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Hello fellow Talkers.

I’m interested in creating a VFXTALK group on Linkedin. And I wanted to know if I need any clearance from anyone to create said group.

Update: I created the group already, if any problems should appear i’ll be sure to take the group down.

Here is the link:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2195355/

[NEWS=”http://www.cgnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012_oliver_thumb.jpg”]21089[/NEWS]The 2012 doomsday prediction has been circulating for hundreds of years and proposes that cataclysmic and apocalyptic events will occur on earth in the year 2012. Never before has a date in history been so significant to so many cultures, so many religions, scientists, and governments. The forecast is based primarily on the end-date of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, terminating on December 21 or 23, 2012. New Age interpretations of the prophecy are far less gloomy and rather than expecting Armageddon, envisage positive physical changes or spiritual transformations for earth and its inhabitants.

So how would the governments of our planet prepare six billion people for the end of the world? In Roland Emmerich’s 2012 the answer is that they wouldn’t, and the earth’s population is left to deal with catastrophic volcanic eruptions, typhoons, tidal waves and glaciers.

2012 is an epic adventure about a global catastrophe that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson and Oliver Platt; 2012 is expected to be released on 13 November 2009.

Woody Harrelson plays a crackpot radio host who prophesies the end of the world and is considered simply insane by others. Harrelson has compared his character to the mythological Greek figure Cassandra, a beautiful princess granted the gift of prophecy, but whose predictions were never believed.

Sony Pictures Image works was awarded the majority of visual-effects work on the film and have undertaken some of the most dramatic and apocalyptic scenes within the movie.

Since 1992, Sony Pictures Imageworks has been creating outstanding visual effects and digital character animation, beginning with seamless invisible effects and fashioning an expertise in emotive CG characters and creatures for live action, all CG-animated, and hybrid live-action/animation productions. Imageworks prides itself as a community of artists supporting the imagination and expression of visual storytellers.

Starting with STUART LITTLE, the first photorealistic CG animated star in a live action movie, Imageworks pioneered groundbreaking moviemaking that stressed traditional character performance with exacting production standards. These innovations set the stage for what is now widely regarded as blended-cinema, where techniques from animation, visual effects and live-action combine to produce a wide-range of including the SPIDER-MAN™ movies, THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, SUPERMAN RETURNS, MONSTER HOUSE and BEOWULF.

In 2002, Imageworks proved its all-CG character animation and production capabilities with the animated short, THE CHUBBCHUBBS!, which won an Academy Award® and paved the way for the establishment of Sony Pictures Animation to produce animated feature films. Sony Pictures Animation’s first film, OPEN SEASON, was a box-office hit and its second film, SURF’S UP, received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Animated Feature.

Cast:
John Cusack – Jackson Curtis
Amanda Peet – Kate (Jackson’s ex-wife)
Danny Glover – President Wilson
Thandie Newton – Laurie Wilson
Oliver Platt – Carl Anheuser
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Adrian Helmsley
Woody Harrelson – Chrlie Frost
George Segal – Tony Delgado
Ng Chin Han – Lin Pang
Thomas McCarthy – Gordon
Morgan Lily – Lilly Curtis
Liam James – Noah Curtis
John Billingsley – Professor West
Jimi Mistry – Satnam Tsurutani
Beatrice Rosen – Tamara
Patrick Bauchau – Roland Picard
Blu Mankuma – Harry Helmsley

Credits:
Directed by – Roland Emmerich
Produced by – Roland Emmerich, Mark Gordon, Harald Kloser, Larry Franco, Ute Emmerich
Written by – Harald Kloser, Roland Emmerich
Music by – Harald Kloser
Cinematography – Dean Semler
Editing by – David Brenner, Peter S.Elliott
Studio – Sony Pictures
Distributed by – Columbia Pictures

RELATED LINKS
www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org
www.whowillsurvive2012.com
http://thisistheend.com
www.imageworks.com

A dubai based video game development studio is currently looking to hire a Sr.3d artist for their next gen AAA console title

Duties and Responsibilities:
– Creates high poly and low poly 3D models.
– Ability to model and texture characters, Vehicles, Environments and props.
– Works with art director or senior artist to understand art direction and style requirements
– Works with concept artist to ensure that translation from 2D to 3D captures the look and feel
– Understands the needs of animation team and ensures that model functions as requested
– Modeling and texturing (hand painted textures) based off of stylized concepts
– Collaborates with shader artist to create and tune shaders
– Create normal maps and high quality textures
– Creates model with clean topology (i.e. efficient mesh)
– Has solid understanding game engine, pipeline and workflow required for creating characters and uses this understanding to anticipate potential problems
– Understands memory constraints and works in proactive manner to ensure they are met
– Receives feedback and modifies work based on direction
– Follow schedules and meets deadlines

Special Knowledge, Skills:
– Ability to understand game engine and pipeline required
– Photoshop, 3d Max, Z Brush/MudBox, Maya required

A portfolio demonstrating outstanding modeling and texturing works is a must.

Please write 3d Artist in the subject line of Email.

Please mail us your works and resumes at vgjobsdubai@gmail.com

I could have sworn there was a key I could hold down and drag a node over an existing (connected) node and it would swap the nodes, keeping the connections… was I on crack?