VIEW Conference 2023 Announces Educational Events for Its 2023 Edition

This year’s program features a stunning variety of in-person workshops and masterclasses. A VIEW Conference workshop is more than just a chance to learn – it is an opportunity to get hands-on with an award-winning master of their craft, exploring the creative process in unparalleled depth and detail.

In addition, VIEW Conference offers an extraordinary array of educational sessions, including portfolio reviews, interactive “Ask-Me-Anything” sessions with experienced industry leaders, and even mock interviews.

Workshops and Masterclasses for 2023 include:

Dynamic Figure Drawing

• With Scott Eaton, Artist, Designer, Creative Technologist
• Duration – 2 hours

In this two-hour workshop, Scott Eaton leads the audience through exercises to sharpen our figure-drawing skills. Starting with drawing fundamentals and building up to dynamic poses, he explains the construction of the body and the essential anatomy necessary to understand and draw dynamic figures.

The Animation of Nimona

• With Ted Ty, Global Head of Character Animation at DNEG Animation
• Duration – 3 hours

A detailed and entertaining look at the planning, philosophy, and execution of the animation performances of Netflix’s hit animated feature Nimona, on which Ted Ty worked as Animation Director. 

A Masterclass Conversation about Art and Star Wars

• With Doug Chiang, Vice President and Executive Creator at Lucasfilm
• Duration – 60 minutes

An informal masterclass conversation about film design in which Doug Chiang discusses his early career, his work in the film industry, and what it’s like to work on Star Wars.

Art Direction, Visual Development and Stylization

• With Almu Redondo, Production Designer at Cartoon Saloon
• Duration – 6 hours

Dive into concept art, style-frames, and art direction, focusing on unraveling the power of images in storytelling. Almu Redondo will share her professional path, methods, and ideas that will help the attendees push their creative approaches.

Character Animation Workshop

• With Andreas Deja, legendary Disney Animator and Creator/Director of Mushka

A character drawing workshop where Andreas Deja will showcase characters he has drawn throughout his Disney career and his new Mushka characters, to teach and tell stories about his 30-year Disney career. 

Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, But This Game Level Was!

• With Nikola Damjanov, Lead Game Artist at Nordeus
• Duration – 6 hours

Join Nikola Damjanov for a 6-hour workshop where he will procedurally create a game level. The goal of the workshop is to utilize modern world-building tools to quickly create a playable game level and then iterate over design and quality.

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