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Beyond Words: Bringing Grief, Connection, and Shadow to Life Through Animation
Creative Seeds’ “Beyond Words” transforms grief and connection into powerful visual metaphors, blending expressive storytelling, effects-driven characters, and custom production tools to explore emotions that often defy language.
Creative Freedom vs. Production Reality: Adam Holmes on the Future of Previsualization
From George Lucas-era previs to today’s real-time workflows, Adam Holmes explores how previsualization is helping filmmakers balance creative freedom, production demands, and rapidly evolving technology.
Using Science to Simplify the Visual World
Data visualization is an exciting subfield of computer graphics, and it can open up a whole new realm of creative possibilities.
Black History Month: Celebrating Black Stories and Creators in the SIGGRAPH Community
In honor of Black History Month, check out our roundup of inspiring Black creators and stories that make up our SIGGRAPH community.
‘Work for what you believe in’: Brie Henderson on Modernizing Costume Design in Animation
In honor of Women’s History Month and women advancing in the field of animation, Brie Henderson shares her incredible story with SIGGRAPH.
Panel Preview: 4 DEI Resources Worth Reading to Help You Understand Inequality
Panelists from the SIGGRAPH 2021 session “Creating a Diverse Workplace With Authentic Multicultural Voices” offer resources to prepare participants for their planned discussion of the future of DEI in the computer graphics workplace.
The Pioneering Legacy of PDI
The founders of PDI discuss their SIGGRAPH 2020 Panel and reflect on their achievements and state of the computer graphics industry today.
Pioneering Pixels: The NYIT Computer Graphics Lab Then and Now
Panelists for SIGGRAPH 2020’s “NYIT Computer Graphics Lab Then and Now” discuss their upcoming session and historic journeys in computer graphics.
Introducing SIGGRAPH Labs
SIGGRAPH Labs Co-chair Forrest Lucas discusses the program’s SIGGRAPH 2020 debut, set for Washington, D.C. this summer. Formerly known as the SIGGRAPH Studio, the new venue will offer a chance for participants to experiment with technology in reimagined ways.
‘Privacy is Hard,’ a Look at the Ethical Implications of Mixed Reality
A recap of the SIGGRAPH 2019 Panel, “The Ethical and Privacy Implications of Mixed Reality.”
Panel Preview: Strategies for Global Talent Acquisition in Digital Media Production
Talent acquisition specialists Brian Hemsworth and Stan Szymanski share insights on the current recruiting market, effective technology, and more.