Talk on Animation by Matthew Hamill

The Dover Boys (1942) - an example of exaggerated animation with great ideas an d inspiration for movement. Use pause and full stop buttons on your keyboard to see frame-by-frame stills on YouTube.  YouTube is one of the best platforms for free references online. It's recommended to record your own but there are many sources available …

Talk on Concept Art by Darren Beattie

Who is Darren Darren Beattie is a Hertfordshire 2015 graduate who completed a course in 3D Digital Animation and worked for Billygoat Entertainment in Belfast. It's exciting to know that the showed his showreel at a Toody Threedy event to William Barr and managed to land a job at his company shortly after graduating. He held …

Talk on xGen by Michael Cauchi

Who is Michael Michael  is a groom key artist who gave a talk in our class about xGen: a powerful instancing tool used mainly for grooming and populating scenes with instanced geometry.    One of the key things to know about xGen is clean and correct naming conventions. I have previously worked with fur and instanced …