SFMOGRAPH October 22

Greetings Artists,

SFMOGRAPH is just around the corner, with our next meeting happening on Thursday, October 22nd, from   6:30 pm - 9:45 pm at Adobe on Townsend in San Francisco.

October is all about inspiration, the seasons are shifting.  Its getting cold out there, and you need creative energy and sweet animation to keep you warm.  We will be sharing new tools, new films, and tutorials for your viewing and learning pleasure.

Colin Sebestyen & Alexander Tarrant: Will be sharing their short animated film, Catalog # FG -430-7: A Field Guide to Standard Signs in Urban. This film is part of the Twenty 120 Film festival, we will be playing selections from the 2009 Twenty 120 Festival. www.twenty120.com along with a Q&A with the two artists.

Alexander Tarrant is a director at UP Creative, Upper Playground's creative agency in San Francisco. UP Creative provides documentary and animated films, public art campaigns, event planning and branding strategy for select clients and social change.

Colin Sebestyen is a multi-discipline digital artist residing in San Francisco.  He has worked as a motion graphics artist is several Bay Area shops : Gunshop, Little Red Robot, & Bonfire, as well as freelancing for clients such as :Apple, Venables Bell & Partners, Aesop Rock, and Upper Playground.  He is currently motion graphics lead at Cobra Creative & also instructs graduate studies in motion graphics in the school of VFX / Animation at the Academy of Art University.  He also engages in homebrew bike riding and Sunday park attending.

Using Blender for Motion Graphics:  In this session Paolo Ciccone will demonstrate how to integrate Blender 3D in the Motion Graphics artist's workflow.

Blender is one of the most sophisticated, usable and approachable 3D modelers in the market. It's available for all major platforms, and can be used for modeling 3D elements to enhance existing footage, or to create full virtual sets. It has sophisticated animation features and fluid simulation that simply cannot be ignored.

Stash Media 2009 Short film screening & giveaway:  Our Brand New sponsor Shash Media and Magazine is sharing the best of short animated film selections from their 2009 DVD.  We will be offering an exclusive SFMOGRAPH discount coupon for 25% off all Stash Media, and Screening incredible works from the likes of 

Shilo, The Mill, Blur, The Embassy, The Blackheart Gang, Rushes, and others.

Prizes:  Of course we couldn't let you go home without the opportunity to walk away with a months rent worth of goods!  We have an incredible group of sponsors that make SFMOGRAPH possible, so when your in- between meetings and looking for that special tool to make your project incredibly indelible, visit www.digieffects.com, www.redgiantsoftware.com, and www.toolfarm.com.  You needn't look any further.

We better see you at the next meeting.  SFMOGRAPH is where all the sickest artist gather to rub elbows, but it  only happens once every other month.  Don't get left in the dust.  RSVP, meet your peers, learns something, and maybe even make a new friend who doesn't mind that you work fifteen hour days behind a console, because they do too.