Probably the best workshop in the world ?

 So yesterday our students were privileged to work with MIF2015, Studio Distract, Into Film, Manchester Art Gallery & Ed Atkins. It was an amazing workshop with the students being introduced firstly to the Festival www.MIF.co.uk . MIF is a biennial festival premiering works in the city for 2 weeks - none of the work has ever been seen before & is ground breaking stuff. Have a look on the link to see more.

The students then got to work on the software Maya & Mudbox creating 3D avatars inspired by the work of Ed Atkins & a piece of their own personal text.

The afternoon saw the students trying out the Performance Capture suits (think Andy Serkis as Gollum & you have the same technology) & being given a tour of the studio by Steve from Studio Distract. He talked to the students about the technology but also about career paths & work in the media. A 10 minute highlight was also the chat from Ed Atkins - the internationally famous artist & film maker - who also talked about the MIF project & his illustrations.

3D Avatar workshop

Students are creating the most amazing 3d avatars this morning with Maya  and Mud box software - this morning has seen them work with Studio Distract to learn the basics of the program whilst creating a basic avatar to add their voice to. This afternoon will see them add text and performance capture to the head.

Ed Atkins workshop

So we're on our way to a workshop with Ed Atkins today -working with Studio Distract and Manchester International Festival 2015 at Manchester Gallery.  More later ....!