Steampunk is a sub-genre of fantasy and speculative fiction that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, recently the sub-genre has been revived somewhat with influential 3D and Visual Effects website CGSociety.org running one of their famed CGS Challenges around a Steampunk theme.
Some visual effects trickery, completed in a fairly insane two-week deadline, from students studying the MDS Diploma of Visual Effects & Motion Graphics has seen the city of Auckland (New Zealand) reimagined in the year 2100.
3D Animators who specialise in character design generally start the whole thing off with a very traditional form of visual communication ... pencil and paper. Before embarking on the intricate process of modelling a character in Maya, students studying the MDS Diploma of 3D Computer Animation complete character design exercises that involve drawing and concept art.
Training overseas to become a Game Artist or Game Programmer is a thing from the past. If your passion lies in the prospect of making games for a career, then New Zealand is becoming the next big destination.
Anything and everything can become an animation - or the "blank" canvas for this particular animation!
MDS graduates had the opportunity to showcase their work by showing their portfolio and reels to keen potential employers and colleagues from the web, design, advertising, 3D and Games Industries.
Yukfoo Animation Head of 3D Hamish Beachman (and MDS Diploma of 3D Computer Animation graduate) nears the end of his first animated 3D Short Film