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 Feature Speaker: Ryan Trowbridge

Feature Speaker: Ryan Trowbridge

What is a Character TD? This one started out something like this…
Throughout his life Ryan Trowbridge had two main passions, art and
technology. Growing up in the rainy state of Washington he spent many
days indoors which included a healthy dose of video games. At fourteen
he had already decided on a college to further his passions. In [...]

02.18.10 | Comments Off
 Feature Speaker: Hanno Hagedorn

Feature Speaker: Hanno Hagedorn

Hanno Hagedorn is a lead character artist at Naughty Dog. He has extensive experience working on games from many different studios and production environments. Before working as a senior character artist on Uncharted 2: Drake’s Fortune, Hanno was a Lead Character Artist on the critically acclaimed– AAA title –Crysis. During this year’s conference, Hanno will [...]

02.15.10 | Comments Off
 Feature Speaker: KeKai Kotaki

Feature Speaker: KeKai Kotaki

Born and raised on the Big Island of Hawaii, Kekai Kotaki has always had a passion for art. Finding the sunshine and beautiful scenery distracting, he moved to dreary Seattle in 2000 to attend art school. After graduating, he proceeded to attempt a career at doing art. This meant getting a job at ArenaNet, the [...]

12.20.09 | Comments Off
 EvolveCG |  May 15-16, 2010

EvolveCG | May 15-16, 2010

We are pleased to announce that the second annual EvolveCG Conference will be held at the Hilton Marina in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on May 15-16. This will be a two day event filled with workshops, job fairs, an awards show and much, much more.
EvolveCG was specifically created to help students in areas with low-to-zero [...]

12.16.09 | Comments Off
 THE HUNTER’S CG CHALLENGE

THE HUNTER’S CG CHALLENGE

Taking into consideration the amazing talent among students, we have decided to create an exciting CG Art Contest. The Hunter challenge asks participants to study and create the ultimate Hunter character/scenario.
The challenge will be open to all students currently enrolled in any computer graphic art or animation program (at any college or animation school), or [...]

08.20.09 | Comments Off
 Evolve 2009 Conference Video

Evolve 2009 Conference Video

We are happy to announce the success of the recent Evolve 3D confrence in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. Heres a video highlighting some of the event. Enjoy

06.7.09 | Comments Off
 Evolve 3D Event 09 – Pictures

Evolve 3D Event 09 – Pictures

Check out the pictures from our first ever Evolve 3D Animation Conference and Job fair. The successful event took place on Saturday April 18th, 2009 the Evolve 3D conference was Located in Ft Lauderdale Florida.

06.6.09 | Comments Off
 Interview with Gabriel Betancourt

Interview with Gabriel Betancourt

Gabriel Betancourt began working in the animation industry over 9 years, and has contributed his experience and talents to music videos, commercials, and games for a number of clients. He currently works with ACTIVISION: TREYARCH, where he is the lead lighting artist for an upcoming “Call of Duty: World at War” videogame; a sequel to [...]

06.4.09 | Comments Off