TONIGHT is the  Boston Autodesk Maya User Group meeting -  Wednesday, August 25th at 6:30 – the meeting will be screening the SIGGRAPH 2010 Electronic Theater reel…  Check out more info on the their meetup page at: http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Maya-Users-Group/ and to RSVP for tonight’s meeting

Interested in learning Rhino? Great Eastern Technology has lined up Matt Trimble of Radlab, Inc. to teach a three-day Intro to Rhino course on August 10 – 12th.  More info is here…

If you want more info or have questions, please contact Steve at Great Eastern, 800-875-0025.

Thanks!

Tereza Flaxman has started a Boston Autodesk Maya User Group – and the first meeting will be on Wednesday, June 30th at 7pm – check out more info on the their meetup page at: http://www.meetup.com/Boston-Maya-Users-Group/.  Location to be announced, but you can sign up for notifications…

Alex Schwartz and Elliott Mitchell have co-founded the BUG (Boston Unity Group), and their first-ever meeting will be a day-long extravaganza of “Pure Unity Goodness” – you need to register, this event is free, but sponsorship/donations are appreciated and accepted.  You can find out more info and register at :  bostonunitygroup.com

RECAP: Stimulus Day was awesome, and event pictures are here.  “Like” our Facebook page for up-to-the-minute announcements, event info, promos, etc.  It’s the quickest way to get information from us…

On Saturday, April 24^th starting at 9:00am, Great Eastern is hosting our second annual 3D Stimulus Day, this year it’s at CDIABU, Waltham, MA.

MAARS image copryright Yuris Mangolds, C2I Studios

Our speakers this year include: Alex Schwartz (Technical Artist – Seven45 Studios), Dan Konieczka (Technical Director,  Vermont Digital Arts), Yuris Mangolds (Director of 3D, C2I Studios),  Gäel McGill (Harvard University’s Director of Molecular Visualization and President and CEO of Digizyme, Inc.) and Chad Moore ( Technical Art Director at Turbine, Inc and Co-founder at Rigging Mentor).

Topics include: Rigging in Maya, what it takes to be a technical artist at a game company, making molecular biovisualization movies, lighting and materials: concepts & theory, and Creating MAARS (Modulated Advanced Armed Robotic System).

Great Eastern Technology (www.get.com) is sponsoring, and morning snacks and lunch are provided.   If you have any gluten-free needs, please note this in your registration email and I will try to accomodate.

This is a free event.

Thanks as well to our sponsors: Craft Animations, Wacom Technology and Center for Digital Imaging Arts Boston University.

Space is set-up a bit different this year, so we can only accept a limited number of registrations – you MUST pre-register by emailing Heidi.

Artwork Matt Board - see more at www.mattboard.com

Because of Pax East, and other fun stuff going on, we’re changing our normal meeting day to Monday, and it’ll be Monday, April 5th at Great Eastern’s space in Salem, NH.

One of our illustrious co-founders, Matt Board, will be presenting his sculpting workflow in ZBrush, and give us some tips on how to get a good 3d print. We’ll have our ZCorp Z510 printer printing, and have lots of models for you to pass around…

RSVP required! Email Heidi if you can make it, and she’ll send you directions and all the other info you need…

Great Eastern Technology is sponsoring the Second Annual 3D Stimulus Day!  On Saturday, April 24th you are invited to come network, learn new skills, or maybe figure out some other way to make money with the skills you have.

Gael McGill will be back with a presentation on medical visualization, Chad Moore from Turbine will do a mini-class on rigging, Alex Schwartz hasn’t decided yet, but has some amazing options to choose from, and Paul Gaboury from Pixologic will be showing off his ZBrush skills…

You don’t want to miss it! Keep checking www.get.com for more details as they come together, and email Heidi to register and/or volunteer yourself. 

HAPPY 2010 – Our kick-off meeting will be Tuesday, January 26th @ Mt. Ida College in Newton.  Yilmaz Kiymaz, game developer/technical artist extraordinaire will be doing an hour on Unity’s Art Workflow, and then an hour on Cinema 4D.  He’ll cover modeling/texturing/animation… the most interesting aspects of each application with regards to art production for iPhone games!

• Tuesday, January 26th
• 7pm – 7:30pm: registration & networking
• 7:30 – 8:30: Unity Art Workflow
• 8:30 – 9:30: Cinema 4D

Yilmaz is moving back to Turkey for a year or two, and has been  making high-quality iPhone games, including Rocket Monkey, which is now on the App Store…  make sure you check out his site at yilmazkiymaz.com

REQUIRED: Email Heidi to rsvp, and you’ll get a confirmation with directions, etc.  This meeting is sponsored by Great Eastern Technology – www.get.com for all your 3d art solutions…

On Wednesday, October 21st, Great Eastern is sponsoring a games focused event: Not your average game night…

Jason Arnone from Harmonix will show us the work his art department did for the recent Beatles Rockband release…  (can you say Beatles Rockband giveaway?)

Yuris Mangolds from C2I Studios will be presenting their workflow that incorporates Craft Animations Director Studio…

It will be a great evening, at Mt. Ida in Newton, so plenty of free parking, some refreshments, bar, lots of sweet giveaways and a cool chance to get together…

Giveaways include: Craft Animations Master Bundle, a Wacom Intuos4 Medium Tablet, Rockband Games and more!

You NEED TO RSVP to Heidi - confirmations will be sent AFTER October 12th, so just calm down…