This summer, SIGGRAPH 2016's Production Sessions program brought in some big names to help attendees peek into the minds behind major studio productions, including the brilliant team for Disney•Pixar's "Finding Dory." Pixar Animation Studios brought along a massive...
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A Festival for the World: Innovative Animation at SIGGRAPH 2016
7 July 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Visual Effects
Cosmos Laundromat © 2016 Blender Foundation When it comes to SIGGRAPH's Computer Animation Festival, there's always more than meets the eye. The leading annual festival for the world’s most innovative, accomplished, and amazing digital film and video creators, the...
Meet the Winner of the Spirit of SIGGRAPH Character Design Contest
10 May 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Art, Conferences, Design, Graphics, Virtual Reality
Design: courtesy of Mario R. Nagamura for SIGGRAPH 2016 SIGGRAPH 2016 invited artists and designers from around the world to create a character design that embodies the excitement and energy of the SIGGRAPH conference. Our winning “Spirit of SIGGRAPH” design was...
5 Tips for Creating a Winning Character Design
10 March 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Design, Graphics
This year, the “Spirit of SIGGRAPH” is in your hands. SIGGRAPH 2016 has invited artists and innovators to create a character design that embodies the synergy of the conference and reflects the energetic and inventive spirit present in the fields of computer graphics...
Inside the Minds Behind ‘Inside Out’
16 February 2016 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Industry Leaders
"Inside Out" is the fifteenth feature film from Pixar Animation Studios and the third film by director Pete Docter. On Tuesday, 11 August 2015, a panel of the brilliant team behind the film came together to share with SIGGRAPH 2015 what it was like to make the...
Netflix & Binge: 10 Titles to Spark Creativity this Holiday
10 December 2015 • by ACM SIGGRAPHACM SIGGRAPH, Animation, Film, Visual Effects
The holidays are upon us which means ... MORE TIME AT HOME. If you plan to relax this holiday season with a blanket and some Netflix, we support you. And, we have a few suggestions for artistic masterpieces that, if you watch them, might be kinda, sorta, work-related...
Comic Strip to Feature Film: Behind ‘The Peanuts Movie’
29 October 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Film, Production
A team of over 500 people at Blue Sky Studios tirelessly worked to bring the classic Charles M. Schulz comic strip to life in its new, feature-length film: "The Peanuts Movie." The day they made the big announcement that we were doing the project, we were really...
SIGGRAPHITTI Issue 2: 2015 Conference Sneak Peeks
14 May 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Education
SIGGRAPHITTI is the newsletter for the SIGGRAPH Conference and includes in-depth news, information, sneak peeks and previews of what you'll find at SIGGRAPH 2015, a five-day interdisciplinary educational experience in the latest computer graphics and interactive...
‘Feast’worthy Tips for Creative Thinkers
12 March 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesAnimation, Conferences, Industry Leaders
Image Credit: Feast © 2014 Disney After keeping it a secret for so long, Oscar-winning Director Patrick Osborne and VFX Supervisor Josh Staub of Walt Disney Animation Studios visited us at SIGGRAPH 2014 to talk "Feast," both as a Computer Animation Festival selection...
Art Papers Chair Victoria Szabo Shares What Makes the Program and SIGGRAPH Special
26 January 2015 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesArt, Conferences, Industry Leaders
SIGGRAPH 2015 Art Papers Chair Victoria Szabo explains the important role of artists and draws attention to what this unique program offers the community at large. Reminder: Art Papers submissions are due 22:00 UTC/GMT, 27 January 2015. What is your vision for...
Daytime Selects To Feature New Styles and Techniques
21 November 2014 • by ACM SIGGRAPHAnimation, Art, Film
This year, Daytime Select is proud to highlight and feature styles/techniques and genres not normally focused on at SIGGRAPH. To promote a fresh and different appeal, Daytime Select will showcase works in Experimental film/animation, live action shorts, stop motion,...
Brazilian Paulo Henrique Machado Attends SIGGRAPH 2014 Via Telepresence
12 August 2014 • by SIGGRAPH ConferencesConferences, Interactive Techniques
Paulo Henrique Machado has lived in a room at Clinicas hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil since he was an infant. As a baby, he suffered paralysis brought on by polio, and is confined to bed and hooked to an artificial respirator 24 hours a day. In 46 years, he has left...