Posts Tagged ‘ animation ’
Centre NAD will be welcoming Michel Gagné for a new Master class on the Art and Animation of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, winner of the “Best Animated Video Game of the Year” from Annie Award. I had the chance to ask him a few questions. 1. Please tell us about yourself. What is your career [ READ MORE ]
The Centre NAD interviewed Szabolcs Horvátth, Technical Director at Digic Pictures (Hungary) who will present the production and technical pipelines used by Digic Pictures using the rendered cinematic for the Dragon Age 2 video game as an example. This master class will take place at Centre NAD on May 31th from 9AM to 5PM. 1. Please tell us about [ READ MORE ]
On February 12th, the NAD Centre will held an animation master class directed by Jason Ryan, Supervising animator at Walt Disney Animation Studios. I interviewed Jason by asking him a few questions regarding his upcoming workshop on the Integration of 2D Cell Technique in 3D Animation Workflow. 1. Tell us about yourself. What is your career [ READ MORE ]
Interview with Jonathan Simard (JVAU02), Graduate of the Video Games program, Fall 2002 session, Senior Animator at Beenox. 1- Which company do you work for and what position do you hold there? For the past 4 years I’ve been working as a senior animator at Beenox, a branch of Activision located in Quebec City. We just [ READ MORE ]
Interview with Jonathan Paquin (FX99), Graduate of the Visual Effects for Film and Television program, Animator at Weta Digital. 1- Which company do you work for and what position do you hold there? I’m currently working as animator at Weta Digital in New Zealand. My work consists in polishing up actors’ performances originating from motion capture [ READ MORE ]
Open Wide from Gino Vincelli on Vimeo. This is a short animation spoof on the crocodile bird at work ! The animation is based on the symbiosis between the egyptian plover and the crocodile. The crocodile will never eat the plover because the two species help each other. The plover cleans the crocodile’s teeth by [ READ MORE ]
Interview with Luc St-Onge (JV99), Graduate of the Video Games program, Animation Director, Ubisoft Montreal. 1- Which company do you work for and what position do you hold there? I’m currently working at Ubisoft Montreal as animation director. I’m in charge of the development of animators, of animation training needs and finally, of sharing within the animation [ READ MORE ]
Three students from the NAD Centre were lucky enough to win free passes to attend the CGCon conference that took place last October 3rd at Concordia University. Montreal was the first stop on this conference’s 7-month tour across Canada and the United States. Marie-Eve Authier, David Roux, Thomas Hullin as well as our animation professor, [ READ MORE ]
Steve Dupont, graduate of the Film and Television progam (1995) Animation Director, Electronic Arts Montreal Career Path Steve was headed towards a career in IT when a NAD Centre ad made him decide to go into 3D animation, a passion that was revealed in and out of itself. At the end of his studies, the [ READ MORE ]
Nadine Lavoie, Senior 3D Animator, Animal Logic, Australia Her beginnings… After long hours spent in front of the computer at the NAD Centre, Nadine Lavoie began her career at 4-Elements in Montreal. Working the night schedule, she was in charge of modeling and texture on 3D architectural projects. After a short stint at Zag Technologies, [ READ MORE ]
