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The final session of VIEW Conference 8 had Sharon Calahan of Pixar Animation Studios presenting the making of the Look of Ratatouille, the CGI animated feature film. Introduced by Italian animation master Bruno Bozzetto.

Hey All!
I still have to touch the ground of the conference center of VIEW Conference 2007 and I am already amazed by its guests.
I had the honour of meeting some very special people at the airport: Pam Hogarth of Gnomon School, Jessica McMackin, Rendering girl of Pixar, Paul Topolos Master Matte Painter of Ratatouille (yes, [...]

The British 3D artist Lee Perry-Smith created one of the most realistic 3D human I have ever seen. Fresh from his portfolio, this is Lani a 3D Computer Graphics photo realistic woman.

The Crisis in Darfur project is a downloadable set of layers for Google Earth which combines high-resolution satellite images of Darfur with photographs and first-hand accounts of the genocide currently underway in the region. Users of Google’s 3-D world atlas can zoom in on burned-out Sudanese villages, read the stories of the victims and see [...]

A new section in the CG Explorer Guide helping students to choose a Computer Graphics school to learn skills dedicated to the following application fields: illustration, digital arts, filmmaking, visual effects, advertisements, television, videogames. Finally I am starting to use this dedicated section to collect resources useful to the CG community.

A video directly from the live voice of Pixar artists and directors. Here is how they modeled, shaded and rendered delicious food in 3D computer graphics for their latest animated movie: Ratatouille:

The young italian digital filmmaker, Claudio Castelli, participates as the unique italian candidate to the annual award for movies held in Monte Carlo.

A Computer Graphics and digital arts discussion forum with double language sections in English and Spanish.

Malcolm Kesson, CG technical director publishes a useful and rich set of resources and tutorials for Pixar Renderman software.

A very good resource about the history of digital graphics and animation. Utilized for an academic course the website I am suggesting is rich of timelines, anectodes, stories about famous people of 3D CG and a lot of external references.
thanks to Cristian Contini
Visit: A Critical History of Computer Graphics and Animation