Featured Artists

Here's a collection of interviews of several 3D artists. Visit these links for tips, tricks, news and information from world renowned EIAS users.

Scott Novasic, June 2008

This month we have a conversation with Scott Novasic. Scott has over sixteen years of VFX experience and has won several local and national awards, including Gold Pro Max, Emmy, Telly and Addy awards.

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Tomas Egger, March 2007

This month we have a conversation with Tomas Egger, Film Director and VFX Supervisor of AD Studio, a TV Advertising Studio in Brazil. Egger, a recipient of multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and has worked with global brands such as Coca-Cola, Nokia, Motorola, Fiat, VolksWagen and more.

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Markus Groeteke, September 2005

This month we have a conversation with Markus Groeteke from 3dworks visual computing. Markus provides design services including digital production and editing of images, architectural animations /visualizations and interactive media.

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Tim Sassoon, January 2005

This month we have a double interview with Tim Sassoon (owner) and Johnathan Banta from Sassoon Film Design. SFD is a studio doing feature films, as well as large format (IMAX) and stereo productions. Their work includes Sesame Street 3D, Forces of Nature, among others.

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Eric Chauvin, July 2004

This month, we have a conversation with Eric Chauvin, from BlackPool Studios. Eric is an ex-Industrial Light & Magic matte painter who now works under his own firm "BlackPool Studios". His work includes: Smallville, Alias, Star Trek , among others.

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Van Ling, October 2004

For the navigation system of the "Star Wars" Classic Trilogy on DVD, disc producer and menu designer/creator Van Ling and his digital artists used Electric Image to create key elements and animations to bring new perspectives and movement to the multitude of menu environments.

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Brian Pohl, December 2003

This month's featured artist is lead previsualization artist/supervisor for Digital Domain, Brian Pohl. We sit down with Brian as he discusses with us his past work in such productions as Behind the Enemy Lines, The Hulk, K-19, Alex Proyas' I, Robot and Rob Cohen's Stealth.

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Damian Griffin, March 2004

Damian Griffin's animated short film "Blink" premiered in 2002 at the Austin Film Festival and proceeded to screen at 25 film festivals in the year 2003 including South by Southwest and the Los Angeles Film Festival. In fact, Blink was the unofficial winner at South by Southwest.

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Malcom Thain, October 2003

This month we converse with 3D digital sculptor, Malcolm Thain. Malcolm, currently living and working in his studio in Tasmania, Australia, discusses what drew him to 3D modeling and gives us some useful notes on his Ubernurbs modeling techniques.

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Cristóbal Vila, July 2003

This month, our featured artist is Cristóbal Vila of Etérea Estudios in Spain. Cristóbal received the Master (1st place) award in the category of Mechanical/still life of the 1st annual EXPOSÉ Awards, an unprecedented premium publication featuring the world's finest digital artwork.

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