Creature designer Neville page and director J.J. Abrams discuss the conception of the monster in Super 8.
via wired.com

We’re excited to release our new 30 second commercial for Gnomon, directed by Meni Tsirbas of Gnomon Studios and MeniThings Productions.

Join us for a special lighting panel and technology presentation on Thursday, February 16th, starting at 7:30 PM. Moderated by Rob Bredow; artists Josh Mossotti, Kevin Souls, Alessandro Jacomini and Andy Lomas will share a panel discussing how they approach their work by presenting examples of their CG lighting techniques.

Stick around for a technology presentation after the panel, hosted by Andy Lomas and The Foundry. This is a special glimpse at the new look development and lighting tool called KATANA, currently in use at Sony Imageworks, ILM and Digital Domain.

Info and schedule at www.gnomonschool.com

Sensitivity in art is vital, especially when women are involved. Join concept artist/pinup enthusiast Paul Richards and veteran model Stacy E. Walker as they guide you through the do’s and don’ts of portraying the female form.

Schedule

Thursday, Jan. 26th
7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.: Meet-and-greet with Paul and Stacy
7:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m.: Sensitivity Training (Lecture)
9:45 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Life drawing session

More info at Babe Lab.

Where

Gnomon School of Visual Effects
1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038
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Guest Speaker

Paul Richards
Concept Artist/Pinup Enthusiast

Paul Richards is a concept artist and drawing junkie based in Irvine, CA. Paul has worked at Powerhouse Comics, ION Storm, id Software, 3D Realms, Ritual Entertainment, Raven Software, Vigil Games and Blizzard Entertainment. View Paul’s work at autodestruct.com.

Check out “Syd Mead – Progressions” traveling art exhibit premiering January 26th, 2012 at the Forest Lawn Museum in Glendale, California.

Revolver Magazine voted Puscifer’s “Man Overboard”, directed by Meats Meier, Best Music Videos of 2011.

Raphael Lacoste, Ubisoft Art Director, featured on G4 and Wired online, showcasing his amazing work on Assasins Creed Revelations. To learn more about how he creates his beautiful worlds, check out his tutorial on Digital Environment Creation.

Join us on Saturday, December 3rd for the second Gnomon Gallery show to showcase the best work of students and recent graduates from the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, featuring characters, creatures, models, matte paintings and more.

Gnomon Gallery
Saturday, December 3rd
7:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M.

More information at the Gnomon Gallery »

Gnomon is excited to announce our partnership with Saga, a unique school that teaches computer graphics, arts and animation to young adults across Brazil, in the development of Axis, a new facility to be launched Spring 2012. Axis represents a collaboration between our two schools to foster the next generation of entertainment artists in South America. By providing a professional education to aspiring artists in São Paulo, we hope to inspire and motivate more students to follow their passion and transform that energy into creative careers in film, broadcast and games.

For more information, visit the the new site for Axis!

Join us for a special, behind-the-scenes look at Digital Domain’s work on the recently released hit Real Steel. Stick around for an in-depth presentation by Marcel De Jong as he shares tips and tricks for Autodesk Maya and demos new features of Mudbox and Motion Builder.

Don’t miss this chance to sharpen your skills, brought to you by RFX and Autodesk. Save the date and show up early for free refreshments!

Info and schedule at www.gnomonschool.com

Today The Gnomon Workshop and concept designer Harald Belker combine forces again for the 6th installment of his entertainment design and concept creation series. In The Art of ‘PULSE’
Designing Futuristic Racing Vehicles, Belker covers the latest concept techniques utilized by many of today’s top designers in the entertainment industry. Based primarily on concepts from his latest book, Harald demonstrates how his techniques have changed over the years, now utilizing both 2D and 3D applications and techniques to generate the bold imagery and designs in his latest work. Read the Press Release

This title is available as a digital download and is also featured in our training subscription plans.
The Art of ‘PULSE’ Designing Futuristic Racing Vehicles

Join us for two weeks of new, exclusive classes in an interactive, online event. Each class focuses on a different element of the visual effects or games industries and allows individuals to discuss the content with the instructors.
One ticket gives you access to all 14 classes!

www.gnomonschool.com/master

Instructor: Axel Stanley-Grossman
Format: DVD-Rom, Digital Download, Online Subscription

View a collection of concept designer Neville Page’s work from various film projects, including digital images, original 2D and 3D artwork and prototypes from select films. Opening reception is Saturday, October 1st at 7:00 P.M. at Gnomon Gallery.

The Gnomon Workshop is proud to announce the release of the first volume in a new foundational figure drawing series by renowned artist and teacher, Jack Bosson. Titled Drawing the Figure: Volume 1 Capturing the Gesture, Jack demonstrates the importance of gesture when communicating the human form to an audience. Gesture establishes both the motion and emotion of the subject while also showing intent. These are important not only to realistically capture what the model is doing, but is also an important storytelling tool that brings the audience into the story you are trying to tell with a single image. Read the Press Release

This title is available as a digital download and is also featured in our training subscription plans.
Drawing the Figure: Volume 1 Capturing the Gesture

Join us this Thursday, Sept. 29th, as Gnomon hosts a special drawing workshop with Sketch Theatre and The Gallery Girls at the Gnomon Stage. This event will feature live models, lots of drawing and live music. This drawing workshop is brought to you by The Gallery Girls and a $10 donation is suggested.

When: Thursday, Sept. 29th, 10:00 P.M. — 1:00 A.M.
Where: Gnomon Stage, 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, CA
$10 Suggested Donation to The Gallery Girls

Instructor: Jack Bosson
Format: DVD-Rom, Digital Download, Online Subscription

We’re pleased to share with you two new free ZBrush tutorials by character artist Mark Dedecker, who has worked as the lead character artist at Gentle Giant Studios and ignition Entertainment, specializing in high and low resolution modeling and texturing for film and game characters! Hope you enjoy these quick tips and techniques!

Texture to displacement
In this video I will be discussing how to create seams in cloth using polygroups based on the UV shells of a model. We will also be discussing how to convert UV based texture files (in this case the cloth pattern of a shirt) into a displacement map and how to place it on the model as sculptural detail.

Displacement tutorial
In this video we will be discussing the process of generating 16 bit and 32 bit displacements. We will also cover using the GoZ plugin in order to export models and how it automates the displacement setup process in Maya.

Aaron just launched his directors website. Check it out!
www.aaronsims.com

‘Fright Night‘ now in theaters and featuring work by Brandon Young and Jared Simeth.