Home to exceptional artists and technologists, Method, a Deluxe company, is an award-winning global VFX company working with top creators on features, episodics, advertising, and immersive experiences. Model Texture Artist, Method Studios Leonardo is a senior-level 3D generalist and a creature artist enthusiast. Miguel has had a lifelong fascination with movies that began when he saw The Terminator at 6 years old. The robots, future; of course the explosions blew him away. Fast forward to 1991 and the release of Terminator 2. The introduction of T-1000 was all it took to set 11-year-old Miguel on a quest to learn how such a creation was made. After many late nights of hard work and no sleep he has become a 3D Modeling Supervisor. He has worked on commercials, music videos, TV shows, theme park rides, and movies. Some of his latest work can be seen in The Avengers: Infinity War, Black Panther, Beauty and the Beast , and Doctor Strange. Miguel is a graduate of the Art Institute of Los Angeles. ZBrush in Digic's Character Workflow In this presentation we'll demonstrate how DIGIC has been using ZBrush over the years to create the characters in our trailers. ZBrush has become one of the backbones of our character creation workflow, from initial concepts through the creation of nuanced facial blendshapes, to the creation of deformations in our final shots. We'll go through a brief history of DIGIC's projects and how we expanded the use of ZBrush. DIGIC Pictures is a high-end animation studio specializing in full 3D animation and visual effects for feature films, commercials and the video game industry. DIGIC is best known for creating fine details and realistic characters as well as world-class rendering in the animated shorts we produce. In filmmaking, we are leveraging next generation technology to provide entirely new visual experiences for the CG audiences. In the past few years, our team's game trailers and intro movies for our clients have earned DIGIC Pictures critical acclaim. In 2014 Digic Pictures has had the honor of creating the CG cinematics for Activision Publishing's Call of Duty ®: Advanced Warfare video game, developed by Sledgehammer Games. Daniel Molnar born in 1989 is a character modeler at Digic Pictures, and for the past 2 years, he has also worked as a modeling lead at the Character Division recently, he was the character modeling lead on the League of legends: Climb trailer He is experienced in modeling, sculpting characters and creatures. When it comes to creatures, Daniel is not only enthusiastic about creating them, but about anything related to character design: evolving the existing pipeline, finding out new solut József Czakó is a Character Art Direcetor at DIGIC PICTURES. Fan of creatures, animals and drawing since childhood. He got his Master Degree as Industrial Designer at the Budapest University Of Technology And Economics in 2008. He joined the studio in 2011 to working on concept art, digital sculpting and texturing tasks on projects like Assassin's Creed Revelations and Mass Effect 3. As Character Art Director he debuted on the League of Legends 2018 Season Opener CLIMB cinematic trailer. After getting his first job in game development in 2000, he joined Digic Pictures in 2004 as a Character Modeler and worked on award-winning trailers and cinematics for games like Call of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Destiny, Mass Effect, and The Witcher; and also contributed to the CG animated feature Final Fantasy XV: Kingsglaive. Today, he's the Lead of Character Division at Digic, supervising all aspects of production, and also specializing in character modeling and facial rigging. Blur Studios Blur Studios will be discussing and demonstrating different aspects of the workflows for creating their iconic character models. They will go over sculpting techniques, including using ZBrush to aid in hair creation. They will also discuss mindset and what it takes to really up your artistic practice and ability. Blur Studio is an award-winning production company based in Culver City, California. Established in 1995, Blur is built upon a solid foundation of artistic excellence and technical ingenuity. Producing stunning live action, animation, visual effects and design for any platform is the heart and soul of our culture. I have been working in the CG industry for about 18 years. I started in an advertising company before moving to a game company about 11 years ago. I became a freelance artist working for Ubisoft, Crytek, Digic Pictures and Blur. I started to worked for Blur about 4 years ago and have been full time with them for more than 2 years now. Krystal has worked in the VFX industry for over 10 years. Her modeling, texturing and visual effects work can be seen in a broad range of blockbuster projects, including feature films, commercials, game cinematics and theme park experiences. An Oscar-winning creative studio, we have worked with some of the greatest storytellers in film today. Collaborating with directors and producers across the complete filmmaking process to help design, plan and create beautiful images, we focus on finding innovative solutions to support their vision and reach new heights. Currently working as a Lead Modeler at Framestore London, I have been working in 3D for about 16 years with about 12 of those being in VFX. Over this time I have been involved in the production of commercials, documentaries, websites, retail installations and most recently, feature films. He has more than 12 years of experience in VFX modeling and concepting and has contributed in multiple VFX Oscar-winning movies. He holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts which has always helped him while making artistic decisions. Founded in 1997, Pixologic develops, markets and supports innovative software that is opening new doors for creative expression. ZBrush is a graphic application aimed at simplifying the science behind generating computer graphics. ZBrush appeals to a wide audience by providing empowering tools that give users intuitive and visual control over the digital images they create. Kris Costa The beauty of ZBrush is that there are many ways to provide solutions for design and model challenges. Kris will be demonstrating how he personally approaches realistic portraiture, down to the pore level. Kris is on a personal quest to achieve realism without relying on ready-made textures or photos, so he will be demonstrating his artistic abilities as he details and paints his textures by hand and from scratch, in the same way he created his recent realistic portraits. His tools of choice are ZBrush, Maya, Arnold Render and Photoshop. He used ZBrush extensively in both challenges. He had also created lots of free tutorials to help beginners and advanced users learning modeling, texturing, shading etc. We will illustrate the creative workflow used in the art department by presenting creature turntables from ZBrush and Clarisse and concept paintings illustrating the evolution of the Kaiju designs from concept to final models. By showing the evolution of the Rippers, Breacher Kaiju, and Mega Kaiju designs through ZBrush to Photoshop we will craft an exciting and informative view of the work DNEG created for this exciting project. We are one of the world's leading visual effects, animation and stereo conversion companies for feature film and television with studios in London, Vancouver, Mumbai, Los Angeles, Chennai, Montréal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Goa. Since the opening of our first studio in London in 1998 we've always focused on building close working relationships with filmmakers. We thrive on collaboration and the creative energy this provides, and we are dedicated to delivering excellence on every project we are involved with. We've brought home the Oscar for 'Best VFX' for three out of the last four years. In total, we've been honoured with 4 Academy Award wins, 4 BAFTA Awards and 8 Visual Effects Society Awards for our work on shows like 'Blade Runner 2049', 'Dunkirk', 'Ex Machina', 'Interstellar', 'Inception' and 'Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2'. Lucas Cuenca is a Senior Creature Artist who specialise in creatures from concept design to final production model. He have been working for Films, Commercials, Cinematics, and 3d printing for the past 8 years, some of the companies he worked for are : Double Negative, Nike, Electric Theatre Collective, Blue Bolt, Union, and many more around the globe. He has serve as a concept designer, modelling and texturing artist at Double Negative for the last few years Some of the films he worked are : Pacific Rim Uprising, Assassin Creed, Star Trek Beyond, Justice League, Deadpool 2, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and others, also he has been training students and professionals in the arts of Zbrush. Now Lucas is based in Vancouver, Canada continuing his passion for creatures in the film industry. Madeleine Scott-Spencer has used ZBrush extensively for over 14 years as a visual effects concept artist as well as an instructor for The Gnomon Workshop. Maddie has worked with Weta, Double Negative, Pixologic, Gentle Giant Studios, Activision, Hasbro, and other major studios. She lives in London, England. Creating modular architectural assets using Zbrush In this presentation Nate, Glauco and Rafael will show the different ways ZBrush is used in the process of game art creation. Using the power and flexibility of ZBrush, a tiling decorative trim piece will be created using the Crease tools, ZModeler and new Live Boolean features. Maintaining clean topology, as well as creation of the low and high poly versions will be demonstrated and explained. We will also discuss game development best practices and strategies for characters and environments. Building upon God of War team's commitment to excellence in presentation and core mechanics, Santa Monica Studio has also been a pioneer in innovation and mentoring new voices in gaming. Based on a model established with the widely acclaimed thatgamecompany flOw, Flower, Journey , Santa Monica Studio has since acted as an incubator for the Giant Sparrow team The Unfinished Swan and SuperBot Entertainment PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. The studio team has also been a leader in the downloadable space, publishing innovative and award-winning games for the PlayStation®Network, including flOw, Flower, Journey, Warhawk, Linger in Shadows, Everyday Shooter, Fat Princess, Escape Plan, Sound Shapes, The Unfinished Swan, the PixelJunk series, Hohokum and more. Glauco Longhi is a Lead Character Artist currently working at Sony Santa Monica Studio. He has more than 12 years of experience in both Digital and Traditional art. His career started back in 2006, working for advertising studios in Brazil. After a couple years, he decided to start his own studio but focused on traditional sculpture and makeup FX. After some years he migrated back to video games and digital art. Additionally, Nate has produced videos for the Gnomon Workshop that cover modeling and sculpting in ZBrush and Maya. Make it happen in ZBrush - The workflow This demo will be a walkthrough of my entire workflow to produce a polished artwork in ZBrush, from concept to render. I will also share how I approach the compositing of ZBrush passes in Photoshop and show some tips on how I plan and manage a ZBrush project. Using ZBrush to Create Content for Story Pitches. Zack Petroc Studios, Inc. They will showcase specific topics that range from sculpting the stylized head of your main character to creating story-moments and 3D prints aimed at making your project more memorable for fans and potential investors. The Studio will also talk about including development plans aimed at our community of story creators and the artists that bring those stories to life. A sculpture major from Ohio cons his way into the film industry and accidentally earns two Oscars, two Golden Globes, one Visual Effects society Award that lights up and three ZBrush Top Row Statues - all while lurking in the shadows of Disney Animation, siphoning their powers of masterful story development. Zack is also the founder of , a brand new community where storytellers and the artists that bring those stories to life can come together. It offers a platform for artists to develop their projects, build a following and get recurring funding. As an early contributing artist, you'll have the opportunity to work directly with our collaborating software developers to shape the site into an amazing tool on your journey to creative independence. Fourth Annual ZBrush Awards This year marks the fourth annual ZBrush Awards ceremony. The ZBrush Awards are given to artists that have been nominated by their peers at ZBrushCentral. Every post between June 15, 2017 and June 14, 2018 is eligible for an award. Winners will be announced live at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 29th, 2018. Founded in 1997, Pixologic develops, markets and supports innovative software that is opening new doors for creative expression. ZBrush is a graphic application aimed at simplifying the science behind generating computer graphics. ZBrush appeals to a wide audience by providing empowering tools that give users intuitive and visual control over the digital images they create. Certain Affinity CA was founded in 2006 as a bootstrap startup with the goal of creating innovative, top-quality action games. CA brings together an exceptionally experienced, unusually talented group to form the largest independent developer in Austin, Texas. Fortnite Presentation is exclusive to on-site guests only, and will not be available online. Seating will be on a first-come first-served basis, be here early! Adam is a Senior 3D Character Artist currently living in Cary, North Carolina, working at Epic Games. He has had the privilege of working on The Order 1886 as Lead Character Artist, as well as on Uncharted 4: A Thief's End -- two of the most visually stunning games of this generation. At Epic Adam has contributed to next gen character development efforts in UE4 as was seen at Siggraph 2017 with the Meet Mike demo and the Siren Demo at GDC 2018. He is currently working with the Fortnite team creating a wide range of character ethnicities for FN Battle Royale. Vitaliy is a Lead Character artist at Epic Games. Engineering Toys and Collectibles for Production The presentation will go over the basics of preparing a ZBrush model for use in manufacturing or 3D printing. It will also present an overview of my career as a toy and collectible sculptor and highlight how working in that business has changed over the years. Founded in 1997, Pixologic develops, markets and supports innovative software that is opening new doors for creative expression. ZBrush is a graphic application aimed at simplifying the science behind generating computer graphics. ZBrush appeals to a wide audience by providing empowering tools that give users intuitive and visual control over the digital images they create.
