B.U.G.'s second event. Come see turkish developer Yilmaz Kiymaz speak about Unity game development and much more. As always, project demos and W.I.P. showings are more than welcome.
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BEST STIMULUS DAY EVER!!!
CHECK OUR Facebook page for a full photo gallery, with tons of pictures from the day - tag yourselves!!
while you are there, become a fan of great eastern's on facebook to get up to the minute event and promo announcements!!
On Saturday, April 24th, Great Eastern hosted our second annual 3D Stimulus Day, at CDIABU, Waltham, MA.
Our speakers this year included: Alex Schwartz (Technical Artist – Seven45 Studios), Dan Konieczka (Technical Director, Vermont Digital Arts), Yuris Mangolds (Director of 3D, C2I Studios), Gäel McGill (Harvard University’s Director of Molecular Visualization and President and CEO of Digizyme, Inc.) and Chad Moore ( Technical Art Director at Turbine, Inc and Co-founder at Rigging Mentor).
Topics included: Rigging in Maya, what it takes to be a technical artist at a game company, making molecular biovisualization movies, lighting and materials: concepts & theory, and Creating MAARS (Modulated Advanced Armed Robotic System).
Great Eastern Technology (www.get.com) sponsored, and this was a free, annual event. If you don't want to miss great events like these, please send an email to get on our newsletter/announcement list: hjelev@get.com.
Thanks as well to our sponsors: Craft Animations, Wacom Technology and Center for Digital Imaging Arts Boston University.
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WEdnesday, October 21st
GAME NIGHT
We had the best time at game night - if you missed it, make sure you email Heidi to get on our Newsletter list that announces how to sign up for events like these....
Thanks to:
Yuris Mangolds - C2i Studios, showing his Craft Director Studio workflow
Jason Arnone: Art Manager, Harmonix - Jason came back this year and shared the role the art department played in the new Beatles Rockband game!
We had lots of exciting giveaways - a full Master Bundle from Craft Animations, a Wacom Intuous4 medium tablet, a SpacePilot input device, Rockband Games and more!! Thanks to our gracious sponsors and sorry about the beer!!!
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NEDAG MEETING: 3D JOBS; A panel discussion
tuesday, september 29th
mit
6:30pm
The jobs panel discussion was a great success! If you've got feedback, or ideas for future meetings please email Heidi.
Panelists included:
THOM ANG: Art Director, 38 Studios
KEVIN FANNING: Manager of Strategic Staffing, Harmonix
LANE FEUER: Artist/Sculptor, Hasbro
KRISTIN CASASANTO: Director Career Services
GAEL MCGILL: CEO DigiZyme, Harvard Lecturer, Medical Visualition Specialist
Brad Porter, Great Eastern, was moderator.
RECAP: Zack Petroc's Character Design using ZBrush was our greatest training offering ever!!
Twelve individuals were lucky enough to procure seats to learn from the master. I'll be posting more info shortly, so stay tuned...
RECAP: The first meeting of NEDAG: North East Digital Artists Group was held on Tuesday, May 26th at Mt. Ida College in Newton, MA - it was great!!
Gustavo Fontana gave an awesome presentation on modelling with Modo, Rhino and T-Splines for design.
The purpose of the North East Digital Artists Group is to promote the free exchange of information related to the creation of 3d art: learning, networking and supporting the development of 3d artists in the north east.
You can email Heidi if you have questions orcheck out the NEDAG group site to sign up for emails...
RECAP: 3D Stimulus Day totally rocked. Over 125 digital artists showed up in Newton for a jam-packed day of learning. A huge thank you to an unbelievable line-up of VOLUNTEER speakers, host and crew...
If you enjoyed 3D Stimulus Day and want us to keep putting together these free, educational sessions, please think of us when you need to buy 3d software or hardware!
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