchatz landed a job working for Mark Shostrom on prosthetics and stop motion animation models for “Nightmare On Elm Street 2.” He went on to work on the “Robocop” films and ran the foam latex prosthetic department for the “Beauty And The Beast” TV series. \nGreg later moved back to Dallas and founded TXFX\, his own makeup effects/animatronics studio which did commercial\, TV and film work. He was involved in creating stop motion models for the “Doom” and “Doom 2” games. He turned down an opportunity to work on “Doom 3” so that he could focus on an opportunity to work with Janimation. Steve Gaconnier\, founder of Janimation\, gave Punchatz the chance to build on his considerable artistic skills and learn CG tools using Softimage. In 2000\, he won 3D Magazine’s Big Kahuna award for his work on the Harrahs’ Casino turtle. Using his traditional makeup and prosthetics experience\, Greg applied these techniques in texturing CG characters. This work was chosen for the Big Kahuna award over other notable entries by companies such as Blue Sky Studios. \nAccording to Punchatz\, everyone at Janimation is a generalist. In a small\, high-powered shop such as theirs\, everyone can be involved in some aspect of modeling\, texturing\, rigging\, animating\, lighting\, compositing and editing. Janimation did the CG sea serpent creatures for Robert Rodriguez’ “Spykids 2” which Greg refers to as a tribute to legendary stop motion animator\, Ray Harryhausen. Janimation has since done the cinematic for Midway’s “Area 51” game among other commercial\, gaming and film projects./
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/greg-punchatz-janimation/
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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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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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SUMMARY:Wayne Braddick Daniel Trbovic
DESCRIPTION:About Wayne\n\n\nWayne Braddick works for Resolution Independence Studios\, has taught animation at The Art Institute of Dallas and is teaching at UTD this spring. He\nis also a Certified Alias instructor and trained for Alias beginning with Power Animator and later with Maya.\nAbout Daniel \nDaniel Trbovic moved to Dallas in November 2004 to work for Reel FX. He has been a CG artist since he began working with 3D Studio DOS version 1.0. He was born in Belgrade\, Serbia and has credits on several European animated titles as well as commercial work for Daimler/Chrysler\, United Nations\, Procter & Gamble and others. \n\n\n\nStephen Steinbach\, director of the Expresslane short\, spoke in his progress on the 2D animatic and invite artists to participate in the production of this animated short. \n\nALSO: Thanks to Peachpit Press – Our first book Give-A-Way “Animation and Effects with Macromedia 2004”.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/wayne-braddick-daniel-trbovic/
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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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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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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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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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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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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/
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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/
CATEGORIES:Monthly Meetings
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SUMMARY:Bryan Brewer and Morgan Hanson
DESCRIPTION:Morgan Hanson of Morach Leo Burnett\nBryan Brewer of Astreae Toys\nMorgan Hanson of Morach Leo Burnett presented some commercial work that utilized the integration of 3d elements with video. Leo briefly discussed workflow at the Ad Agency and its evolution into the 3d market.\n\n\n\nAlso\, Bryan Brewer of Astreae Toys showed off some new toys. Astraea Toys has recently purchased a Solid Modeler. Bryan brought in a few samples of objects.
URL:https://www.abunchofshortguys.org/myevent/bryan-brewer-and-morgan-hanson/
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SUMMARY:Portfolio and Lecture Review
DESCRIPTION:How to Build an Awesome Portfolio Lecture & Review \n  \nDate: Saturday\, July 18\, 2015\nTime: 9:00am to 3:00pm (one hour break for lunch)\nLocation: Addison TreeHouse 14681 Midway Rd Addison\, TX 75001 (2nd floor of building 5 in the Office in the Park complex)\nPrice: Parking and event are FREE! \nPortfolio Lecture and Review\nIn this lecture you’ll have the opportunity to view the good\, the bad\, and the ugly of personal reels out there. We will provide guidelines to help you “be among the good”. You will see examples from a list of experienced reels and gain insight into what industry leaders look for as they pick their artists. Join us as we provide you with suggestions for building different types of reels (modeling vs. animator).  Topics for discussion include: content\, music selection\, and pitfalls to avoid.  We will cover various media outlets to maximize your visibility in the industry.  We will also discuss details to add that put your resume to the top of the pile. \nFollowing the presentation\, each interested participant will be invited to show their current work and we will give individual advice. Students- bring all you believe should be part of your reel (or what you intend to put in your portfolio when you graduate from school) Professionals- those currently looking for work are more than welcome to share their current content. Each participant will be given limited and individual time. An opportunity will then be given to the participant to come back for a second review session (with many professionals from different industries) at Industry Giants on September 19th.\nWiFi Info\nNetwork: Addison\nUsername: TreeHouseTX\nPassword: AddisonED\nInstructor Bio\nAfter graduating from the NAD’s film and television program in 1996\, Ludovick Michaud spent five years traveling the world for Softimage helping integrate XSI into the workflow of 30 different companies. Since leaving Softimage\, Ludo has enjoyed an extensive 17-year VFX career\, encompassing over 2\,000 projects spanning from commercials\, films\, game trailers\, web  contents\, to marketing pieces. Ludo’s technical supervisor credits include Spy Kids 2 and 3D. His  most current work as Senior Technical Director and Pipeline Supervisor for Universal Studios’  Minion Mayhem Ride won both Annie and VES awards. Ludo has also supervised CG for three  independent feature films and contributed to numerous blockbuster films including X-Men  Origins- Wolverine. He is known in the industry as a “render guru” and serves as an independent  consultant for multiple studios. Although his training is technical in nature (pipeline and workflow  tools)\, he is well known for his talented creative directing (lighting and compositing).
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