Fast Company praise for Gnomon!
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Well this was a surprise… Fast Company magazine recently announced their list of the ten most innovative companies in film, which included Gnomon! Weird but very cool… my sincere thanks to them for the accolade! Click here to check out the complete list.
3D Artist Magazine: Gnomon Feature!
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Very cool… this month’s issue of 3D Artist magazine (issue 25) features an eight page story on Gnomon! Thanks so much to Lynette Clee for the support and amazing article! Click here to order a copy…
The Union: Saga/Gnomon Brazil Event!
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From March 10th – 18th I had the amazing experience of going to Brazil for an event that Gnomon organized with Saga, a company that teaches CG to thousands of kids across Brazil, aged 11-17. I organized the speakers, inviting several friends along for an epic journey: Neville Page, Fausto de Martini, Neil Huxley, Seth Hall and Stefano Dubay. During this one day event in Sao Paulo, over 400 people were exposed the experiences and techniques of several leading artists from the film and games industries. It was a ton of fun and I sincerely had an amazing time in Brazil… it is a beautiful country with wonderful and genuine people. I hope this is the first of many such events… Also, we announced a partnership between Gnomon and Saga to open a new school in Brazil in 2012. Stay tuned…
Dirge
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Finally had time this summer for a new personal project. Started about four months ago in my limited ‘free time’(i.e. late nights), so it’s hard to say how much work was put into it, but quite a bit. Initially it was just a character based on a pencil sketch, but then once the dude was done I decided to make a background for him… which ended up being the bulk of the work. Environments are definitely time consuming and this project definitely upped my respect for all the 3D environment people out there. It was a lot of fun, but I think my next piece will be way simpler. Heh. About halfway through working on it I decided to create an animation to loop on a framed monitor.The final image is 6k printed at 30″x48″ on canvas, framed and on a wall at Gnomon. The animation is running at 2560×1600 on a framed 30″ monitor. Let me know what you think! Click here to see higher-res versions and the animation.
Behind the Iron Curtain: Romania!
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This looks to be a very exciting event and I am thrilled that I was asked to participate! This October in Bucharest, several artists from the entertainment industry will be gathering to share techniques during a four day workshop. Mark Goerner, Neville Page, David Levy and others will be there, so if you live in this part of the world, I highly suggest attending!!! It promises to be an inspiring and unforgettable experience and I can’t wait to go!
Montreal International Games Summit
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I’ve been selected to keynote the art track at this year’s MIGS event in November! Thanks so much to the event committee for the opportunity. I can’t wait to finally visit what I’ve always heard to be a wonderful city. For more info on the event, click here.
Six Heads in Sixty Minutes
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New video update to Development section… Need to get back to doing more 2D stuff as my 3D work will only get better if I do… I just need more hours in the day! So this video is just 3 minutes, as it is timelapsed to about 20x speed. Wouldn’t want to bore you with the realtime one! Heh.
Head: Tribal Look-Dev
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Added new content to the Development page… more info and a high-res link.
New section: Development.
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Well, I had an animation section that stayed empty for way too long, so I decided to swap it with something new this weekend! As I create new work, I can now use this section to provide very brief overviews of how they were put together. Jester, Smile, Draeke, Guardian and some Look-Dev are discussed, as well as a new video that crams a week of work into 10 minutes. I’ve got a new 3D Creature Development ‘master class’ coming out soon that has 25 hours, eight DVDs, a 176 page book as well as sixty-six HD 1080p clips for students to use in their projects. But until then, this video provides a glimpse of what I do in the class (and editing 25hours down to 10minutes sure took awhile! heh). Hopefully this year I can keep this section updated with new stuff, assuming Gnomon allows me the time to! -Alex
Heading to Australia for agIdeas 2010.
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So in a little over a month I will be heading to Melbourne, Australia for agIdeas 2010! They were very kind to invite me to speak at this international design forum, where I will be discussing creature development as well as the importance of education in design, vfx, games, etc. I’m scheduled for a two hour presentation as well as a full day workshop. Should be fun… plus… since I’m going to be on the other side of the planet for agIdeas, I’ve also added a four day trip to New Zealand to visit Weta and middle earth! After years of hoping, looks like I finally will get to see NZ…
