Perfect for digital and traditional watercolor artists alike, this workshop will guide you through the process of creating digital watercolor illustrations in Procreate that embody the traditional spirit. Join cartoonist and illustrator John Herzog as you explore sketching, inking, and painting digitally in a way that blends both time-honored tradition with state-of-the-art techniques. Please note: (more…)

Participants will learn efficient techniques for creating differences in age of the human face. It will cover infancy to senility. The course will take place in a Cintiq lab where Photoshop is available for drawing, but participants can also draw on their iPads or sketchbooks if that’s their preference. Instructor: Aaron Board (more…)

In this seminar, I will present my 25 (give or take) favorite Maya tips and tricks. The goal is for every attendee to discover at least a small handful of helpful and potentially “secret/hidden” tools and techniques that will increase their efficiency and productivity when working with Maya. Examples include hotkeys, rigging tips, randomizer tools, (more…)

If are fascinated by some of the weirdest, unknown, surreal, and obscure games from indie to AAA this is the workshop for you. This will cover a huge range of eclectic topics from conceptual art games, narratives involving marginalized communities, highly controversial titles, infamous AAA games, untranslated masterpieces and even games that predate or inspired (more…)

From fine art and illustration to manga, games, feature animation, and film, 33 compositional strategies consistently shape story and emotion. Learn the shared visual language behind the major disciplines. This workshop will get students started on creating a well-labelled and organized personal reference library for compositions that support story and emotion. Instructor: Jared Greenleaf (more…)

We’ll cover the core principles animators actually use on production teams, and apply them directly to game-ready rigs. New to rigging? We’ll hand you a pre-built one so you’re animating in the first ten minutes, not fighting setup. Every live demo will be recorded, so you won’t be left lost when the session ends. By (more…)

This workshop will start you on a creative journey in which you will learn to bring fantastical creatures to life. Using reference, brainstorming techniques, collaboration and imagination this traditionally done mini workshop will help ignite your creativity and hone your conceptualization abilities. Instructor: Caleb Prochnow (more…)

Presentation and overview of the process of specific VFX related to real time blood and gore inside of the 2026 Horror slasher video Game: Halloween the Game based on the 1978 film. Instructor: Joe Jobst (more…)

In this workshop, we will create a simple domino-shaped object in Maya and instance it using MASH to run a clean 3D physics simulation. We will start with a basic straight line, move on to complex curved shapes, and then see just how far we can push this system. By the end of the workshop, (more…)