Get Set for the Industry Live Chat
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Later today we have an industry live chat with professionals in the 3D industry. They will be available to answer questions, critique work, give opinions on show reels and help you with 3D related problems.
You can find out the time of the Industry Live Chat by Clicking here and finding the city in which you live. It will be held in the Community Relations Chatroom, be there or be square!
Meet our Industry Panel:
alexokita
Alex has been working in the industry as an artist since 1992. His first job was at Atari cleaning sprites for the Jaguar. He has worked for Bungie, Microsoft, Namco, Core Feature Animation (a Disney studio), University of Southern California on the Flat-World virtual reality project, Midway, Surreal, EA, High Moon, and Sony to name a few.
Right now Alex's job means his days are spent writing code, modeling 3d assets, writing and reading research papers, and even build some practical models.
Dbl-Dzl
David Donze has been a 3d professional in the US for 6 years. He has worked in the games and advertising industries, on game licenses such as Spongebob and Batman and for clients such as THQ, Activision, Eaton, Jaguar, Toyota, and BASF.
He specializes in the technical side of 3d art, particularly real-time content. He has a BFA in traditional hand-drawn animation and is self-taught in 3d.
HazardousArts
Jon-Troy Nickel is an Australian 3D Character artist working in the games industry. His work history includes titles such as Rift, Edge of Twilight, Stargate SGI and Trion Wars.
Due to the early hour, Jon-Troy cannot confirm, but hopes to be there.
sjculley
Stephen Culley is a visual effects artist and animator (BA Hons Creative Visualisation) working in the television and film industry within the United Kingdom.
While hie is primarily a Visual Effects animator, he also works in character animation, layout, and pre-production.
Professor Olaf Diegel
Professor Diegel is the Director of the Creative Industries Research Institute at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand. He is an expert and in the field of rapid prototyping (3D printing) and one of his main areas of interest is the reduction the product development cycle.
Professor Diegel will be available to answer questions about 3D printing.
If you are not going to be available for the chat, post your questions in the comments section.
We know it's hard to commit to a time, especially if you live in a different time zone to the one the chat will be held in. So, if you are unable to attend but would still like to ask one of our panel a question, leave it here. We'll ask for you and make sure the answer gets back to you. Just make sure you do it before the Live Chat starts
Please note, our Industry Panellists are all busy people with other commitments who have generously agreed to donate their time. We apologise in advance if some panellists are unable to make the event due to unforeseen circumstances.
