Computer Animation Arts

With the announcement of next year's Student Volunteer Applications now open, and Kym's adventure to China for this year's SIGGRAPH Asia, here's a few links from the previous 3 years to encourage you to apply: Link : SIGGRAPH Diaries SIGGRAPH Vancouver 2014 SIGGRAPH Anaheim 2013 SIGGRAPH Los Angeles 2012  

Really impressive texture mapping technique that caught my attention on CG meet up. In this video Scott Metzger explains how he used spherical HDRs and texture mapping in MARI on the feature film Beautiful Creatures at Siggraph Geekfest 2012. http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/how-mari-used-on-beautiful-creatures/

The most interesting parts of the Siggraph conference are the 'Emerging Technologies' and 'Research Paper' talks and displays. Here is a preview of the Siggraph Asia submissions which are currently on show. Interesting and amazing stuff!

  The Computer Graphic community, both student body and a major share of professionals were partaking annual SIGGRAPH convention, this year at Los Angeles Convention Centre.       SIGGRAPH 2012 was big and ground breaking as ever. Peddie Research notes what we all concur on. " SIGGRAPH is a joyful expression of our desire to recreate the beauty, wonder, and even dread in the world we see around us. At SIGGRAPH people share what they've learnt and learn from others because the goal is huge. It's nothing less than to create the tools to translate the visual into the digital. "   In short, SIGGRAPH exhibited and published some of the most exciting and ground-breaking art and art papers in the world. SIGGRAPH consisted of many production sessions, where recently or about-to-be released films were explored by key creative personnel behind it. Such explored films included The Avengers, Paranorman, Brave, The Real ...

August is a funny month.  Everyone is on holiday - or feels like they should be - and the pace of everything just slows up a little.  It's all a bit snoozy and a little bit lethargic, and if August were a song, it would have to the late, great Ella Fitzgerald singing Gershwin's Summertime . In keeping with that late Summer vibe, this edition of the Post With The Most is a slimmed-down affair, but no less engaging I hope.  That said, there is one individual in our CGAA community who I know to be having a far from sleepy August, an individual with a deadline looming and final show in the wings.  But more about CG Arts alumnus and Masters student Tom Beg a little later; first, a bit  more congratulation and back-slapping for our Class of 2012 . It doesn't seem possible that the hoopla of New Designers 2012 was already a month ago.  It was a great show , consistently busy, highly regarded, and a great experience for all those involved.  I c...