Ben Mathis Talks Digital Artistry and BodyPaint
Fred Galpern catches up with Ben Mathis to find out more about his career after recently leading the GDC Visual Arts Track on Maxon BodyPaint.
Fred Galpern's Recent Posts
GDC 2008: New Tools, More Convergence and Outsourcing
Fred Galpern reports back from GDC 2008 on the launch of Havok Cloth and Destruction, Star Wars: The Forced Unleashed, realtime rendering and more.
Maya 2008 Review: Workflow is Key
Fred Galpern tests Maya 2008 and discovers a significant change to Autodesk's approach to Maya development well worth the investment.
modo 301 Review: Upping the Animation Ante
Taylor Jessen reviews five short films -- Carnival of Animals by Michaela Pavlatova, Battle of the Album Covers by Rohitash Rao, guy101 by Ian W. Gouldstone, Look for Me by Laura Heit and My Love by Alexander Petrov.
modo 203 Review: More Than Just a Free Update
Christopher Harz gets serious about the booming business of serious games, reporting back on the highlight of the Serious Games Summit.
Painter X: A Maturing Tool Kit
Fred Galpern opens up a copy of Painter X and tells us if its matured into production environment worthiness or its just like working with chalk and safety scissors.
endorphin 2.7 Review: Crafting Better Animated Humanoids
Ellen Wolff uncovers the beautiful yet chilling 3D effects created by Intelligent Creatures for The Number 23.
Maya 8.5 Review: Cloth That's A Cut Above the Rest
VFXWorld polled professionals to see how they are coping with some of the latest technical challenges. Bill Desowitz reports back with a few highlights.
Mudbox Review: 'Freedom to Choose' for Digital Sculptors
Dale Hendrickson, who worked on the original She-Ra and He-Man series, chats with veteran producer Lou Scheimer about his work on the two series, as well as his overall career in animation.
Book Reviews: 'Exposé 4' and 'd'artiste: Concept Art'
Fred Galpern cracks open copies of Ballistic Publishing's latest releases, Expos4 and d'artiste: Concept Art, to find out if the artwork inside is worth the cover price or better left on the shelf.
ADAPT 2006 Conference: Advancing Digital Art Production
Fred Galpern gives a preview of what digital artists can expect to experience later this month at the first ADAPT 2006 Conference in Montreal.
modo 202 Review: A Worthy Upgrade?
Steve Sullivan, director of R&D at Industrial Light & Magic, tells Barbara Robertson about the new interactive previs system ILM is developing.
Maya 8 Review: How the Standard-Bearer Holds Up
VFXWorld begins its new excerpt series from Will Cunninghams book, The Magic of Houdini.
LightWave v9: Worth the Price?
AWN and VFXWorld editors Bill Desowitz, Sarah Baisley and Rick DeMott attended the VES Festival of Visual Effects, reporting back on secrets to the magic that were on display.
Massive Black: Artists First, Everything Else Second
Fred Galpern talks to Massive Black, the San Francisco-based indie team of concept artists, sculptors and animators. They are the go-to guys when the entertainment industry needs visual development and asset creation.
Mudbox Preview: A Dream Come True for 3D Artists
Fred Galpern takes a sneak peek at Mudbox, the soon to be released digital sculpting tool from Skymatter, and the beta report is sure to whet your appetite.
modo 201 Review: New Texture Painting and Rendering
Alain Bielik discovers how Mainframe altered its design process to achieve more realistic MoCap for Tony Hawk in Boom Boom Sabotage.
Carrara 5.1 Pro: Priced & Polished for 3D Beginners
In this months Mind Your Business, Mark Simon tackles the ins and outs of a freelancers dreaded necessity invoicing.
MotionBuilder 7.5 Review: The FBX Converter Factor
Alain Bielik wraps himself around the CG creatures and other creepy vfx that inhabit Slither.
Adobe After Effects 7 Review: Welcome Upgrade Value
Chris Robinson digs up It Pains Me to Say This by George Griffin for close inspection in this months Animators Unearthed.
