Astroboy Opens Tomorrow!

Hey folks,

Hope you can go support the new Astroboy film that opens tomorrow. Once you've watched the film, head back to this site and listen to this interview with the writer and director David Bowers! I enjoyed the film , but had issues with the story. Good design and good animation make this an entertaining film, and if your a fan of the series, you should go watch this!.

click here to download interview!

Brian Yam-Concept Artist from Naughty Dog Comes to the Inland Empire

Brian Yam, an amazing concept artist will be here on Saturday Oct 10 from 3-6pm Brian has worked on the RESISTANCE FALL OF MAN 1,2. Ratchet and Clank, and Uncharted 2. He is a concept artist at Naughty Dog, one of the premerie Sony Playstation 3 Game Developers!

BE THERE! All GAD students NEED to attend this. If you have a class, talk to your instructor about coming., Or better yet WAIT for the VIDEO! (But you have to wait another week) SO GO TO IT NOW! He will be here from 3-6pm

He will be doing speedpainting demo and talking about color and composition. Senior students bring your portfolios! He will be looking at portfolios the last hour.

Steve Hampton's New Book is out!!

Steve Hamptons book is out! Steve teaches Anatomy and life drawing, as well as painting and comparative anatomy. If you need to improve your anatomy and learn how to draw it step by step, this is the book for you!. If you have any interest in learning how to draw the figure, and have it broken down with the key landmarks and muscles color coded., this IS the book! If you want to be a modeler, You BETTER get this book. It serves as a blueprint for a number of books.
Order it here.
http://www.figuredrawing.info/

Tim Allen, Background Designer from Disney TV comes to the Inland Empire

Hey Folks,

Tim Allen will talk about color and composition for background design for tv and feature and what he does at Disney, and the particular tools he uses. He will be using Illustrator and Photoshop.Tim Allen has done work for Fosters Friends, Powerpuff girls and now is at Disney TV.

He will be doing a workshop from 1-4pm on Saturday Rm. 2123 (Mac Computer lab)

BLIZZARD IS COMING TO THE INLAND EMPIRE!

Blizzard is coming to our school in September. Stay tuned for more specific information.

Life Drawing workshop 1-5pm This Saturday 8/8/09

Christian Nacorda will be running the life drawing class on Saturday 1-5pm in Rm 151 Saturday 1-5pm.

Please come by and draw! Or paint?

40 Photoshop tutorials!

Hey folks,

Here's a site that has 40 photosop tutorials.

http://www.noupe.com/tutorial/40-new-high-quality-adobe-photoshop-tutorials.html

Yehh. There's some cool ones.

Miyazaki audio interview at Berkeley

Hey folks,

Besides going down to the Comic-con this last week, I had the great fortune to see Hayao Miyazaki live in San Francisco (Berkeley). Though I missed the Ponyo screening, I hope to see it Aug 14 and you should too. Here the audio from the interview. Hope you enjoy!

http://drop.io/miyazaki_audio#

Also if you missed the Comic-con., Here's John Lasseter interview Miyazaki.

http://www.ghibliworld.com/news.html#2607

Peter Jackson and James Cameron on the Future of Filmmaking

Hey folks,

Went to an interesting lecture at the comic con about the future of filmmaking with James Cameron and Peter Jackson. Take a listen. Where are we headed, will 3d be the dominant format? Is there anything else on the horizon.

http://drop.io/JacksonandCameron_audio

Ian Worrel from Jibjab visits Art Institute Thursday, July 30, 12:00PM -

Hey folks, Ian Worrel will talk about his work as a production designer and animator at JibJab Productions. Jibjab has done a number of animated political shorts that have appeared on the Tonight show and a number of other places. Ian will talk about what it takes to be a designer and animator in this medium and how you can successful make the transition from student to professional. Ian graduated from the character animation department at CalArts and spent 5 quarters at an AI in Orange County before then. He was a co-director and the production designer for the latest Obama film we just put out. Come see him talk in R-154 Thursday, July 30, 12:00PM -1:00pm. Hope to see ya there!