FMX/05 - Stuttgart
My colleague, Arthur Shek, and I were invited to speak at the FMX conference in Stuttgart, Germany during the last week of April. The subject of our combined presentation was an extended version of Walt Disney Feature Animation's SIGGRAPH 2004 lectures on cartoony 3D character animation and associated software tools. Our session was very well received, and we had a great time at the conference. In addition to the FMX program, we were treated to a tour of the Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg and the outstanding work being done by the students of the animation institute.
The rail station in Stuttgart at which our train arrived from Frankfurt airport.
Our accommodations at the Hotel Am Schlossgarten.
An adjacent park.
Arthur and I in front of the Haus der Wirtschaft, headquarters of the FMX conference.
The conference foyer and registration area.
Arthur and I with Bernhard Haux, one of our student guides from the Filmakademie.
The speaker's lounge.
Kevin Geiger presenting "Throwing a CGI Curve Ball: Cartoony Character Setup on Chicken Little" in the FMX/05 main hall.
Arthur demoing software tools during the presentation.
Speaker dinner with Joshua Kolden of Crack Creative (and Arthur in the background).
Arthur and I at Autodesk's speaker banquet with PDI co-founder Richard Chuang and Laura Dohrman (nVIDIA global marketing representative).
Dinner with Tina Ohnmacht (of the FMX conference and the Filmakademie), and animator Andrew Daffy.
Our tireless hosts, Renate and Thomas Haegele: FMX conference organizers and Filmakademie professors.
East German Filmakademie student Sebastian Stolle.
Thomas and Renate conducting a tour of the Filmakademie facilities, with Eric Roth of the Visual Effects Society.
Filmakademie students preparing a live-action set on the school's soundstage.
Bernhard and Sebastian consulting with Thomas during a demonstration of student work in the animation institute.
Arthur and I hanging out with Filmakademie students at the nVIDIA dinner, following our tour of the school.
