Plympton's Comic of the Week: "A Test for our Elected Officials". A new outrageous comic by Bill Plympton can be found each Friday at his website.

PG Studio is a production management tool that helps production houses
produce cost effective computer animation. Among its features are script
and storyboard breakdown into scenes, shots, and frames; organization of
production documents according to script structure; identification of
production tasks from the script; allocation of production tasks to
creative and technical staff; establishment of total task time within the
schedule; compilation of a running production budget including staff and

The Electronic Schoolhouse is a new program at SIGGRAPH providing educators and students with an environment in which they can explore and learn the many ways in which computer graphics are taught and used in the classroom. This program will launch at the 26th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, August 8-13, 1999.

Both DHIMA and AIA have new classes starting in July. Highlights on the CG side (DHIMA) - Starts the week of July 12: Maya; 3D Max; After Effects; Photoshop; Avid NT Editing; Game Design and Programming - Level 1. Special offer to new DHIMA CG July students: DHIMA will give out SIGGRAPH '99 exhibit passes to the first 50 students who register for the July session. SIGGRAPH '99 will happen at the Los Angeles Convention Center, August 8-13, 1999.

Eoin Clarke's DEVIANT! won the Best of Festival award at the first New York
Animation Festival. The first New York Animation Festival presented a
diverse international program of film and video animation from May 13-15 in
New York City. Over 2500 attended the three-day event which was held in
Greenwich Village at The New School for Social Research's Tishman
Auditorium. Here is the complete list of winners: Best of Festival:
DEVIANT! by Eoin Clarke; Honorable Mention: ONE SELF: FISH GIRL by Emily

* Tuesday, April 27, 7:45 pm. San Francisco, California, USA.


SF ACM/SIGGRAPH sponsors a presentation on animating paintings in WHAT
DREAMS MAY COME. Scheduled speakers include Nicholas Brooks, Visual Effects
Director; Ed Davis, Lunarfish; Mike Schmitt, Giant Killer Robots; Laura
Kelly, LA-based effects team member; Pierre Jamin and Peter Litwinowicz of
RE:Vision FX. The presentation will be preceded by a social 'hour' from
6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. Where: Fort Mason Center Landmark Bldg. A, Marina Blvd.

On March 25, 1999, 7-10 pm, you are invited to join Santa Monica-based DH
Institute of Media Arts (DHIMA) in celebrating demo reels of new graduates
and current work produced by our students. After a ton of hard work, these
DHIMA students are ready to blow off some steam with staff, students,
alumni, and industry. See why SIGGRAPH '97 and '98 recognized 11 of DHIMA
students with awards. Past graduates have gone on to work at companies such
as Digital Domain, Pixel Envy, SEGA, Namco, Square, Alias|Wavefront, etc.

On March 25, 1999, 7-10 pm, you are invited to join Santa Monica-based DH Institute of Media Arts (DHIMA) in celebrating demo reels of new graduates and current work produced by their students. After a ton of hard work, these DHIMA students are ready to blow off some steam with staff, students, alumni, and industry. See why SIGGRAPH '97 and '98 recognized 11 of DHIMA students with awards. Past graduates have gone on to work at companies such as Digital Domain, Pixel Envy, SEGA, Namco, Square, Alias|Wavefront, etc. DHIMA will provide drinks, snacks and music.

SIGGRAPH 99, taking place in Los Angeles from August 8-12, is currently accepting entries for the Computer Animation Festival. The selected films and videos will appear in either the daily screening room, the Electronic Theater or in other special events. Entries can be sent in many areas including animation, entertainment, special effects, visualization, research and technique, education, architecture, art, music, dance, non-narrative and experimental works, commercial productions and student-produced works. Film submissions must be received by April 7, 1999.

Career Boot Camp, presented by the L.A. Chapter's of SIGGRAPH and Women in Animation, is a one-day intensive computer animation-geared event taking place Sunday, March 7 from 9-5 p.m. at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California. The program is designed to inform people interested in breaking into the computer animation and visual effects industries. Attendees will hear from industry professionals from such companies as Industrial Light & Magic, the Walt Disney Company, Pacific Data Images (PDI), Tippett Studios, Area 51 and numerous others.