Mundos Digitales is and event dedicated to 3D Animation and VFX, in which speakers from the most relevant companies in these fields participate such as Pixar, Weta Digital, Dreamworks, Framestore CFC, The Mill, Digital Domain, etc.
The event happens during the second week of July, and includes workshops, conferences, special sessions, and a competition-festival for independent short animation films. This competition is still open. See details in homepage.

If you missed our 2003 Christmas Intensive, here's another opportunity to strengthen your portfolio.

This workshop is open to beginners and high school students who are planning to appy to any visual arts program.

Life Drawing: This course introduces students to drawing the human figure. It focuses on basic exercises in gesture, contour, weight and modelled drawing using varied materials: pencil, ink, charcoal and conte.

Perspective and Structural Drawing: This course helps students develop skills in the basic mechanics of linear perspective. Perspective drawing is concerned with achieving a sense of space, depth, and the third dimension within the limits of the flat drawing surface.

Principles of Drawing: This course will teach students how to express 3-dimensional form using shape, line and tonal pattern.

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Maya

Please join us for a grand tour of Maya 6, the latest version of Alias' award-winning 3D animation and visual effects software. Maya 6 is packed with hundreds of new features and enhancements most requested by our customers to specifically meet artists everyday production demands. Whether you're a one-person graphic design shop or a large film production facility, Maya 6 can tackle any project, from the ordinary to the extraordinary!

MIPCOM 2004 will pay tribute to the DVD creative community with a series of awards. The prizes will be given out by a specialist jury with the sheer creativity behind the viewing experience as the spotlight. Categories include: Web features and interactivity, program content restoration, special features, navigation and graphic design.

The event will take place during the conference. For more information, visit http://www.mipcom.com/images/100400/emailing/mipcom2004_emailing1_020604.html.

IDG World Expo will host Macworld Conference & Expo, the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The event showcases products and services for professionals involved in media and creative content development for corporate and home applications, as well as consumers using the Mac at home. Macworld brings together the loyal base of Mac OS audiences in creative services, education, application development, entertainment, small office/home office and Internet-based environments. The event offers professionals and consumers alike the opportunity to discover the latest developments and hottest products these markets offer. The event will also feature "Birds of a Feather Meetings" (BOFs), which will cover topics ranging from digital photography to AppleScript to Macintosh consulting. Macworld Conference & Expo will run at the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC). The BOFs will take place on Wednesday, July 14 at 6:00 pm. BOFs offer a chance for members of the Mac community to meet in a structured forum for in-depth discussions with their peers. Open to all registered attendees, BOFs provide opportunities to network with other Mac users, find out answers to tough questions and discuss resources for accomplishing new goals at work and at home. For more information, visit www.macworldexpo.com.

Connichi 2004 is Germany's largest anime conventions. The event celebrates everything anime including films, manga and music. As part of the event, there will be an AMV competition. An AMV is a music video edited by a fan of Japanese animation with anime sequences. For more information about the event visit http://www.connichi.de. More details about the AMV contest can be found at http://amv-contest.animedownload.de.

The next StoryBoard Pitch Night is with a guest Christian Roman, who has been involved in animation for almost 12 years. His major credits include storyboards and storyboard supervisor on THE SIMPSONS from 1995-98, designing and directing two seasons of the series DISNEY'S FILLMORE! on ABC Kids and serving as director/co-exec producer on a new series for Disney Channel called AMERICAN DRAGON: NYC. The pitch list thus far is as follows: 1) Amanda Ricketts 2) Alareece DiAndrea 3) Christa L. Percival 4) Vaughn Johnson 5) Joanne LeCoque The event runs for 7:00 to 10:00 pm at The American Animation Institute, 4729 Lankershim Blvd. For more information or to get on the pitch list, e-mail frankenchrista@earthlink.net or call Christa at (323) 664-2711.

This class is designed for artists and photographers who want to explore the possibilities offered by digital image making. Attendees will discover how to use Adobe Photoshop for the creation of still imagery, image/text artwork, digital collage and digitally processed images. They will also learn how to prepare images for print, Web and video applications. Topics include paint tools, selections, editing, text, transformations, patterns, adjustments, layers, filters, palettes, file types/image modes and scanning.

The class will be taught by Rex Bruce. Los Angeles Center for Digital Art is located at 5723 Melrose Avenue, Suite 202, Los Angeles, California 90038. The price for the workshop is $195. It will run from 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. For more information, visit www.lacda.com/classes/photoshop.html or call (323) 646 9427.

Inspired Art Fair is the only U.K. annual art fair showcasing up to 70 independent undiscovered artists held at Old Truman Brewery, 91, Brick Lane, London E1,16th - 21st Nov. The launch in Oct. 2003 gave 49 international sculptors, drawers, painters, photographers and digital artists of exceptional quality the opportunity to show and sell their work to thousands of visitors and international galleries.

Animations are required to be projected at the Fair to contibute to the atmosphere. As the Fair is run on a voluntary basis, all animations will be shown without pay, but will get full credit in the corporate catalogue. Following a year-long advertising campaign including London Underground and Time Out magazine, thousands of people are expected to attend the Fair. This will include people from the Press and Trade Industry and representatives from the Art and Design world. This is an excellent opportunity to present animations to a desirable client base and to build important contacts for the future.