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Motion Graphics: Friday Inspiration

In the afternoon, I watched Rod Basham from Imaginary Forces describe how they used the “Bumblebee” camera to create the look through the eyes of the terminators in Terminator Salvation.

After dinner, the sessions continued: there was a panel discussion about the art of title design which included Karin Fong from Imaginary Forces, Jamie Caliri from DUCK, Synderel Pen from yU+co. and William Lebeda from Picture Mill.

It didn’t stop there - at 10:15pm (!) I attended an outstanding session on camera mapping with Maya and After Effects presented by Brad Swardson, who was able to pack an incredible amount of information into his 75 minute session.

On Tuesday I had to spend the whole day squirreled away in my hotel room getting some work done, but I was able to emerge that evening to catch Michael Waldron and Erik van der Wilden from nailgun*  talk about and show examples of current design trends.

After that, Brad Swardson did another camera mapping session focused on After Effects which was excellent - I talked to him afterwards until almost midnight.

All of these industry-leading artists in the motion graphics field gave great presentations, but more than that, they made themselves available during the many informal gatherings and meals. With such a small conference, it was easy to find and talk to any expert you wanted to, and everyone was generous with their time and advice. Also attending were about a dozen students from Ex’pression college for digital arts who were thrilled to get such direct access and advice from these folks. One afternoon I walked through the lounge and saw that the Ex’pression students had set up an impromptu stop motion set and James Caliri was there giving them advice. In an awards ceremony on Tuesday evening, we were treated to the best works from these emerging artists.

My flight home was at 6am Wednesday morning so I missed the last day, but was glad I got to see as much as I did. I arrived home groggy from lack of sleep but full of excitement, inspiration, and great new information I can put to use for my next projects. If you create motion graphics, I highly recommend checking out the conference next year. For immediate inspiration, check out the links in this article.

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