Monthly Archives: February 2005

Eight extraordinary titles

Posted by The Gnomon Workshop on February 23, 2005 – 3:00 pm
Filed under Latest News, Release Archive

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The Gnomon Workshop adds to its digital and analog collections this month with eight extraordinary titles. Joining the Digital library, the Gnomon Workshop is thrilled to welcome art director Aaron Sims with his new 2-DVD collection on Creature Design. The Gnomon Workshop is also honored to welcome master visual storyteller Iain McCaig’s titles to our analog library. Over four beautiful DVDs, Iain introduces the student to the critical process of developing a story, the characters, costumes and the environment necessary to create a compelling, beautiful fairy-tale. This month Scott Robertson also returns with two contributions to the Gnomon Workshop analog library: one title on creating environments, the other focusing on industrial design rendering.

Details are available by following the links below:

Creature Design with Aaron Sims Volume 1: Designing with Photoshop, XSI and ZBrush
Creature Design with Aaron Sims Volume 2: Designing with Photoshop, XSI and Deep Paint
Visual Storytelling with Iain McCaig Volume 1: Anatomy of a Story
Visual Storytelling with Iain McCaig Volume 2: Cosmic Mermaid Character Design
Visual Storytelling with Iain McCaig Volume 3: Sea King/Space Witch Character Design
Visual Storytelling with Iain McCaig Volume 4: Human Character and Environment Design
The Techniques of Scott Robertson Creating Unique Environments
The Techniques of Scott Robertson Industrial Design Rendering – Bicycle

This month we will have two sets of releases

Posted by The Gnomon Workshop on February 2, 2005 – 3:00 pm
Filed under Latest News, Release Archive

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This year will be a landmark time for the Gnomon Workshop as we venture forward with many more visual effects and concept design titles. Things are very exciting for us, and the community, as we continue to work with leading
industry artists and designers. We have close to 100 titles in development for 2005 release. The Gnomon Workshop has grown a lot. We first of all want to thank the community for all of its support and enthusiasm for our efforts. We are passionate about education and are truly honored to be working with such amazing talent.

This month we will have two sets of releases. Today we are announcing seven new Digital DVDs that cover Digital Sets, Panoramic Imaging, Photogrammetry and ZBrush.

Eric Hanson, a leader in the field of Digital Sets for film, with credits that range from The Fifth Element and The Day After Tomorrow, has completed three DVDs on urban Digital Set creation. These titles cover Design, Modeling, Texturing, Lighting, Rendering and Compositing using Maya and Shake.

We also welcome Greg Downing, a pioneer in the fields of panoramic spherical photography and image based modeling, who has completed three in-depth DVDs. The image based techniques of photogrammetry and panoramas have wide applications in the visual effects field, and Greg’s DVDs highlight the unique techniques that he has developed over the years.

Alex Alvarez has returned to DVD production with the creation of his first ZBrush title. Alex has been a 3D character artist for many years and has now fully embraced ZBrush, an amazing new medium for digital sculpting. His eight-hour DVD focuses on the detailed head sculpting and texturing of a new character.

Later this month, we are also excited to be releasing an additional eight new titles by concept designers Iain McCaig, Scott Robertson and Aaron Sims. Designs by these artists can be seen in a myriad of films including Star
Wars: Episode One, Minority Report, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and upcoming films such as War of the Worlds and Fantastic Four. Look for news about these titles in the coming weeks.

ZBrush
Head Sculpting and Texturing: ZBrush Techniques with Alex Alvarez

Digital Sets
Digital Sets 1: Design, Modeling and Camera Urban Environments with Eric Hanson
Digital Sets 2: Lighting and Texturing Urban Environments with Eric Hanson
Digital Sets 3: Rendering and Compositing Urban Environments with Eric Hanson

Panoramic Imaging and Image Based Modeling
Spherical Panoramic Photography Creating Compelling Environments with Greg Downing
Image Based Modeling: Essentials 3D Modeling from Photographs with Greg Downing
Image Based Modeling: Advanced 3D Modeling from Panoramas with Greg Downing