Austin 3D Users Group Meeting - Wed. Feb. 28,
2007 at 6:30 pm at ACC Highland Business Center
Room 201 (The Boardroom) - 5930 Middle Fiskville Rd., Austin, TX 78752(see
Map).
Ariel Zarate, Coordinator of the
ArtSpark Festival,
gave a presentation on how to get involved in the 2007 Festival. It is sponsored each year by the HBMG Foundation.
the deadline for application is March 31. This is important for your portfolio! The Prize Grants in 2005 were $6,000.00,
in 2006 $10,000.00 and have not yet been announced for 2007, but they will be
significant. (details below)
Headline Presentation:
Subject: 3D Animation for the UT Football Godzillatron
Presenters:
#1 Johnathon Vought (Radioactive Labs)
Covering: Modeling process, texturing, shading and rendering in HIDEF using
RenderCore.com. He also showed the digital model of the new stadium
configuration build by Garry Gaber (Escape
Hatch Entertainment). Johnathon's team consisted of about ten guys who
pulled this projects together very quickly before the first football game of the
2006 season.
#2 Fatmir Gjevudaj
Covering: Muscle Systems and Character Rigging for Lifelike Quadrapeds in 3ds
Max. Fatmir used the "puppeteer" plug-in for Max to rig the longhorns. He showed
the whole process of how to build the rig for this animation. Very impressive!
#3 Steve Collier (Earl Miller
Productions)
Covering: Planning and Compositing of the final video. Steve showed how the
production was modularized to allow quick changes of inserted videos and other
production changes. The same basic production has been adaptedf has been adapted
for the UT basketball team playing at the Erwin Center.
The 2007 ArtSpark Festival is a twelve week creative hullabaloo,
beginning on May 21st and culminating on August 12th.
Teams of theatre artists and video game designers join forces with visual
artists to develop new work in a pressure-cooker environment. Collaboration and
creativity explode in this boundary breaking experiment that celebrates the
creative process.
Public performances and showcases provide a forum for the participants to
present their work and talk to their audiences about their experience. The
winners of the ArtSpark Festival will walk away with a cash prize to fund the
continued development of their new work
The Austin 3d Users Group has been an enthusiastic supporter of ArtSpark and
last year Jamie Crawford and her team won the competition in 2006. James Shipman
of our group was on the winning team in 2005. This is a great place for aspiring
artists, actors and game developers to get real-world experience, reference and
stuff for their portfolios and the winning team gets cash grants from the HBMG
Foundation. See their web site for details.
Ariel Zarate Coordinator:
ariel@hbmgfoundation.org
www.hbmgfoundation.org
ArtSpark Application
512-248-9915 ext. 2632
For info. on the Austin 3d Users Group Call Bill Bottorff at Austin Business Computers, Inc. 512-328-4747
Map to meeting:
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd., Austin, TX 78752