The trailer for the Legend of the Guardian’s is out, a film that I worked on for best part of the past year.
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VES Award Winner
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Myself, David Woodland, Kim Taylor and Ben Walsh have just been awarded the VES award for best “Matte paintings in a broadcast program or commercial” for the TVC Emerald Cities. Congratulations everyone!
Cool new video by Edouard Salier from Massive Attack’s new album, Heligoland. A nice write-up about the video is over at motionographer.
Lee Stranahan has written an open letter to director James Cameron urging him to comment on working conditions for many visual effects artists, casting the spotlight on the industry this awards season.
An excerpt;
“Like most people who work in the film, television and video game industries, visual effects artists love their jobs. They enjoy both the work itself and the ability to work on a daily basis with so many smart, creative and talented people. However, visual effects houses can be the best, most fun and high-tech sweatshops on earth. Visual effects artists typically work with no contract, no paid vacation, no benefits, and often no paid overtime. And because of the nature of the work health problems such as obesity, tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome are common.”
(Thanks to Marcus for pointing me to this article).
Site Updates
-->A fully-fledged portfolio website is under development thereby separating out the blog from the portfolio. To begin this transition there are going to be a few site updates. Today I’ve added a flickr stream page as well as updates to the matte painting portfolio page. And many more changes are in the works. Stay tuned!