SIGGRAPH 2013: The Spark CG Society

Posted By Scott Singer

I sat down with Larry Bafia, Sly Provencher, and Dennis Hoffman of Spark Animation and Spark FX, to find out more about their organization and there connections with SIGGRAPH. The Spark CG Society is a group from Vancouver that is dedicated to being ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: The Spark CG Society" »

July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2013: The effects omelet

Posted By Scott Singer

The "Effects Omelet" presentation at SIGGRAPH is always a great source for inspired creativity on the ground by VFX artists and TDs. David Lipton, Head of Effects at Dreamworks Animation, gave a particularly interesting talk about he achieved the ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: The effects omelet" »

July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2013: A slice of Monster Pi

Posted By David Blumenfeld

My third and final day of Siggraph came and went. It was a pretty nice show this year, although as I mentioned before, it was smaller and definitely less energetic and enthusiastic overall. I'm sure this is a combination of the economic downturn in ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: A slice of Monster Pi" »

July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2013: Printers, Trees, and Raytracing, Oh My!

Posted By David Blumenfeld

Hello again loyal reader! Today was a fun day at the show, albeit more freeform. I wasn't able to arrive in time for the IronMan 3 Production Session, so I decided to spend the day doing some more in-depth research about the items and ideas on the ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: Printers, Trees, and Raytracing, Oh My!" »

July 30, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

#Siggraph2013 Emerging Technology

Posted By Scott Singer

Girish Balakrishnan, a masters candidate from Drexel University was demonstrating his performance capture camera rig made entirely of commodity consumer components. It's centered around an iPad and attached Playstation3 controllers that provide the ... Continue reading "#Siggraph2013 Emerging Technology" »

July 25, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2013: Day 1 - Oz, Man of Steel, 3D printing & more

Posted By David Blumenfeld

Hello again! Another year, and another SIGGRAPH is here. This is my first time in the Anaheim Convention Center, which is somewhat exciting, as I've always wondered about the inside of the Arena building since I was a child coming to Disneyland long ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2013: Day 1 - Oz, Man of Steel, 3D printing & more" »

July 24, 2013 | Permalink | Comments(0)