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1. 'The Dump'
2. Alessandro Carloni
3. Anatomical Travelogue
4. Mathias Kollros
5. Siggraph Diary 2008
   
Dawn of War 2 Cinematic
Plastic Wax Animation Cinematic for Warhammer - Dawn Of War 2.
Autodesk Design OZ Tour
Next Monday, Autodesk stages the Design SuperUser Visualization tour in Sydney.
PLF on Hulk
Pixel Liberation Front shows its PreViz prowess on the latest Hulk blockbuster.
Diggnation at NVISION
Web culture show based on the top Digg.com social bookmarking news stories will appear at Visual Computing event.
SIGGRAPH Friday
High-end sessions, meetings and exhaustion marks the end day of the 2008 SIGGRAPH.
   
CGTalk Mini challenges and competitions Mini Challenges & Competitions
There are plenty of fantastic contests, mini-challenges and competitions to get carried away with in CGTalk. Go and have a look around.
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Compositing Workshop CGWorkshop Choices
Two CGWorkshops are now open for enrollment! Steve Wright jumps into Compositing using Shake and we also have Scripting in Maya with MELScript and PYTHON with Todd Widdup. Check the links for dates.
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EXPOSE 6 Around the World EXPOSÉ Around The World
To celebrate the launch of EXPOSÉ 6, and to highlight the international diversity of artists included in our books, Ballistic Publishing rushed copies to them, and asked them to photograph themselves with the book.
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NVISION NVScene
SIGGRAPH - Oktapodi
SIGGRAPH Wednesday
SIGGRAPH Variety
SIGGRAPH Tuesday
3D and CAF Special
SIGGRAPH Monday
Monday Mayhem
SIGGRAPH Friday
Sunday, 17 August 2008

High-end sessions, meetings and exhaustion marks the end day of the 2008 SIGGRAPH.
SIGGRAPH - Oktapodi - Gobelin graduates win Best of Show and Audience Prize with Oktapodi, at Computer Animation Festival.
SIGGRAPH Wednesday - So much to see, so many people to meet, and a cool collection of party invites at the end of it all. It's a Blur!
SIGGRAPH Variety - SIGGRAPH is the greatest place to meet new friends and colleagues; and refresh the studio magic.
SIGGRAPH Tuesday - Trade show floor opens. Here comes the community hitting the market. Excitement ensues.
Burma Aid
Saturday, 17 May 2008

Updated collaboration by Shilo VFX house on MTV project for Burma brings attention thru inventive CG work.
Krakatoa on Rugby - Unexpected uses Krakatoa on VFX-Intensive Ad for Snickers via BBDO Moscow.
Seagulls drive Volkswagens - Marcelo Souza from Seagulls Fly in Brazil takes us for a drive round the block in their Volkswagen.
Ultimate Kit Kat - In creating the spot for the ‘Ultimate Break’ Kit-Kat campaign for JWT Paris and Nestlé, Akama Studio aimed high. Very high.
The MIll: Tipping Point - The Mill uses Houdini to deliver the Perfect Pour in its Guinness 'Tipping Point' Ad.
The Mummy
Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Unraveling the Layers of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Digital Domain cracks open the process of animating the Terracotta Army.
Hellboy II - All the CG creature features shine in the Hellboy Golden Army sequel.
The Dark Knight - FX Supervisor Paul Franklin talks about the days before The Dark Knight.
Anatomical Travelogue - Frantic Films Software provides vital tools like Deadline, Krakatoa and Awake help create amazing medical visuals.
The Little Robot That Could - WALL•E floors the audiences in Pixar’s latest animation venture.
Alessandro Carloni
Tuesday, 12 August 2008

From cel 2D to DreamWorks 3D The Artist as a Storyteller
Synaesthesia Encore 2008 - Hearing music, seeing sounds, Justin Lassen continues to create digital musical art, in collaboration with the community.
Luciano Neves - Brazilian Master works in TV, Film, Arch Viz, teaching and photography, while loving every second.
Liam Kemp - Original EXOTIQUE artist Liam Kemp extends his own Wonderful Life, creating gritty CG reality with The Normals.
John Gaeta - ‘Matrix’ & ‘Speed Racer’ Visual Effects Supervisor channels his unique perspective on experimental photography and CG into filmmaking.
Alioscopy 3DHD-40
Wednesday, 06 August 2008

Alioscopy showing its 3DHD-40 autostereoscopic display at SIGGRAPH.
AlterEgo - Pendulum announces new Facial Performance Division, AlterEgo will present at SIGGRAPH.
FacePro - Digital Concepts Group launches FacePro, Facial Motion capture Toolset plugin for the VICON Blade system.
Insects! - Insect rigging and animating for Maya artists made easy with the latest Digital-Tutors' training.
Animation Mentor at SIGGRAPH - Kelly, Baena and Beck lead a week of Animation Mentoring at SIGGRAPH.
Great White
Friday, 04 August 2006

Andrea Bertaccini puts aside his fear of sharks, and gets right up close and personal with the ultimate predator.
Little Metal Car - Édouard Puginier remakes a car from his childhood, complete with engine, lighting, atmosphere and scale.
Ed, Eddie, Eddie!! - Marcos Aurélio loves a caricature as much as a good lead break from Eddie Van Halen. He pays homage to Eddie as well as to David Plastik, rock photographer.
Lost in the Wind - Hong Jie Cao conjures up a fairy tale drama in Photoshop. Characters from his past make up the cast.
Dangerous Entertainments - Bizarre fantasy images are borne of an active imagination. They bring challenges in lighting, perspective, color and stretch your skills for the real world.
'The Dump'
Tuesday, 19 August 2008

Maxime Desmettre creates 'The Dump' for EXPOSÉ 6
Mathias Kollros - Kollros' dainty little tea party '5 O’Clock in Orkzland' won the Master Award for the Humorous category. Here, he discusses his party plan.
Michael Kutsche - EXPOSÉ 6 Master digital painter Michael Kutsche takes us through the creation of one tough Boxer.
Homage to Sidonio Porto - Marcelo Eder shows his process for creating the cover image of Ballistic Publishing's newly released ELEMENTAL 3.
Floating Fish - Another ‘Strange Behavior’ CGChallenge entrant rises to become a Master Award winner in EXPOSÉ 6.
Siggraph Diary 2008
Friday, 08 August 2008

Siggraph Diary 2008
SOFTIMAGE Live Event - Softimage Online XSI 7 Launch Event showing off the Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) and announcing World Tour.
Uplift Universe Video Awards - The winners of the Individual Video, Team Video and many Special Skill categories for CGSociety’s CGChallenge XXII have been announced.
EXOTIQUE 4 Call for entries open - Ballistic Publishing invites you to submit your work for EXOTIQUE 4: THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CG CHARACTERS.
ELEMENTAL 3 available for pre-order! - Ballistic is very pleased to announce the latest addition to the ELEMENTAL series.
3ds Max Design 2009
Friday, 30 May 2008

Architectural Visualization expert takes Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009 through its paces.
EIAS Version 7 - Brian Pohl has a look under the hood of the latest version of the Electric Image Animation System.
Image Metrics - An image is worth a thousand words, but the face says them all. CGSociety explores Image Metrics.
ZBrush 3.0 - Pixologic releases the long awaited ZBrush 3.0 to a hungry community.
NVIDIA Quadro FX Range - Quadro FX Workstation graphics cards are stacked up and put through their paces.
SIGGRAPH Animation Mother
Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Holographic animated image revealed as centerpiece for SIGGRAPH 2008 Computer Animation Festival awards.
CGPortfolio Poll Winners - Linda Bergkvist wins the CGPortfolio Poll for most popular online gallery.
Autodesk World Press Days 2008 - The year just gone, to the years ahead. The world of previz is just one area of focused interest to Autodesk.
Vote for the Top 100 3D movies of all time - Choose your favorite in our poll, and you could win an ATI graphics card, portable workstation or 3D World and Ballistic Media goodies.
Women in the Field - Credit lists without a single female’s name. Production houses dubbed “the boys club”.
No-More-Wine!, Simon Blanc (3D)
Country: United States
Software: Digital Fusion, Photoshop, XSI
Enchanted, Hethe Srodawa (2D)
Country: USA
Software: Photoshop
Land Rover Defender, Dennis Frick (3D)
Country: Germany
Software: CINEMA 4D
Snatch, Marek Okon (2D)
Country: Poland
Software: Photoshop
Army of Scorpions 2, Tomasz Jedruszek (2D)
Country: Poland
Software: Photoshop
Who is That?, Sean Hong (2D)
Country: China
Software: Painter, Photoshop
Portrait of a Girl, Rod Seffen (3D)
Country: United Kingdom
Software:
Bernadette, Stephen David Molyneaux (3D)
Country: United Kingdom
Software: 3ds max, mental ray, Photoshop, ZBrush
Eastern Diaojiao Lou, Ke Chen (3D)
Country: China
Software: 3ds max, Photoshop, VRay