Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

No club meeting this week of course.
See you next Friday at 5

THE BUS TO CTN

6 SPOTS LEFT ON THE BUS TO CTN

Go directly to Powell (RIGHT NOW)
talk to Monica on the 3rd floor
bring $45

Siggraph--A blurb by Lauren for those interested or in the dark...

Hi guys, So I've noticed that Siggraph 2011 as started accepting applications for their student volunteer positions. Yay! It runs from August 7 - 11, 2011.

In summary, Siggraph is one of the largest Computer Graphics Conferences in the US (and now for the very first time out of the country in Vancouver). It's hosted by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) which is pretty much the entire computer research and development community at large. ACM is separated into different categories depending on what type of research occurs.

For example, there's SIGART for artificial intelligence, SIGEVO for genetic computations, and SIGGRAPH for computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Every year, SIGGRAPH hosts a conference, which bring us back to the open application for student volunteers. If you're accepted as a volunteer, it's a 5 day conference and they pay for your entrance fee. The catch is you work for 18 hours throughout the week as a volunteer assisting with the conference. They don't cover room or board, but if we have enough friends we can make a decent room much cheaper.

At this conference it's not so much about traditional animation and illustration but more about current and emerging technologies and explanations how they created the more technology savvy parts of films and games as well as about new ways of interactivity.

I'd still suggest any CG animator to go because it's a great experience, and guess what: it's in VANCOUVER! totally excited about that. I've never been to Canada, but Vancouver is morphing into one of the key hotspots for the animation industry at the moment.

Here's the link to the student volunteer portion of their site:
http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/for_volunteers/student-volunteers

The deadline is February 14th, but be aware that to be a student volunteer at this event is insanely competitive and a bit of priority goes to those who apply first.... granted even if you don't get accepted you won't find out until maybe in spring, so it doesn't hurt to apply just in case.

Good luck to those who apply!

Reschedule

FRIDAYS GUEST SPEAKER CANCLED

Sorry all, I know you've been chomping at the bit but our presenter had a bit of a hiccup with his presentation.

We'll keep you posted on the new date and time.


Stay tuned and stop in to the club on Friday at 5!

Friday Night Speaker!

Hello ALL!


This Friday, we will receive guest speaker Kevin Chesnos

Kevin is an alumni and is currently teaching at AAU, and will talk about his experience
working on Bluesky, Disney and Pixar; as well as his student days.


Friday, November 12th, 8:00pm, room 804

Stay tuned in case there are any sudden changes.

Also, we will still meet at 5:00pm at the midpoint room. See you then!

Our First SPEAKER!

+++++ Update +++++++

Unfortunately, our guest won't be able to come this Friday!
We will re-schedule for later on.
We will still meet at 5:00 o'clock on Friday.

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The moment you've all been waiting for!

Our first fall 2010 speaker is...
AARON HARTLINE

Aaron has worked on several companies including Game Refuge (producing the game Rampage), Big Idea (Veggie Tales) and Blue Sky (Ice Age, Robots, Horton hears a Who) before landing at PIXAR, where he worked on UP and Toy Story 3.

click here to visit his blogs!

Aaron will talk about his career and some of his shots, including Mr. Tortilla Head!

Friday, November 5th, 8:00pm, room 804

Stay tuned in case there are any sudden changes.

Also, we will still meet at 5:00pm at the midpoint room. See you then!

Animation Club Meetings

Just in case you haven't visited Animation Club yet, the official time is...

Fridays 5PM in the Midpoint Room!

Town Hall in a Nutshell

Hey Everybody,

In case you missed the town hall meeting...here are a few important tidbits.

Take note of the legendary posters around the lab of Jason Patnode. If you are trying to join a collaborative or if you want to be involved but aren't sure where you might fit in make an appointment to see Jason in Nettie and Brian's office during business hours.

VFX Gateway is the best way to stay up on department news and ALL of the collaborative projects. http://vfxgateway.com/

On that note, email updates from the Gateway might be blasting soon so stay tuned. It might be going to your AAU email so if you don't want that, go onto SSS and change your contact email to the one that you actually use. Be prepared to receive academy emails though...

Think of some SOLUTIONS for trying to manage the busy hours at the lab...

Dila (VFX) and Mandy (ANM) are the undergrad reps. Naudia is the grad rep. Need info, have ideas, or concerns about the department? They're always in the lab somewhere.

Going to CTN? Buy your ticket and book your hotel NOW. Sign up right away in Nettie and Brian's office if you want to take the bus.

Animation Club...a boring name?

Hi Everyone,
It was suggested to us that we consider a spunky awesome name for our club...
Any suggestions? Yay or Nay?

Club meeting this FRIDAY!

Howdy everybody,

The club will be meeting in the midpoint room at 5PM on FRIDAYS starting this week.

Bring yourself and be awesome...

Animation Industry Panel: Monday October 4! 10am at Morgan Auditorium