The always excellent New Zealand International Film Festival 2009 kicks off in Auckland from the 9th to 26th of July, and as per usual, the animation programme is full of some treats.
Maxim Zhestkov is a Russian artist who does some damn amazing things with CG graphics. A lot of his work is beautifully minimal, using mostly black and white with occasional splashes of colors, but his work still packs quite a creative punch.
To celebrate Kiwi 3D Animation forum site NZCGI.com turning one recently, the good folks behind the forum ran a 3D Modelling creative comp called 'Harbinger of Misfortune' to coincide with the inauspicious date of the birthday - Friday the 13th.
Check out the work of up and coming Wellington fashion photographer and illustrator Kelly Thompson, who has recently been turning heads and causing a buzz both in industry circles and the blogosphere.
The September 2008 Graphic Design class is just about finished, but before they leave they're going to show off their portfolios, demonstrating their year of hard work, to friends, family and you. Come along on Friday to have a look.
We've sent off a bumper crop of entries for the 2009 Crowbar Awards - one of the biggest student design awards around, and we're looking forward to hearing all about our student successes.
Pine Gun, the award-winning 48HOURS 3D animated short (and Auckland finalist) from the MDS inspired Team Half Full, can now be viewed online in all it's splendor.
Kiwi T-Shirt entreprenuer Brendon Poole's limited-run, graphic design infused Monster Threads business is cranking. Poole's T's features designs from graphic artists based in NZ, Australia, UK, Thailand, Japan, Canada and France.