Siggraph Anyone??

[bcottman]

Curious if anyone else was planning to go this year.

Last year was the first year I had went and it was great. I would definitely recommend going if you have not been before. The gnomon booth alone made it worth while with continuous demos 3 days straight. There were a number of other great demos throughout the exhibition as well. Guerilla studio, emerging technologies, and the user group meetings were all very cool. Some of the sketches and panels were worth while too.

If anyone else is planning to go we should arrange a mattepainting meetup...

just a thought.


Brenton

[Boof]

Wow,
I'm surprised no one responded yet....its a great idea to meet people for "real". I will be attending Siggraph also. Brenton, I'm interested in this...maybe see if anyone else responds.

-Eric

[drutter]

I'll also be attending and would be interested in getting together with other matte painters and talking shop.

Dan

[Davibuddha]

Heyo all,

A bunch of people from Academy of Art I know are going too, and I for sure will be there! I got a free ticket from my school, but it's just the floor exhibition. It will be my first time, looking forward to going there and perhaps see you guys there ^^

[SquarePixel]

Hey everyone,

I'm interested in going, never been to Siggraph. i've been looking for pricing of tickets, but can't seem to find it. I'd also like to meet other matte painters. So, you can count me in. Just need a Date and time.

Sounds Good Bcottman

[bcottman]

SquarePixel , here is a link to the 2005 registration site.
http://www.siggraph.org/s2005/main.php?f=registration

sounds like some of us are going. maybe we can settle on a time to meet the week before the conference.

for those of you interested, here is a good article for first time attendees on what to expect from the conference.
http://ilmfan.com/articles/2002/siggraph_primer/

[dylan]

I will be around, though I am not sure what days. I will probably be hovering around gnomon's booth and Maxon's booth.

[jamesvfx]

I will be there it would be great to have a meeting , don't know what days but I surely will be at some major parties :mrgreen:

[Frederic.Starno]

Hi,

Just let us know when and where exactly and I'll be there for sure. That's a very good idea. I am gonna be at the Siggraph for the whole week.

Frederic St-Arnaud

[smooth]

too bad, i'd like to be there too. :(
Next Year for sure. Frediric will send my greetings.

+smooth+

[JayMTL]

I will be in Siggraph this year too. This will be my 5th time to attend. However, I am new to the matte painting, it would be wonderful to have a meeting with you pro guys.

Hi Dylan, your work is wonderful, would love to meet you in person! Will you be in those boths every day on exhibition floor?

Jun

[dylan]

I will be doing a demo at the gnomon booth at 3pm on wednesday.
I hope to see you all there.

[bcottman]

Any opinions on when and where? Some people were suggesting the ballistic/ gnomon booth. However, It might be very busy at the booth and maybe not a good place to talk. Also I would hate to distract from whatever presentation might be happening. We could also plan for sometime earlier in the week (sun or mon) outside the exhibition, that way there would be less going on and people might be more flexible. Possibly in the guerilla studio or lunch area.

Anyway, If anyone has any preferences to a time or place... It would be good to have a time and place by mid week for those who are traveling....

Brenton

[Witchking]

I will be doing a demo at the gnomon booth at 3pm on wednesday.
I hope to see you all there.


I wish I could goto siggraph ..and shake hands with Dylan and other heavy-weights...maybe their magic touch would rub off on me :D ...but unfortunately cant get any days off work

[lightwell]

too bad, i'd like to be there too. :(
Next Year for sure.

+smooth+

Ditto, although I think I must have said that each year myself for the past five years but I definitely intend to go to Boston next year - it will be an early new years resolution!

Jim

[Jessy]

I'll be there too with my friend Frederic St-Arnaud!!! See you guys over there.

Jessy Veilleux
jessyv.com

[bcottman]

http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=262312


heres a date and time of the ballistic book signing for those interested.

d’artiste: Matte Painting Book Signing Session
Authors – Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole, Chris Stoski
12 Noon – 2PM, Wednesday 3 August 2005
Ballistic Media - Booth #1051

[Boof]

Rats, would love to be at the signing but I'm flying out to east coast from Convention on Wed. I'm flying into LA tomorrow night and will be around till Tues night. If anyone wants to meet up I'll be checking the site/my email while in LA too.

Have fun at Siggraph everyone if I don't end up meeting with everyone!

-E.

[bcottman]

so I am thinking we'll meet by default at the ballistic booth or at the gnomon booth wednesday. not sure what time that is but I assume most of us will probably be there anyhow...

Other idea is to meet monday or tuesday around lunch for those who wont be around the rest of the week..

any thoughts????

[SquarePixel]

hey bcottman,

it looks like wednesday is going to be a good opening for me, I won't be able to go the other days, I'm curious to see if that day is going to be good for everyone else. Are you planning to go the whole week bcottman?

[Davibuddha]

I'm gonna be floating around from mon to thurs randomly to places, but I will definately stop by the gnomon booth on wed for the signing

[Boof]

I'll be around Gnomon/Ballistic Pub. booth around 12 on Tues if anyone wants to meet then since I can't make Wed meeting.
Need to pick up a DVD and Matte Painting book anyway.

-E.

[bcottman]

yeah I will be around most of week. not quite sure what my schedule will be yet though. I can probably swing by the gnomon booth around noon on Tuesday as well.

jessy, just checked out you site, nice work.


Brenton

[A.Alvarez]

Hi all...

Here's a link with the schedule for our stage presentations... :)

http://www.gnomon3d.com/newsletter_08_01_05.html

-Alex

[tesmeralda]

Our matte painting supe Ivo (from Imageworks) will be doing a demo @ the Maxon booth; two other co-painters were also presenting Tues & Wed, but I guess that's a moot point now - sorry for that.

However, there's still time to catch Ivo (I think he's at 10:30 or 11:30a) today - he'll be showing breakdowns from work we did on Polar Express last year.

I was there these past two afternoons - didn't read this post till now. Hope ya'll enjoyed S2005!

[bcottman]

ahhhhh...
wish i hadnt missed that.