tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9566729960331650982024-02-20T20:48:34.512-08:00maaaicasdHarold Hamernikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11625403671535315286noreply@blogger.comBlogger184125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-21544996750356579282013-02-26T09:20:00.001-08:002013-02-26T09:20:34.187-08:00Animation Director Rich Moore at Festival of Animation this weekend (March 1 & 2)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Go see the Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation this coming Friday and Saturday March 1st and 2nd. Animation Director Rich More (Wreck-It-Ralph, The Simpsons, Futurama) will be there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Maybe you can snap a picture with him and get a question or two answered!</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-82567684952351685542013-02-20T20:12:00.000-08:002013-02-20T20:12:10.678-08:00Photo-Realistic Rendering workshop Thursday March 7th 8am-noon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-85579083704239935792013-02-20T20:08:00.004-08:002013-02-20T20:09:16.345-08:00Chris Avellone - guest speaker<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Chris Avellone is paying us a visit (see attached flyer), along with some of the staff from SOE on Thursday February 28th from 11am-3pm in rooms 310-311.</span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/27929163" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <a href="http://vimeo.com/27929163">MAA Sizzle Reel</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/maaaicasd">Jason Katsoff</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-79158669792222974332012-12-03T10:39:00.002-08:002012-12-03T10:39:39.796-08:00Nickelodeon: Spring internships still open!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you're considering applying for an internship, please talk with me (Jason) and also consult your faculty and the Career Services Department in the south building.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">We want to help you prepare so that you and your work looks as desirable as possible! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This info is straight from Mia Burgess, Manager, Digital Strategic Staffing - Nickelodeon Games Group:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">or students can send me their resumes/portfolios/code samples directly to me at mia.burgess@nick.com.</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-85634305310717465662012-10-19T09:30:00.000-07:002012-10-19T09:30:17.425-07:00Volunteers needed Oct 28-30 for LA Animation Convention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If they're still looking for volunteers I would say you have a pretty good shot at this gig! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Write a nice, professional email to </span><a href="mailto:nancyannbates@gmail.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">nancyannbates@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> .Mention your involvement in school, school activities, Comic-Con, CTN, or any other experience you have.</span>Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-49873701355534961962012-10-18T16:25:00.000-07:002012-10-18T16:25:20.494-07:00SDAFF Animation Festival Wed Nov 7 5:30pm<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Our annual trip is happening! As usual, Sam Chen has assembled a great international collection of the best animated short films. Sam says it's the best ever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have 33 tickets available for students, alumni, and faculty. Meet outside the <a href="http://www.ultrastarmovies.com/theaters/mission-valley-hazard-center-movie-theater/" target="_blank">UltraStar Hazard Center</a> box office by 5pm on Wednesday November 7th. I will give out free tickets until they are all gone.</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-12079868545399371642012-10-18T16:10:00.001-07:002012-10-18T16:10:03.277-07:00Caricatures workshop: 2 dates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">All majors, all levels of experience.</span>Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-42548700824234140062012-10-18T16:03:00.001-07:002012-10-18T16:03:13.695-07:00alumni visit: Jimmy Gordon - Rhythm & Hues<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jimmy was a student of mine many years ago. Since graduation he's been at Rhythm & Hues. check out his impressive IMDB profile:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">He will talk about breaking into the industry and critique portfolios. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">free to Ai students and alumni. Come learn Dr. Xu's methods. Students have gotten great results!</span>Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-40458378819339321932012-10-05T16:13:00.002-07:002012-10-05T16:13:30.297-07:00Scholarship Available!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">its time for the EDMC Foundation scholarship!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You have TWO WEEKS from today to submit your completed application. (it's due by October 19th)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pick one up at my office (room 233) or email me and I will send you the application.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Do not delay! Students have a very good chance of winning a cash award!</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-37760571507723679452012-08-30T13:44:00.003-07:002012-08-30T13:44:35.756-07:00freelance gig: need FX animator and web designers<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">3rd quarter student Curtis Jefferson asked me to post these opportunities. You can contact him directly. -Jason</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I need a really good web designer or web designers right away. I immediately need to contract a web designer to assist in launching of the page. Monthly salary is available upon negotiation. Here is a link of what I would like the page to look like: </span><a href="http://www.teamliquid.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.teamliquid.net/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> also </span><a href="http://www.meetyourmakers.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://www.meetyourmakers.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Also I need a really good fx animator. I want to create a welcome/splash page for the site. It will just be a very attractive intro that will act as something that the users can view until the web page is ready. This is potentially a contracted position as well I just would like to meet and discuss obviously if the person is right for the job.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am not selecting outside help in this for the simple fact that that I know how companies are set up and would like to give AI the opportunity first. I really need to fill these positions immediately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">619*366*0892 is my phone number, any graduate or student interested please feel free at any time to contact me. My email is </span><a href="mailto:cjefferson10@yahoo.com"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">cjefferson10@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> . My main concern is to fill these positions. </span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-60872362270333200042012-08-23T21:50:00.000-07:002012-08-23T21:50:19.555-07:00Environment Art Workshop Saturday August 25th 1-5pm<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Naughty Dog artist and alum Anthony Vaccaro will trek southward to San Diego to host a workshop on what it means to be a professional environment artist in the video game industry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">$20 payable at the accounting window. The workshop is in room 310. Open to the public!</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-67978683292969994532012-08-16T18:25:00.002-07:002012-08-16T18:25:31.916-07:00Concepting Workshop Friday September 7th 7-10pm<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here comes Nafisah Tung for her second workshop! This time she will be tackling techniques for concepting. She will also critique student work from the first workshop.</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-73884182720359539412012-08-16T17:51:00.001-07:002012-08-16T17:51:41.981-07:00Handpainting Textures workshop Friday August 24th 7-10pm<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Join us as alumna Nafisah Tung, Character Artist on SOE's "Free Realms", shares her wisdom and expertise on creating hand-painted textures. Free!</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-31933449308247365202012-08-16T15:40:00.000-07:002012-08-16T15:40:23.813-07:00Drawing Workshop Sept. 8 1-5pm room 286<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Dr. Wei Xu will host a free workshop, showing all attendees some techniques which are perhaps different than you have learned in the past. He helps artists and non-artists acheive some tremendous results. Come check it out!</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-14716251678870233842012-08-15T11:34:00.002-07:002012-08-15T11:34:34.949-07:00Hand-painted texture workshops<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Justin Marcus has arranged these workshops:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nafisah Tung is an AiCA-SD Game Art graduate from 2011. She's currently working at Sony Online Entertainment on Free Realms as a Character Artist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The first workshop is Friday, August 24th, at 7pm. Room will be determined at a later date. The topic of this workshop will be Hand Painted Texturing. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The second workshop is Friday, September 7th, at 7pm. Again, the room will be determined at a later date. We will continue with hand painted texturing topics (including a critique of people's hand-painted assets), as well as concepting for 3D (particularly combining various photo reference into a cohesive concept).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nafisah's website: </span><a href="http://nahfeesawh.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">http://nahfeesawh.com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If there are any particular topics relating to hand-painted texturing that you would like covered please let me (Justin) know and I'll see if we can work it into the workshop.</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-91965668493933585642012-08-15T11:30:00.002-07:002012-08-15T11:30:23.856-07:00screening of student works: GAD, VGP, MAA<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">12-1pm each day in room 145-146</span><br />
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Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-77492366419844660132012-08-02T18:48:00.002-07:002012-08-02T18:51:19.667-07:00See Floyd Bishop's GDC Europe talk: In advance!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thursday August 9th</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span>Jason Katsoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02831512811030104906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-956672996033165098.post-11145140570579137512012-07-19T20:45:00.001-07:002012-07-19T20:45:33.030-07:00Learning Lab Schedule SU12<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Refer to this handy matrix of when the tutors are doing their thing, down in room 172. Always Free. No appointment needed. If you need academic help you can get it here.</span><br />
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